Lord Byron's Love Letter to Sounio
“To Sounio the marble rock I will sit, The Aegean wave I choose as my companion, The wave only to listen and the wave to...
Tongue Play
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Enochian: The Mysterious Lost Language of Angels
Enochian is a mysterious language that 16th century occultists John Dee and Edward Kelley recorded in their private journals.
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21 Phrases You Use Without Realizing You’re Quoting Shakespeare
Throughout nearly 40 plays, Shakespeare wrote quite a few lines that have since become more easily remembered than forgotten.
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People who know dead languages scare me
People who know dead languages scare me. Like, who are you talking to?
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What does Greek Kleos mean?
Kleos Κλέος Kleos is often translated to “renown”, or “glory”. It is related to the word “to hear” and carries the implied meaning of “what...
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Oikos in Greek
Oikos Greek: οἶκος (Modern: Economy, ecology…) Oikos refers to three related but distinct concepts: the family, the family’s property, and the house. The oikos was...
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Sick burn
You’re kinda like Rapunzel. What? But instead of letting down your hair, you just let down everyone in your life.
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Necromancing or Neck-romancing?
Necromancing: Raise the dead. Neck-romancing: Romance the neck. Please learn the difference.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia, which is #Greek for “brotherly love,” derived from the ancient Greek terms #φίλος phílos (beloved, dear) and #ἀδελφός adelphós (brother, brotherly). Photo: #Philadelphia #Museum...
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You Speak Greek, You Just Don't Know It
The Greek Language World Day, which is celebrated annually every February 9, highlights it’s fundamental role and defining contribution in the development and establishment of...
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What does Pandemic mean?
The word “pandemic” comes from the Greek “pan-“, “all” + “demos,” “people or population” = “pandemos” = “all the people.” A pandemic affects all (nearly...