Greek words for love

Do you know what a utopia is? Well, it’s an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. In 1516, when Sir Thomas More wrote the first 'Utopia', he coined the word from the Greek ou-topos meaning 'no place' or 'nowhere'. For thousands of years, people have dreamt of perfect worlds, with no conflict, no struggling. But is it possible for these worlds to ever exist? No, even though some people think a utopia can exist, it is not possible because of the fact that no one thinks…

role in ancient Greek funerals. “Ancient literary sources emphasize the necessity of a proper burial and refer to the omission of burial rites as an insult to human dignity” (metmuseum.org). In ancient Greece, they believed that the soul would leave the…

Wisdom The word wisdom can be found over 200 times in the Bible, with prominent reference in the book or Proverbs (Blue Letter Bible, 2012). Throughout the New American Standard Bible, wisdom can be found in several variations, typically seen as a verb or an adjective. The Hebrew translation of wisdom is typically seen as chakam. Chakam is Biblically used to be wise, act wisely, instruct or teach wisdom, to be made wise, to make wise, or to show ones wisdom (Blue Letter Bible, 2012).…

invites him to a banquet, and he accepts, sending Achates to bring his young son Ascanius and gifts for Dido to the feast. Venus again interferes here to help Aeneas out again. She sends cupid to go instead to fetch the gifts to charm Dido to fall in love with Aeneas because he himself is incapabl of charming with such lousy tales of his adventure. So far at the end of book three, I do not believe Aeneas is a true hero-hero, but then again Virgil may have something in store that may…

single person’s experience. We’ve all seen movies about sorority girls and what they act like. House parties, mixers, hazing, drinking, sex…what seems to be forgotten are the positive facts about going Greek, and there are many. A whole article could be dedicated to someone’s opinion on why going Greek is amazing, but I’m not here to write specifically about that. What I am here to write about are the most common stereotypes…

around a superhuman power, usually centered around a particular god or gods. Both the Greek and Hindu were polytheistic and had a plethora of gods. The Hindu have over 330 million gods while the Greek had 12 major gods and hundreds of lesser gods. Unlike the Greeks, the Hindu religion contains various religious texts dictating the rules and rituals that a person had to live by. Despite their many differences, early Greek religion is similar to early Hindu religion in that it has many gods who…

points out a great amount of evidence that he has. He has only little hope of seeing Lenore again, ‘‘as the ambers show in the fire’’ (63). He was also so ridden by fault that he was haunted by the image of her, the raven. Also, the raven states one word, "Nevermore"(47). This gives the implication that the narrator is being chastised for something that he did. His consequence is immortality, giving him the clarification of why he would on no occasion see Lenore once more. Lenore is punishing…

Pan’s mother was scared of her child, for he looked like a goat, but she still loved him. To protect him, his parents wrapped him in the pelt of a hare and named him Pan. Pan roamed around the mountains for the next few years. One day he fell in love with a beautiful nymph named Syrinx. He tried to seduce her, but she was scared of his hideous face and ran the other way. Pan chased her over the hills and down the valleys and to the end of a large river. Syrinx was so terrified that she changed…

life, death, and resurrection is the paschal mystery. This term is derived from the word paschal or pertaining to the Passover. Mystery comes from the Greek word for sacrament itself. It refers to that which is not immediately apparent to our senses, but is accessible and real to us because of faith. In every sacrament we remember the paschal mystery in such a way that the power that flows from God's outpouring of love for us in Christ becomes both real and accessible to us here today. In a real…

the library of Hadrian in Athens, which was part of his struggle to rebuild the Greek city. New public buildings like these and religious monuments helped spread prosperity and create a common identity throughout the empire. In other words, not only did Hadrian build great works of art to improve architecture, but he also built to unite the people of his empire under his rule. Hadrian’s love and admiration for Greek culture had a huge impact on the style of the buildings he constructed,…