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Salamis (place) by Anacreon - Everything2.com

June 9th, 2022

in previous capture linking to this page, it mentioned that so and so 'ruled over Salamis' which is funny to me because when I think Salami, i think charcuterie. I think this is just supposed to be an island or group of islands. -zas Jun 2022 Salamis (place) See all of Salamis, no other writeups in this node. (place) by Anacreon (13 y) Rep: 20 ( +22 / -2 ) (Rep Graph) (+) Thu Jun 15 2000 at 9:04:56 A small island near Athens which stood in the centre of a long dispute (and se...

Ajax (person) by everyone - Everything2.com

June 9th, 2022

Ajax (person) See all of Ajax, there are 2 more in this node. Αιας Ajax of Locri is called the son of Oileaus or the Lesser Ajax to distinguish him from Ajax the son of Telamon, or Great Ajax. He was one of the heroes who fought against Troy as commander of the Locrians, bringing with him forty ships. He fought beside his namesake the son of Telamon, but whereas the latter was heavily armed, the son of Oileus was armed only with a breastplate of linen and a bow. He was a par...

Prosopography

March 31st, 2022

Prosopography (idea) See all of Prosopography, no other writeups in this node. Prosopography From the Greek prospon, character and graphy, writing. Prosopography has been defined as the historical study of individuals as groups and groups as individuals.1 an independent science of social history embracing genealogy, onomastics and demography.2 a study that identifies and draws relationships between various characters or people within a specific historical, social, or li...

Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum "Secretly Scanned"

March 27th, 2022

 Search  GreekReporter.comAncient GreeceParthenon Marbles in the British Museum "Secretly Scanned" Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum "Secretly Scanned" By Tasos Kokkinidis March 25, 2022  Facebook  Twitter  WhatsApp  Linkedin  Email  British archaeologists have secretly scanned the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum says a report in the Daily Mail. Credit: cc-by-sa-2.0.jpg/Wikipedia The Parthenon Marbles at th...

tethys | Etymology, origin and meaning of the name tethys by etymonline

March 21st, 2022

Tethys name for the sea that anciently lay between Eurasia and Africa-Arabia, coined 1893 by German geologist Eduard Suess, from Tethys, name of a Greek sea goddess, sister and consort of Oceanus.Others are readingAdvertisementDefinitions of Tethys Tethys (n.)(Greek mythology) a Titaness and sea goddess; wife of Oceanus; Tethys (n.)type genus of the family Aplysiidae; Synonyms: Aplysia / genus Aplysia / genus TethusFrom wordnet.princeton.eduDictionary entries near Tethystetchytetetete-a-tet...

Council of Chalcedon

January 28th, 2022

The Council of Chalcedon was called in 451 CE by the Roman Emperor Marcian (r. 450-457) to settle debates regarding the nature (hypostases, "reality") of Christ that had begun at two earlier meetings in Ephesus (431 CE and 439 CE). The question was whether Christ was human or divine, a man who became God (through the resurrection and ascension) or God who became a man (through the incarnation, "taking on flesh"), and how his humanity and divinity affected his essence and b...

Mars Blackmon (person) by Billy - Everything2.com

January 2nd, 2022

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Mars Blackmon (person) See all of Mars Blackmon, no other writeups in this node. (person) by Billy Sun Apr 20 2003 at 18:44:06 Spike Lee character from Lee's 1986 film She's Gotta Have It, but more known for a series of Nike commercials with Michael Jordan in the late '80s and early '90s. In the movie, Blackmon is one of the three men battling for the attention of Nola Darling. Blackmon is a bike messenger from Brooklyn who talks...

halieutuc - HAL and Ovid and salty fish

December 23rd, 2021

halieutic (adj.) "pertaining to fishing," 1854, from Latin halieuticus, from Greek halieutikos "pertaining to fishing," from halieuein "to fish," from hals "the sea," literally "salt" (from PIE root *sal-"salt"). Halieutics "writing on the art of fishing" is from 1640s (Latin Halieutica was the title of a poem on fishing by Ovid).

Odysseus: A Man of Many Faces

December 8th, 2021

Aug 17, 20205 minOdysseus: A Man of Many FacesUpdated: Dec 24, 2020From the beginning the Greeks’ poetry was intended to be sung or recited. The subject was myth—part legend, part folktale, part religious speculation and partly based on the shadowy memory of an era before the Greek adoption of writing circa seventh or eighth century BCE. People in Homer's day had no access to the sort of historical records on which we today depend, especially regarding the period when Agamemnon supposedly led...

Bad Signs, Worse Decisions

December 7th, 2021

Plutarch, Moralia 168f-169a "Superstitions make many moderate sufferings deadly. That ancient Midas, as it seems, was so disturbed and troubled by some dreams that he became upset enough to kill himself by drinking the blood of a bull. And the king of the Messenian, Aristodêmos, in that war against the Spartans, when the dogs were howling like wolves, the grass began to grow up over his ancestral hearth and some of the seers were frightened by the signs, was completely disheartened and ext...

Popular Alchemy Symbols and Their Meanings - Symbol Sage

December 6th, 2021

 Menu MythologiesSymbolsAboutContact  Search Home » Information » Popular Alchemy Symbols and Their Meanings Popular Alchemy Symbols and Their MeaningsAffiliate Disclosures +Table of ContentsViewed as a science by its practitioners, as a mystic art by the uninitiated around them, and as impractical pseudo-science by scientists of the last 3 centuries, alchemy is a fascinating attempt at studying nature. Originating in the early centuries, alchemy first emerged in ancient Greece, Rome...

The Curious Symbolism of Autumn in Literature and Myth

November 26th, 2021

Autumn is at once symbolic of plenty, ripening, harvest, and abundance; and, at the same time, a symbol of decay, decline, old age, and even death, with associations of things being past their prime. To understand this we need to look at how writers have depicted autumn in poetry and other literature. In classical Greek mythology, the goddess of autumn was Carpo, who was part of the Horae or Hours, three goddesses who were the offspring of Zeus and Aphrodite and represented the three se...

How the Ancient Greeks Invented the Anchors for Boats

November 22nd, 2021

 Search  GreekReporter.comAncient GreeceHow the Ancient Greeks Invented the Anchors for Boats How the Ancient Greeks Invented the Anchors for Boats By Philip Chrysopoulos November 21, 2021  A replica of an ancient Greek ship. Credit: maxpixel, CC0/Public Domain The origin of the sea anchor as we know it today can be found in Ancient Greece and specifically around 592 BC. As sea people, ancient Greeks used to take long journeys,...

Manipulating Mythology in Ancient Athens

November 21st, 2021

Jerome Ruddick It is hard to imagine how influential Greek mythology was within Ancient Greece. In our own society, we exist as a cacophony of beliefs; in this, as in many other cultures, a sharp line is drawn between the secular and the religious. In Ancient Greece there was no such line to draw. Imagine a world where every mountain and every grove across Greece was filled with the most fantastical stories. On Mount Ida, Zeus was born, hidden from the watchful gaze ...

27 hidden references and clever jokes in 'Hercules' you probably missed as a kid

November 15th, 2021

Disney's "Hercules" (1997) is a beloved animated retelling of the classic Hellenic myth, but even die-hard fans may not have caught all these hidden gems. The film is full of references to Hellenic mythology, including the tale of the Titans and the divine guests at Zeus and Hera's party. There are also jokes related to more recent cultural phenomena, like "Buns of Bronze" and the Marilyn Monroe constellation. Did you catch them all? Insider did! One of the ...

On the divine triad of Poseideon

November 10th, 2021

Poseideon is the sixth month of the Hellenic calendar and we are slowly moving towards it. Poseideon is a special month; it was the month that would have been repeated (in a minor way) should the ancient calendar not line up with the phases of the moon (which it didn't, after a while). You can read more about that here as it is beyond the scope of this post. What I would like to talk to you about today is the divine triad that oversaw Poseideon (the quartet, actually, but we'll get to that) a...

K as symbol for baseball strikeout - and O as a richly layered historical letter

November 5th, 2021

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Sisyphean Unproductivity in Narrative Film

November 4th, 2021

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The Hellenic fertility Gods

October 29th, 2021

How about a little overview today? An overview of the fertility gods of Hellenismos. I'm going to start off with a lesser known deity: Priapos (Πριαπος), protector of sheep, goats, bees, the vine and of all garden produce. He was depicted with a huge male member, and can be petitioned for aid with any issues regarding the male genitalia. He was native to the Mysian city of Lampsakos on the Hellespont but the ancient Hellenes adopted the God as the son of either Hermes or Dionysos. His mother ...

How the Mighty Fall: The Hubris of 6 Greek Heroes

October 24th, 2021

Hubris, or fatal pride, was the downfall of many Greek heroes in ancient myth. In classical mythology, hubris was considered a very dangerous shortcoming; it was an act of arrogance, usually where the hero attempted to assume godlike status. The gods of Greek mythology did not look favorably on mortals who overstepped or bragged a bit too much! The ancient Greeks considered hubris a fatal flaw that brought tragedy upon heroes… and commonly led to their death. The punishment for hubris was oft...

Female poets of ancient Hellas

October 18th, 2021

We have all heard of Sappho, but did you know there were many other female poets whose work survives to this day? I'd like to share some of them with you today--and about the women who wrote them. Anyte of Tegea Anyte of Tegea (Ἀνύτη Τεγεᾶτις) was an early 3rd century BC Arcadian poet, was the leader of a school of poetry and literature on Peloponnesus, which also included the poet Leonidas of Tarentum. Antipater of Thessalonica listed her as one of the nine earthly muses. At least ...

Constellation Serpens: the serpent

October 18th, 2021

Serpens ("the Serpent", Ὄφις) is a constellation of the northern hemisphere. It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. It is unique among the modern constellations in being split into two non-contiguous parts, Serpens Caput (Serpent's Head) to the west and Serpens Cauda (Serpent's Tail) to the east. Between these two halves lies the constellation of...

Mnemonic

September 24th, 2021

Definition of Mnemonic A mnemonic is a technique to save or retrieve memory in humans. Derived from the Greek word "mnemonikos," mnemonic means related to memory like its Grecian root. It is related to Mnemosyne which means remembrance. Its derivation is the goddess of memory in Grecian mythology. However, the origin of both words is "mneme" which also means memory or remembrance. Hence, it is related to the art of memory or something that helps in keeping things or data in memory. In othe...

Who Were The Chthonic Greek Gods? 5 Gods & Their Myths

September 9th, 2021

Montage of Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld by Jan Brueghel the Younger, 1630s via The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; with Orestes Pursued by the Furies by Adolphe-William Bouguereau, 1862 via the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk The Greek gods were divided into two categories: those above the earth and those below. The chthonic gods in Ancient Greece resided in or were associated with the underworld and the dead. The most prominent chthonic gods were...

The Non-Athenian Foundation of the Modern West

August 29th, 2021

"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth." ~ Zeus didn’t say this. He didn’t care about the meek. When Zeus threw his thunderbolts, the meek would die with the evil. The thunderbolts of Zeus do not differentiate between the meek and the evil. The deceptions of Zeus are legendary. His sexual conquests, mostly through the use of deception, include: Hera, Aegina, Alcmene, Antiope, Callisto, Danae, Io, Nemesis, Europa, Ganymede, Leda, Metis, and other women of antiquity. There is no...

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