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The word “laconic” describes terse or concise speech. It derives from the city of Laconia, a region in ancient Greece that included the city-state of Sparta. Spartans famously lacked pomposity and employed a dry wit. Loving Philosophy “Philosophy” is an English word that comes from the G...
Olympian: of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus The details on the statue of the Olympian god were incredible. Words that describe an idea Obtuse: lacking in insight or discernment The manager thought his plan to save hours was wonderful, but we...
“They Carry Us With Them: The Great Tree Migration,” describe tree migrations that have occurred over millennia, and that are presently taking place as a result of a variety of factors not as yet totally clear, but including “changes in climate, past and present land...
that even the gods swore by its name in their most solemn oaths. The name Stygia, borrowed from stygian, is used for a country in fantasy games today; but a stygian atmosphere, a stygian tunnel, stygian darkness, and so on, still describe the dreary cheerlessness of the Greek underworld....
The words (see above)soporific,somnolent,hypnogogic, are not unlikely words to describe the drowsy state of consciousness of a foetus in it’s womb. GreekHypnos(Roman equivalentSomnus) is described as a sleeping baby living in a palace that is a dark cave where the sun never penetrates. ...
A noun and adjective used to describe a “plethora” or “vast range”, this word was first used by Greek mathematicians to denote 10,000 units with the numeral M. MM, myriad myriad or 100 million was the largest number in ancient Greece. ...
Only Kalypso makes the point that the male gods are allowed to take mortal lovers while female goddesses are not - and it seems this double standard persists in the practice of mortal infidelity in ancient Greece (and, often, in the modern world). It is somehow acceptable for Odysseus to ...
A central branch of mathematics dating back to the ancient greeks. used in: The Purloined Letter The Mystery of Marie Roget caloric Heat; A supposed form of matter formerly held responsible for the phenomena of heat and combustion. While it is no longer believed that some invisible particle cau...
Wolfe uses the spelling artelos to describe the function of certain buldings in Nessus (when Severian first tours it). This is probably what he means; a craft association. Could be another hint that we're in, as I suspect, what was once south Central Asia (though the continents have ...