Byline: Compiled by Charles LeggeQUESTION The word tragedy is derived from the ancient Greek word for goat. Why?THIS term is ultimately derived from the Greek tragodia, 'a dramatic poem or play in formal language and having an unhappy resolution', literally 'goat song' - from tragos 'goat...
The Hebrew word for sheep is the same as the name Rachel, the most beloved wife of Jacob. The Greek word for sheep comes from the verb προβαινω (probaino), to step ahead, to make progress. That makes Ode To Sheep an Ode To Progress, and Ode To Goat and Ode To ...
My Big Fat Greek Wedding: Directed by Joel Zwick. With Nia Vardalos, Michael Constantine, Christina Eleusiniotis, Kaylee Vieira. A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms wit
Just the Greek word for Saviour, and was applied to different goddesses in different contexts. Tabliope A Goddess of Gambling. I didn't make this one up, but I've lost the source, so I wouldn't use it in any job applications without checking your evidence. Or something. Techne Techne ...
The name Tityros was derived from the Greek word tityrinos, a double shepherd's pipe. According to Eustathius (1157. 39) Tityros was simply the Doric word for satyr. There was also a Mount Tityros near Kydonia (Cydonia) in Krete (Crete). The bucolic poets often use the name Ti...
For the word is engendered from mind and sense. On account of this they also make him winged, as if to be swift. For nothing is swifter than a word. And [that is why] Homer [says] ‘winged words’. They create [images of] him as the youngest of all [the gods], because the ...
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satyrs generally enjoyed drinking, partying, and lusting after ladies. Pan in particular desired nymphs above all other females, which may be due to being raised by nymphs after his mother (whose identity is highly debatable) apparently shunned the goat-god when he was born with a full beard,...
He’s depicted as a man with goat legs, who would play his pipe. He’s famous for his mischievousness. In Hindi, Pan means “feather” or “leaf.” 37. Paris Paris was a mythological prince who is believed to have caused the Trojan war. With the help of Aphrodite, Paris managed to...
while classical Greek mythology identified them as the twin brothers, Castor and Pollux, aka The Gemini, from the Latin word for twins. The name Castor comes from the Greek Καστωρ (Kastor) and means “to excel, to shine.” The name Pollux comes from the Roman form of the Greek ...