Pyth. x. 72.) The mention, in the verses following, of the griffins and Arimaspae, who are generally assigned to northern regions, creates some difficulty, though the poet may have mentioned them without meaning to place them in the south, but only for the purpose of connecting the ...
. . . The word hôrai (seasons) should be pronounced in the old Attic fashion, horai, if you wish to know the probable meaning; êorai exist to divide winters and summers and winds and the fruits of the earth; and since they divide (horizousi), they would rightly be called horai....
“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 ...
The word ‘zodiac’ comes from the Greek meaning ‘circle of animals.’ The only zodiac sign that is non-representative of a living creature is Libra, the sign of the Scales. But in astronomy, even the Scales of Libra are borrowed from the stars of Scorpio and the claws of the giant s...
This means Sun would be a Snow Macaque. Fig. 9 – A top view of Buddhist cosmic geography overlaid with the names of real world countries (larger version). Adapted from Buswell & Lopez, 2014, pp. xxxi. Fig 10 – Detail from a map of East Asia (larger version). Map found here. ...
(muslim) comes from the Chinese "mu" meaning "solemn, reverent". The breakdown of the word "Muhanmode" is as follows: mu=solemn, han=rare, mo=silent, concerned, de=reverent which in turn refers to a respected, older person. Next to the important names of Agamemnon and Homer is the ...
God created music as a common language for all men. It inspires the poets, the composers and the architects. It lures us to search our souls for the meaning of the mysteries described in ancient books. —Kahlil Gibran 28 In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgott...
The term "paschal", meaning "of Easter", is derived from the name of the Jewish festival, as are the names of Easter in some foreign languages. In Greek, Easter is called Pascha, meaning passover: It is the eternal Passover from death to life and from earth to heaven. One of the ...
The meaning and use of the area under a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Radiology 1982, 143, 29–36. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] Lafon, T.; Dadson, S.; Buys, G.; Prudhomme, C. Bias correction of daily precipi-tation simulated by a regional climate model: A comparison...
In my opinion this is a great way to go. Yes it is a cruise except there are only from 5 to 25 cabins meaning there are only 10 to 40 people on your boat instead of hundreds or thousands. They are mostly old style wooden sailboats though they mostly travel using the engines. And un...