Gello (Ancient Greek: Γελλώ), in Greek mythology, is a female demon or revenant who threatens the reproductive cycle by causing infertility, miscarriage, and infant mortality.By the Byzantine era, the gelloudes (γελλούδες) were considered a class of beings.Women believed to be under demonic possession by gelloudes might stand trial or be subjected to exorcism.

Zoroaster is recorded as the son of Pourušaspa of the Spitamans or Spitamids (Avestan spit mean "brilliant" or "white"; some argue that Spitama was a remote progenitor) family, and Dugdōw, ... Like the Greeks of classical antiquity, Islamic tradition understands Zoroaster to be the founding prophet of the Magians (via Aramaic, ...

May 27, 2022 · They do it to grab headlines or to sell books. I still think the most ridiculous title i ever heard of was "Scipio: Greater than Napoleon". You couldn't sell a book called "Scipio: Greater than Barclay de Tolly" cause people would look at it and say "I believe it", or "Never even heard of the guy" and walk away.

All the classical epics have them; many eastern and other stories present them; they are common, if not invariable, in the abundant mediaeval literature of prose and verse romance; they are not unknown by any means in the modern novel; and you will very rarely hear a story told orally at the dinner-table or in the smoking-room without something ...

Feb 18, 2019 · Introduction. The Viking Age (c. AD 750–1050) witnessed a complex Scandinavian diaspora that brought fundamental and lasting transformations to the northern world (Brink & Price Reference Brink and Price 2008).A thousand years later, the Vikings are among the most recognised—but also most stereotyped—cultures of the prehistoric past.

Renaissance, (French: “Rebirth”) period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages and conventionally held to have been characterized by a surge of interest in Classical scholarship and values. The Renaissance also witnessed the discovery and exploration of new continents, the substitution of the Copernican for the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, the …

Nov 29, 2010 · While we do not have other examples of this kind of private writing from antiquity, we do have Epictetus’ advice to write down (as well as to rehearse) daily the sorts of responses one ought to have to situations one encounters, so that one might have them ready at hand (procheiron) when circumstances demand (Epictetus Discourses i.1.21–25 ...

Cross or Stake: which is the better translation of the Greek? Example of the use of "Stake." NWT Matthew 16:24 "Then Jesus said to his disciples: “If anyone wants to come after me, let him disown himself and pick up his torture stake and keep following me.". NWT Mark 15:13-15 "Once more they cried out: “To the stake with him!” 14 But Pilate went on to say to them: “Why?

Late Antiquity portrayals of the three Gorgons avert this trope by lessening their masculine traits to the point they eventually looked like maidens with snakes for hair. Sore Loser: PROTIP: If you ever find yourself in a "friendly" contest with a Greek god, throw the match. Poseidon and Athena have a contest in Athens, with the king judging.

Mar 27, 2001 · Here usage might vary. Some authors do consider absolute qualitative equality admissible as a borderline concept (Tugendhat & Wolf 1983, p. 170). ‘Equality’ can be used in the very same sense both to describe and prescribe, as with ‘thin’: “you are thin” and “you are too thin”.