Greeks may also respond to a compliment with the expression ptou, ptou, to keep the evil eye from harming the person receiving the compliment. Greeks also "knock wood" to guard against misfortune, and reading one's fortunes in the patterns of coffee dregs remains popular. PROVERBS...
"You [a boy transformed into a plant at death] saw not the water of Styx, the fire of Tisiphone, the [evil] eye of Megaira! You are still alive, my boy, even if you died."Nonnus, Dionysiaca 38. 88 ff : "Shake from your eyes far far away the darksome sightless gloom of the...
GOD OF THE SUN : THE EVIL-EYEOne of the powers attributed to witches was the power of the evil eye--a malicious gaze which caused misfortune. As the god of sight and the powerful rays of the sun, Helios was naturally regarded as the source of this power. His children by Perseis--...
Greek-Church History, subdivided into: (I) The First Five Centuries; (2) Decay of the Greek Churches of the East and Rise of the Byzantine Hegemony (451-847); (3) The Greek Schism; Conversion of the Slays (ninth to eleventh century); (4) Efforts towards Reunion; the Crusades (...
Cartledge, Paul A. 2002. “Inventing the Past: History v. Myth” inThe Greeks. New York: Oxford University Press. Pasiphae, Encyclopedia: Greek Gods, Spirits, Monsters Homer,Iliad, 8. An epic poem about the Battle of Troy.366–369
1.2. History The real Xuanzang (fig. 2) obviously existed in OUR world, the Earth. He was born in Luoyang (Henan) to the aristocratic Chen (陳) family, the youngest of four boys. He followed in his oldest brothers footsteps by becoming a monk at eleven, receiving full ordination at twe...
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but along with gorgeous detailing that spoke of France’s rich history, the place was loaded with movie stars. There were probably athletes and politicians, too, not that she would recognize them. Demitri seemed to have a nodding acquaintance with almost everyone in the room, but didn’t stop...
However, what of the lower classes of Romans, those whose voice has been lost to history, those who had nothing to lose by being socially stigmatized and likely no one who would have gained anything from going through the trouble such an accusation would bring? Numerous artistic depictions sur...
was regarded by the later Jews as the devil (Sap. ii., 23f, cf. 4 Macc. 18:8); hence, he is calledὁὄφιςὁἀρχαῖος,ὁὄφις:Revelation 12:9, 14;Revelation 20:2; see (Grimm on Sap. as above; From Lenormant, Beginnings of History etc., chapter ...