As Roger Ebert recounted, Constantine’s Gus“specializes in finding the Greek root for any word (even ‘kimono’), and delivers a toast in which he explains that ‘Miller’ goes back to the Greek word for apple, and ‘Portokalos’ is based on the Greek word for oranges, and so, he ...
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. ...
it is used to describe both physical and spiritual salvation. Physically, it can refer to healing from illness or rescue from danger. Spiritually, it denotes the salvation of the soul, deliverance from sin, and the granting of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. The term...
He is also known for causing earthquakes, calming horses, and for c... Read More Hestia – Greek Goddess of Hearth and Home In Ancient Greece, Hestia was the virgin Greek goddess who represented the hearth and home. It is derived by the ancient Greek word Ἑστία, which means ...
His name was derived from the Greek word aristos, "most excellent" or "most useful." FAMILY OF ARISTAEUSPARENTS[1] APOLLON & KYRENE (Hesiod Catalogues of Women Frag 93, Pindar Pythian 9 ant3, Bacchylides Frag 45, Pausanias 10.17.3, Diodorus Siculus 4.81.1, Hyginus Fabulae 161, Hyginus ...
[N.B. "aura" was also the Greek word for breeze. Presumably the Greeks also applied it to Eos mother of the winds.]Ovid, Heroides 4. 93 ff (trans. Showerman) (Roman poetry C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) : "Renowned in the forest was Cephalus, and many were the wild beasts that...
“What,” said Kelvin, “The structure of the atom? Why, don’t you know, the very word ‘atom’ means the thing that can’t be cut. How then can it have a structure?”“That,” remarked the facetious young man, “shows the disadvantage of knowing Greek.” ...
Derived from the Greek word, the name Hebe means “youth” or “prime of life,” and Juventas, her Roman counterpart, also denotes “youth,” as shown in derivatives such as juvenile. Symbols associated with Hebe are the Eagle, Ivy, Fountain of Youth, Wine-cup, and Wings. CULT Hebe ...
Cleverness and even “intelligence” in the conventional, “IQ” sense of the word are not enough to hold a civilization together or to bring true fulfillment to a person’s life. As you read this book, you will find that the long-lost masters, who lived in a distant past when the wor...
(Cos), the strong-founded, with all his friends lost, but Zeus awakened in anger and beat the gods up and down his house, looking beyond all others for me, and would have sunk me out of sight in the sea from the bright sky had not Nyx (Night) who has power over gods and men ...