~ OMPHALE  id+ | CENTER or NAVEL |
           id+ | ANCHOR  BOSS of a SHIELD |
                 CENTRAL ATTACHMENT POINT |
     id+ | QUEEN OF LYDIA and LOVING "ANCHOR" and
           "BOSS" OF HERCULES |
     note "BOSS" denotes PROMINENCE    sug> NAVEL
          and also applies to PROMINENT PEOPLE
     hx> OMPHALE are CONICAL OVAL or
         NAVEL SHAPED STONES
     OFTEN WERE CULT OBJECTS IN PRIMITIVE
     RELIGIONS IN THE AEGEAN REGIONS
     note axis see> NAVEL NAVAL NAUSEA
     myth> TO FIND THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
           ZEUS SIMULTANEOUSLY RELEASED
     TWO EAGLES OF EQUAL SPEED
     ONE FROM THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE WORLD
     AND ANOTHER FROM THE WESTERN EDGE
     THE EAGLES MET AT DELPHI
          as represented in Delphi
     art> TWO GOLDEN EAGLES STOOD BESIDES
          THE OMPHALOS AT DELPHI
     LATER TAKEN AWAY BY PHILOMELUS
     DURING THE SACRED WARS
     hx> AT DELPHI THERE ARE TWO OMPHALOS or
         OMPHALIC MONUMENTS
     THE OMPHALOS IN THE ADYTUM OF THE
     TEMPLE FOR APOLLO
     some say IT REPRESENTS THE TOMB OF
     THE PYTHON or of DIONYSUS
     hx> THERE ARE OTHER OMPHALOI or OMPHALOID
         or BEEHIVE LIKE TOMBS and ALTARS as in
     PHLIUS in PELOPONNESUS
     myth> OMPHALE
           DAUGHTER OF JARDANUS
     KING OF LYDIA AND WIDOW OF TMOLUS
     BECAME A LEGENDARY QUEEN
     TO WHOM HERACLES WAS SOLD AS A SLAVE
     HERCULES BECAME A DOUBLE SLAVE
     BY LAW AND BY LOVE
     HE BECAME DEEPLY IN LOVE OF OMPHALE
     AND HIS SENTIMENTS WERE CORRESPONDED
     OMPHALE BECAME HIS "BOSS" AND
     THE LADY "PARAMOUNT" while HERCULES
     BECAME RESTRAINED AND DOMESTIC
     myth> HERACLES HAD A VIOLENT TEMPER
           IN A FIT OF RAGE
     HE HAD KILLED HIS GOOD FRIEND IPHITUS
     THE ORACLE AT DELPHI
     THE PHITHIA HAD NO PITY ON HIM
     HE WAS DEADLY ILL AND TO BE PURIFIED
     HAD TO SERVE A MORTAL AS AN OBEDIENT SLAVE
     MERCURY SOLD HERCULES TO QUEEN OMPHALE
     THE LOVING "BOSS" AND SLAVE
     HAD SEVERAL FAMOUS CHILDREN
     among them was see> AGELAOS
     lit> ROMAN POETS DESCRIBE HIS STAY
          WITH OMPHALE AS EFFEMINATE LIVING
     HERCULES SPAN WOOL
     PUT ON GARMENTS OF A WOMAN BUT
     APOLLODORUS [#] and DIODORUS [#]
     SAY THAT HERCULES PERFORMED
     SEVERAL GREAT FEATS WHILE WITH OMPHALE
     such as THE EXPEDITION TO COLCHIS
     THE EXPEDITION AGAINST TROY
     THE CALYDONIAN HUNT     see> HERCULES
     art> in the Casa di Sirico in POMPEII
          there is a FRESCO depicting
     HERACLES and OMPHALE and so do
     FAMOUS PAINTINGS BY LEMOYNE and RUBENS
     BOTH STRESSING THAT HERACLES or HERCULES
     WAS "SUBJUGUE" or ANCHORED OR BOSSED by
     OMPHALE BY BEING HER SLAVE BY
     LAW AND BY LOVE
     RUBENS SHOWS OMPHALE AMOROUSLY
               PUNISHING HERCULES
~ OMPHALION    id+ | LIBERATED SLAVE ARTIST |
               art> SLAVE AND DISCIPLE OF THE
                    PAINTER NICIAS
               hx>  HE PAINTED MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES
                    ON THE WALLS OF THE
                    TEMPLE OF MESSENE
~ OMPHALISM      id+ | CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT |
~ OMPHALITIS     biol> med> INFLAMED UMBILICAL CORD
~ OMPHALOCARPON  lat for type of BURR thus KNOB like
~ OMPHALOCELE    see> below
~ OMPHALOMANCY   hx> PREDICTION OF HOW MANY MORE CHILDREN
                     A WOMAN WILL HAVE BASED ON THE NUMBER
                     OF UMIBLICAL KNOTS IN
                     THE UMBILICAL CORD OF A FIRST BORN
~ OMPHALOS  id+ | THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE |
               id+ | HANDLE or BOSS OF A SHIELD |
  id+ | THE BOSS or ANCHOR of the UNBORN |
  hx> ANCIENT PEOPLE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREAS
      WORSHIPED OVAL CONE OR NAVEL LIKE
  STONE OBJECTS WHICH BECAME CULT OBJECTS

  gr  OMPHALOS = BOSS OF A SHIELD
  lat UMBO       BOSS as in HANDLE also KNOB
                 also HUB OF A WHEEL
      UMBILICUS  POINT OF ENTRY OF THE PLACENTAL CORD
                 INTO THE FETUS
  sp  OMBLIGO    or OMFALO
  lat NAVE       HUB of a wheel or
  eng NAVEL      UMBILICAL OVAL BOSS or PROMINENCE
                 see> NAVY
  myth> OMPHALOS WAS A SACRED STONE
        THAT CRONUS or CHRONUS SWALLOWED
  HE LATER DISGORGED  VOMITED or DELIVERED
  note see> NAUSEA  see> NAUTIC sug> NATIVE
  THIS ROUND STONE WAS KEPT IN
  THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO IN DELPHI
  A SITE CONSIDERED TO BE
  THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE
  alt A SITE IN CRETE WAS ALSO CONSIDERED TO BE
      THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE or
  THE SPOT WHERE THE UMBILICAL CORD OF ZEUS FELL OFF
  hx> OMPHALOMANCY denotes the BELIEF THAT THE NUMBER OF KNOTS
      IN THE UMBILICAL CORD OF A FIRST BORN PREDICTS THE NUMBER
  OF FUTURE CHILDREN A MOTHER WILL HAVE
  lit+ one of the riddles that the
       QUEEN OF SHIBA posed to SALOMON
  "WHAT IS THAT HAS TEN OPENINGS
  WHEN ONE IS OPEN
  NINE ARE CLOSED
  WHEN THE ONE CLOSES
  THE NINE OPEN
  biol> NAVEL ORANGE implies DEPRESSION
  med>  UMBILICUS or OMPHALOS or NAVEL imply
        UMBILICAL CORD or in
  vern> BELLY BUTTON
  OMPHALOCELE IS A DEFECT DUE TO MALDEVELOPMENT OF
  THE ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL
  RESULTING IN A PERSISTENCE OF THE OMPHALIC SAC
  THAT MAY CONTAIN BOWEL LIVER AND OTHER ORGANS
  

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