The incarnate Kydoimos (Cydoimus, Onset-shout) raved through the rolling battle; at her side paced Thanatos (Death) the ruthless, and the fearful Keres (Deaths), beside them strode."Orphic Hymn 87 to Thanatus (trans. Taylor) (Greek hymns C3rd B.C. to 2nd A.D.) : "To Thanatos (...
The etymology comes from “in carnis” – in the flesh – from which derives the verb “incarnere”(incarnate, in carnarse); the term is inexistent in the classical Latin and begins to be used by some ecclesiastical authors of the fourth century like St. Ambrose of Milan and San Augustin...
From c. 1200 as "one of the periods into which the night is divided," in reference to ancient times translating Latin vigilia, Greek phylakē, Hebrew ashmoreth. From mid-13c. as "a shift of guard duty; an assignment as municipal watchman;" late 13c. as "person or group obligated to...
She was a monster incarnate, a real torturer and sex pervert on top of all that. She tortured to death many Polish men of any political orientation, leftist included. She is known to have said something like this: that we must be careful not to destroy the entire middle class and ...