She had a temple between Orchomnenus and Mantineia, and her priestess was at first always a virgin, till after the time of Aristocrates it was decreed that she should be a married woman. (Paus. viii. 5. § 8, 12 § 3, 13. §§ 1, 4.)...
Meaning: "grace" Description: The name of the sainted mother of the Virgin Mary was among the topgirls’ namesfor centuries, in both the original English Ann spelling and the French Anne. Both left the Top 100 around 1970 but Anne is still among the mostclassic names for girls, although...
It is of course possible that the character of Cuillean was introduced to the Irish poetic traditions during the Anglo-Saxon era, but this seems unlikely given that the Irish tales have little in common with the narrative of the 13thC Icelandic version ofVölundarkviða, which we have fa...
Later, children under the age of ten are generally known as the yellow river. The development of a young man whose meaning is ignorant is to ridicule other peoples ignorance. Also as the yellow throated children and sucking child and Huang Kou small bird. The source. Confucius Jia Yu, the...
meaning - Blue and green represented the Nile and life; yellow stood for the sun god; and red represented power and vitality. The colors in Egyptian artifacts have survived extremely well over the centuries because of Egypt's dry climate. Despite the stilted form caused by a lack of ...
The very word ‘cuneiform’ is derived from theLatincuneus, meaning a ‘wedge’. This is because this ancient writing style resembled wedge-like marks that were made in wet (soft) clay with a reed implement known as a stylus. The earlier forms of writing mostly consisted of pictographs (...
Meaning: Just like a lion Variations/Synonyms: Leander, Liander, Leandre, Leannder, Leande, Lionder, or Leandro Description: In Greek mythology, he’s the young man who fell in love with Hero, Aphrodite’s virgin priestess. Their love was forbidden, but he swims across the sea to visit...
Notable Artwork: Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” Michelangelo’s “David,” Raphael’s “School of Athens,” Titian’s “Assumption of the Virgin.” The High Renaissance was a period that marked the pinnacle of the Renaissance movement, characterized by an emphasis on harmony, balance, and a coh...
Hestia- Virgin goddess of the hearth. She was the symbol of the house, around which a new born child was carried before it was received into the family. Although she appears in very few myths, most cities had a common hearth where her sacred fire burned. I ...
St Nicholai writes about St Sava in a simple, moving, and clear manner. He uses his sources to convey the atmosphere and history of the time. Often brief chapters are accompanied by his meditations on the meaning of particular events in the life of the saint. St Sava, he writes, “wan...