It is a common Greek word that some use as a name. Pronounced as ah-bah-kus. Acacius Acacius means “thorny; innocent, not evil”. Acacius is a Latinized form of the Ancient Greek Akakios and can be interpreted to relate to the same root as the name Acacia, for the thorn bush, ...
Talia – dew from heaven, blooming, near water Talos – giant protector of Minos island Tansy – immortality, flower name Tarasios – of Tarentum Taryn – queen Tekla – divine fame Terentia – guardian Teresa, Teri – Harvester Tess – fourth born Thais – the bond Thalassa – from the...
Herodotus (ii. 50, iv. 188) states, that the name and worship of Poseidon was imported to the Greeks from Libya, but he was probably a divinity of Pelasgian origin, and originally a personification of the fertilising power of water, from which the transition to regarding him as the god...
Greek Name Διονυσος Transliteration Dionysos Latin Spelling Dionysus Translation Liber, Bacchus Dionysus riding panther, Greek mosaic from Pella C4th B.C., Pella Archaeological Museum DIONYSOS (Dionysus) was the Olympian god of wine, vegetation, pleasure, festivity, madness and wild...
A modern theory (put forth by German classical historian Georg Busolt, 1850-1920), derives it fromGraikhos"inhabitant ofGraia" (literally "gray," also "old, withered"), a town on the coast of Boeotia, which was the name given by the Romans to all Greeks, originally to the Greek coloni...
The very name Byzantine illustrates the misconceptions to which the empire’s history has often been subject, for its inhabitants would hardly have considered the term appropriate to themselves or to their state. Theirs was, in their view, none other than the Roman Empire, founded shortly before...
the class name for a number of open or partly decked, lapstrake, one-masted, lug-rigged boats. The Lock Fyne skiff, the Fifie skiff, and the Scaffie and Zulu skiffs were fine examples of sailing and rowed fishing boats. The Shetland sexern was particularly fast and seaworthy; this type...
The term "Sea Peoples" is a moder name given to various seaborne and land invaders, raiders and a loose confederation of clans who troubled the lands of the Near East and Egypt during the final period of the Bronze Age. Who these people were and were they come from, no one knows for ...
community, and we’re not just talking about Toronto (Go Danforth!). We’re talking about expatriate and second generation Greeks settled all around the world, like New York, Caracas, Munich, Glasgow and Sydney to name a few. It’s impossible to ignore the fact that us Greeks are ...
Nicole Opper's "Off and Running" was named outstanding documentary feature, andStian Kristiansen's "The Man Who Loved Yngve" earned the jury prize for international dramatic feature. Jury awards also were presented toLaura Herring, actress in a feature, for "Drool";Derrick L. Middleton, actor...