Search results for "Greek Religion" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Anaximander (Greek: Αναξίμανδρος) (c. 609 – 547 b.c ... form of inquiry in a society where Greek mythology was the primary ...7 KB (1,099 words) - 19:08, 26 July 2023
- * Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical. Translated ... * Mikalson, Jon D. Ancient Greek Religion. Malden, MA: Blackwell, ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 05:44, 30 November 2022
- Protagoras (in Greek Πρωταγόρας) (c. 481 B.C.E. – c. 420 ... and his philosophy to mostly wealthy Greek citizens. By the request ...6 KB (889 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- In Greek mythology, Cronus (Ancient Greek: Κρόνος, Krónos) ... * Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion (John Raffan, trans). Oxford: Blackwell ...12 KB (1,860 words) - 20:30, 3 June 2020
- Thales (in Greek: Θαλης) of Miletus (ca. 624 – 546 b.c.e.) ... Contrary to polytheistic Greek mythology, which ascribed social and ...7 KB (978 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- figures, Saturn was appropriated from the Greek tradition, and his mythology ... and subsequently began to acknowledge the Greek myths as their own, Saturn ...11 KB (1,785 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- 039;s characteristics were adapted from the Greek tradition. Eventually, she ... It was only when she was identified with the Greek goddess Athena ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- The term traces to the Ancient Greek word entelecheia, from the combination ... category:Philosophy and religion category:Philosophy entelechy ...6 KB (836 words) - 18:57, 13 February 2024
- Empedocles (c. 490 B.C.E. – 430 B.C.E.) was a Greek pre-Socratic ... Empedocles was the first pluralist in Greek philosophy. He was an ...8 KB (1,150 words) - 18:28, 13 February 2024
- had beheld the god in person,” while the Greek rhetorician and philosopher ... Zeus (in Greek: nominative: Ζεύς Zeús; genitive: Διός Diós ...7 KB (1,101 words) - 04:40, 28 April 2023
- by European scholars of classical Latin and Greek texts. As a reaction against ... to material forces, today has replaced religion for many people. ...16 KB (2,260 words) - 19:10, 19 August 2023
- style; they were swiftly translated into Greek, for the use of Eastern monks ... His works are excerpted in the Philokalia (Greek for "Love of the Beautiful ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 19:50, 22 December 2022
- Commonly regarded as a Greek specialty, baklava is available in a ... although the dish is often thought to be of Greek origin. The history of baklava ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 05:50, 26 August 2023
- Kenosis (from the Greek κένωσις: meaning "emptying" ... The ancient Greek word κένωσις kénōsis means an "emptying ...8 KB (1,166 words) - 17:24, 5 October 2022
- Democritus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. He was born at Abdera ... materialist thought in the history of Greek philosophy. ...8 KB (1,214 words) - 09:28, 28 January 2024
- Esoteric is an adjective originating in Greece; it comes from the Greek ... that is inner. Its antonym is exoteric, from the Greek ἐξωτερικός ...12 KB (1,732 words) - 21:30, 20 March 2024
- of Damascius, was one of the last of the Greek Neoplatonists and polymaths ... pagan, he tried to defend traditional Greek religion and philosophy against ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 22:13, 29 January 2023
- Written in Greek, probably in Alexandria, Egypt in the first or late ... A skilled narrator, he apparently wrote in Greek for a diasporan Jewish audience ...12 KB (1,773 words) - 06:43, 13 June 2023
- because of the urbane cultured style of the Greek and the lack of any personal ... Category: Philosophy and religion Category: Religion 152201453 ...7 KB (1,040 words) - 17:22, 28 March 2024
- Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion (Cambridge: Cambridge ... *Burkert, Walter. 1985. Greek Religion. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 19:37, 17 November 2022
