Aphrodite is a major female deity in the Greek Pantheon, she is the goddess and personification of beauty, love, sex, pleasure, passion and procreation and a member of The Twelve Olympians in Greek Mythology. Aphrodite is the Goddess of Love, Beauty and
For a long period Jerusalem had three, in the sixth century Antioch had twelve, in the fifth century Alexandria had ten, in that same century Constantinople had twenty-eight, which rose to thirty-two about 650, and to forty-nine about the beginning of the tenth century. The “autocephalo...
Do not, when you look about on the twelve circles [i.e. the twelve signs of the zodiac] as you cross them, hurry from house to house. When you are driving your car in Krios (the Ram) [Aries], do not try to drive over the Tauros (the Bull). Do not seek for his neighbour ...
bishop- a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-201...
There was a hole in the tent and we got wet in the night when it started raining. A boy about twelve years old knocked on the front supporting pole of the tent. In the tent we talked and talked. English word "τέντα"(tent) occurs in sets: ...
For it is related that Deukalion ruled over Phthia, and, in a word, over ThessaIia (Thessaly). The Enipeus, flowing from Othrys past Pharsalos, turns aside into the Apidanos, and the latter into the Peneios (Peneus) [i.e. the main river of the Thessalian valley]."...
Ares (Mars) – Greek God of War. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. Artemis (Diana) – Greek Goddess of Mountains, Forests and Hunting. Artemis is one of the oldest, most complex and interesting forms of the Greek pantheon. ...
The fire was an important part of the Ancient Greek household and was never allowed to go out. Hestia’s Personality and Good Nature For the most part, Hestia is considered one of the twelve Olympian gods and goddesses but in some literature, she is omitted from the list in favor of Dion...
In Arabic astronomy the twins were seen as peacocks. In Egyptian astrology they were twin goats, or else the two gods, Horus the Elder and Horus the Younger, while classical Greek mythology identified them as the twin brothers, Castor and Pollux, aka The Gemini, from the Latin word for twi...
Xmas: This abbreviation for Christmas is of Greek origin. The word for Christ in Greek is Xristos. During the 16th century, Europeans began using the first initial of Christ's name, "X" in place of the word Christ in Christmas as a shorthand form of the word. Although the early Christia...