When most of us think of the Greek gods and goddesses, we imagine bold personalities who have memorable stories attached to their name. Some Olympic gods and goddess... Read More Demeter – The Goddess of the Harvest In Ancient Greece, people worshiped various gods and goddesses because they...
Its name means “rosy”, apparently due to the pink color of its most identifiable and quality clone, the “Fox” Roditis. Roditis is the second most planted grape of Greece and until today it is considered a lesser of a grape. The reason is its extremely high yields, and partial ...
Greek Name Σφινξ Transliteration Sphinx Latin Spelling Sphinx Translation Strangler (sphinggein) Sphinx, Athenian red-figure amphora C5th B.C., Museum of Fine Arts Boston THE SPHINX was a female monster with the body of a lion, the head and breast of a woman, eagle's wings ...
distinction was unnecessary, because ε and αι had completely different sounds, so the name of this letter was simply ε. Similarly, upsilon (υψιλον) is really u-psilon, meaning “mere u”, distinguishing it from the other two [i], ι and η; in ancient Greek its name was ...
“Glauber’s salt”, which conveys nothing about the composition of the substance; it should recall the constituents of a compound; it should be non-committal if nothing is known about the substance; the names should preferably be coined from Latin or Greek, so that their meaning can be ...
In name: European patterns of naming zoos In zoo education influence on Scipio Africanus the Elder In Scipio Africanus: Significance and influence Scipio Africanus the Younger In Scipio Africanus the Younger: Background and early life ancient origins In education: Ancient Greeks books In history of ...
Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated Greek tragedies, the Greek Tragedy in New Translation series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. Under ...
-ata (L) neuter plural ending of perfect participle used as suffix to the name of some structure and signifying a group of organisms characterized by that structure (Chordata, Vertebrata) ater, atra- black Atlas= a Titan (mythical giant) who supported the world on his shoulders atr(ium,...
Where the text is not corrupt, there are few sentences which are not lucid in meaning and simple in structure. This lucidity is partly due, no doubt, to the fact that he seldom attempts imagery of the bolder kind, and never has thoughts of a subtle or complex order. Yet it would be ...
“la” also “do” had a meaning in Chinese (dong=the sound of a drum and “dong bu la” is the name, today, of a stringed instrument), while “mi” means “decadent music” like “fa” and “si” is the first part of the word “trumpeter” and “morning herald” (sihaoyuan ...