Definition of ordnance. 1  1a : military supplies including weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and maintenance tools and equipment bombers dropped heavy concentrations of ordnance on every targeted airfield â Ron Dickb : a service of the army charged with the procuring, distributing, and safekeeping of ordnance.
Hasdai ibn Shaprut born about 915 at JaÃ©n, Spain; died about 970 at CÃ³rdoba, Andalusia, was a Jewish scholar, physician, diplomat, and patron of science. His father, Isaac ben Ezra, was a wealthy and learned Jew of JaÃ©n. Hasdai acquired in his youth a thorough knowledge of Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin, the last-named language being at that time known only to the higher clergy of Spain. He also studied medicine, and is said to have discovered a panacea, called Al-Faruk. Appointed physician to ...
Thetis is a very old goddess and for that reason, putting an exact date to her birth is impossible. We can however use the rescue of Hephaistos after he had been thrown from Mount Olympos as a reference point. Hephaistos was born to Hera soon after Athene was born to Metis and Zeus.