it was vividly chthonic (from the Greek word for earth, chthō n, which according to the mythological view gave birth to these monsters). During the period of the primitive communal system, the mythological religious conceptions of the ancient Greeks were dominated by totemistic, fetishistic. ...
Definition:Pain, birth pang, travail Meaning:the pain of childbirth, acute pain, severe agony, a snare. Word Origin:Derived from the base of ὀδύνω (odynō), meaning "to cause pain" or "to suffer." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries:-H2256 (חֶבֶל, chebel):Often...
"Poetical myths are given by the vulgar of Aitna (Etna) . . . belonging to the class of dramatic stories which fill the mouths of our poets. For they sway that a certain Typho or Enkelados (Enceladus) lies bound under the mountain [Mount Etna], and in his death agony breathes out ...
The abyss was a place of torment and despair, where the cries of the damned echoed endlessly through the void. Tabitha saw souls bound in chains, their faces twisted in agony and regret. The flames of judgment flickered around them, consuming but never ending their torment. These were the ...
For the lurking flame crushed within rushed about struggling to find a passage through; over the smoke the fire-breeding clouds rumble in their agony seeking the middle path; the fire dares not go upwards; for the lightning leaping up is kept back by the moist air bathed in rainy drops, ...
The word Hπαγροικοτ?ραν [hypagroikotéra ˜ n] is glossed (p.30) as ‘rather- subrustic’, which is evidently a conflation of ‘subrustic’ and ‘rather-rustic’ (cf. ‘rather countrified’ in the English translation). For bµιση in the text of POxy ....
From kolos (dwarf); properly, to curtail, i.e. (figuratively) to chastise (or reserve for infliction) -- punish. HELPS Word-studies 2849kolázō– properly, to dwarf, mutilate (curtail); used of punishing slaves toincapacitatethem; hence, topunish(causeagony) tocurtail("dock/check,"Abbott...
The bus chugs past the empty warehouses and car parks, past the closed cafes, past the closed ticket booths. The man next to me asks if the bus ticket is free and I stutter some words that might not make sense, so I say sorry to him. To myself, for every word I haven’t yet ...
…way, the most famous of Greek tragedies,Oedipus the Kingby Sophocles, can be seen as a formalistic representation of human sacrifice. Oedipus becomes a dramatic embodiment of guilt; his blinding and agony are necessary for the good of all Thebes, because it was by killing his father and ...
If your island is the last of fifteen or so then this is the Agoni Grammi and you may be in a little agony yourself by the time you reach your island. But for those who love ferries and can afford a cabin the Agonia can be like a multi-island cruise. There is an Agoni Grammi ...