From Khariklo (Chariclo), I say, and Philyra's cave I come, where the chaste daughters of the Kentauros (Centaur) nursed my young days. Through all my twenty years I gave them no rough word or hasty deed . . . For they [Iason's parents], when first I saw the light, fearing ...
and of this world's sins a judge below the earth holds trial, and of dread necessity declares the word of doom. But the good, through the nights alike, and through the days unending, beneath the sun's bright ray, tax no the soil with the strength of their hands, nor the broad sea ...
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. ...
the widows, and the outcasts found in her a source of comfort and hope. With skilled hands, she wove garments for the needy, her work a tangible expression of her faith. She was tireless in her efforts, always ready with a warm meal, a comforting word, or a helping hand. Her life...
As stated above, for every single Greek word he quotes, H gives a phonetic transcription of what he believes to be its pronunciation at a given moment, in a given dialect or style. This decision is both honest and risky, since many details of the pronunciation of Ancient and Medieval ...
Again, in spite of a still prevalent Western belief, the Greek monks never had a religious rule, in the canonical sense of the word. Even the Rules of St. Basil, St. Anthony, and St. Pachomius were not canonical rules. The monks obeyed a whole series of precepts, or monastictions, ...
“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.” ...
Hermes psychompos psyche= the word for soulEscorts souls to the underworld Hades/Pluto (Latin name)/Dis (Latin name) Ruler of the underworld. Hades is a euphemism- means the unseeing one. Suggesting that death comes unseen. In Greek, Plutos means wealth. Another euphemism, meaning the wealth...
Don't be thrown by the word caviar in the name of this dish. The fish roe in question is sold refrigerated in glass jars in many supermarkets and Middle Eastern specialty shops at a very reasonable price. After all, this is everyday fare in the Aegean. ...
. . cried ‘See the source of my proud lineage! You'll get great solace in the silent umbrae (shades of the dead) to know you fell by my proud hand.’ His voice was cut off in mid speech, his parted lips seemed to frame words, but never a word could pass. Then Eryx cursed ...