Search results for "Greek Religion" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Emperors Hadrian and Antoninus Pius. He was Greek by birth, he is said to have ... his feast is celebrated on January 2. The Greek Church celebrates it on February ...4 KB (637 words) - 11:50, 13 February 2022
- fifth century b.c.e.) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, and the founder ... and sense experiences. He was the first Greek philosopher who took materialistic ...5 KB (714 words) - 22:04, 25 October 2022
- little significance in the popular Greek religion. His equivalent in Roman ... enjoyed any other significant roles in ancient Greek religion. ...9 KB (1,482 words) - 13:41, 3 May 2023
- Caird published two sets of Gifford lectures, The Evolution of Religion ... of An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (1880), had a strong influence ...11 KB (1,641 words) - 18:22, 12 February 2024
- to reconcile the Hebrew Scriptures with Greek thought. The exact dates ... concepts subsequently taught by the ancient Greek philosophers. Aristobulus ...7 KB (1,086 words) - 06:27, 12 August 2023
- The Greek word λόγος, or logos, is a word with various meanings ... The Greek word "logos" means "order," "word ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 21:00, 3 November 2022
- in three languages (Hebrew, Latin, and Greek), was affixed to the cross ... the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin" (King James ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 20:14, 29 March 2024
- last=Burkert|title=Greek Religion| year=1985| pages= 169 ... * Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion. Cambridge: Harvard University Press ...9 KB (1,454 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
- the Maccabees or their revolt against the Greek Empire, as described in 1 ... of Gentile rulers, who saw the Jewish religion as a force for law and order ...9 KB (1,497 words) - 06:44, 13 June 2023
- The Aramaic word Abba, (written Αββα in Greek), appears three ... spoke Aramaic, with some Hebrew and Greek. Robert H. Stein, The Method ...7 KB (1,044 words) - 07:15, 13 June 2023
- who compiled biographies of ancient Greek philosphers in his seminal ... Diogenes Laertius wrote in Greek, compiling his material from hundreds ...7 KB (941 words) - 15:25, 29 January 2024
- Alpha and Omega (Greek: Αλφα and Ω) is an appellation of God ... art, often in combination with the Greek letters Chi and Rho, the ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- Judaism. Nevertheless, it is found in the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint ... to Tobit's son, Tobiah or Tobiyah (Greek: Tobias), who is sent by ...8 KB (1,317 words) - 15:33, 30 January 2024
- begins roughly with the earliest-recorded Greek poetry of Homer (eighth-seventh ... Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history lasting for close to ...12 KB (1,804 words) - 10:51, 19 December 2023
- to the Roman god Bacchus (a variant of the Greek Dionysus). These practices ... * Mikalson, Jon D. Ancient Greek Religion. Malden, MA: Blackwell, ...10 KB (1,570 words) - 05:25, 26 August 2023
- Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study in Survivals ... *Lawson. Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 20:54, 22 October 2022
- Henotheism (from the Greek heis theos or “one god”) refers to ... Roman religion was similar to Greek religion in regards to its henotheistic ...15 KB (2,313 words) - 15:20, 25 January 2023
- Neptune was appropriated from the Greek tradition, and became analogous ... Roman gods to have been identified with a Greek deity. His connection with ...9 KB (1,493 words) - 16:21, 11 November 2022
- Gods in Greek mythology were like humans. They exhibited immorality ... passed down as quotations by later Greek writers. His poetry criticized ...7 KB (1,024 words) - 14:28, 20 May 2023
- Ichthys (Greek: grc|ἰχθύς , capitalized grc|ΙΧΘΥΣ or ikhthus), is the Ancient and Classical Greek word for "fish." ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 21:21, 7 September 2023
