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Among and Greeks
Among Classical Greeks, amazon was given a popular etymology as from a-mazos, " without breast ", connected with an etiological tradition that Amazons had their left breast cut off or burnt out, so they would be able to use a bow more freely and throw spears without the physical limitation and obstruction ; there is no indication of such a practice in works of art, in which the Amazons are always represented with both breasts, although the left is frequently covered ( see photos in article ).
Among the Ancient Greeks, Heraclitus conceived of a logos, a supreme rational principle, and said the wisdom " by which all things are steered through all things " was " both willing and unwilling to be called Zeus ( God )".
Among ancient Greeks, Hippocrates attributed digestion to concoction.
* Rohde, Erwin, Psyche: The Cult of Souls and the Belief in Immortality Among the Greeks, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1925 ; reprinted by Routledge, 2000.
Among the ancient Greeks, the arteries were considered to be " air holders " that were responsible for the transport of air to the tissues and were connected to the trachea.
Among the ancient Greeks themselves two works of Phidias far outshone all others, the colossal chryselephantine figures of Zeus circa 432 BC on the site where it was erected in the temple of Zeus, at Olympia, Greece, and of Athena Parthenos ( literally, " Athena the Virgin ") a sculpture of the Greek virgin goddess Athena named after an epithet for the goddess herself, and was housed in the Parthenon in Athens.
Among the commercial downtown landmarks are the town's original movie house, the Narberth Theater, now a double-screen theater ; Ricklin's Hardware Store ; Mapes ' Five and Ten, now with two locations and the last of area's independent variety stores ; and The Greeks Bar and Restaurant.
Among the Greeks, these rivers are normally gold.
Among the most important battles were Coronea and Tegyrae fought against many Greeks but especially the Thebans.
Among the ancient Greeks, the quince was a ritual offering at weddings, for it had come from the Levant with Aphrodite and remained sacred to her.
Among the Sea peoples identified in Egyptian records are the Ekwesh, a group of Bronze Age Greeks ( Achaeans ); Teresh, Tyrrhenians, ancestors of the Etruscans ; Luka, an Anatolian people of the Aegean ( their name survives in the region of Lycia ); Sherden, probably Sardinians ; Shekelesh, probably the Italic tribe called Siculi ; Peleset, generally believed to refer to the Philistines, who might have come from Crete and were with the Tekrur ( possibly Greek Teucrians ) the only major tribe of the Sea Peoples known to have settled permanently in the Levant.
Among the Greeks the Gospel Book is laid out in order of the cycle of readings as they occur in the ecclesiastical year, with a section in the back providing the Gospel readings for Matins, Feasts and special occasions.
Among these was the Tripod of Plataea, now known as the Serpent Column, cast to celebrate the victory of the Greeks over the Persians during the Persian Wars in the 5th century BC.
Among the Greeks, the mantle is added at this stage.
" Among the Greeks, old monks are often called Gheronda, or " Elder ", out of respect for their dedication.
Among the ancient Greeks, a common method for indicating the passage of years was based on the order of Olympic Games, first held in 776 BC.
* Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans ( available in a Dover reprint )
* Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans, by Franz Cumont at sacred-texts. com
Among the Greeks, T. H. Price notes the nurturing power of Kourotrophos might be invoked in sacrifices and recorded in inscription, without specifically identifying Hera or Demeter.
Among the Greeks, who do not normally hold an All-Night Vigil on Saturday evenings, Compline is said as normal.
Among his miscellaneous publications are the American edition of Sir William Smith's History of Greece ( 1855 ); translations of Menzel's German Literature ( 1840 ), of Munk's Metres of the Greeks and Romans ( 1844 ), and of Guyot's Earth and Man ( 1849 ); and Familiar Letters from Europe ( 1865 ).
Among the Greeks and Romans, Babylonia ( also known as Chaldea ) became so identified with astrology that ' Chaldean wisdom ' came to be a common synonym for divination using planets and stars.
Among Romans the career of Titus Quinctius Flamininus ( died 174 BC ), who appeared at the Isthmian Games in Corinth in 196 BC and proclaimed the freedom of the Greek states, was fluent in Greek, stood out, according to Livy, as a great admirer of Greek culture ; the Greeks hailed him as their liberator.
Among the ancient Greeks Boeotia was the home of fools ; among the Thracians, Abdera ; among the ancient Jews, Nazareth ; among modern Jews, Chełm ; among the ancient Asiatics, Phrygia.

Among and Aristotle
Among the tide of Greek philosophy, three names tower above the rest: Socrates — even though he did not write anything himself, Plato, and Aristotle.
Among the disciples of Damascius the most important are Simplicius, the celebrated commentator on Aristotle, and Eulamius.
Among the more important of his later writings were the articles on Aristotle, Plato and Socrates, contributed to the eighth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, and afterwards reprinted with additions under the title of The Fathers of Greek Philosophy ( Edinburgh, 1862 ).
Among these schools are the tradition of practical reason extending from Aristotle through Kant to Habermas, which asserts that they can, and the tradition of emotivism, which maintains that they are merely expressions of emotions and have no rational content.
Among his portraits are mentioned those of the mother of Aristotle, Philiscus of Corcyra the tragic poet, and King Antigonus.
Among Greek scholars, Aristotle ( 384 – 322 BC ) believed a fetus in early gestation has the soul of a vegetable, then of an animal, and only later became " animated " with a human soul by " ensoulment ".
Among the philosophers mentioned by name are historical figures such as Aristotle, Porphyry, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, René Descartes and Jeremy Bentham, as well as contemporary figures such as Mary Midgley, Tom Regan and Thomas Nagel.

Among and Homer
Among the Berliners they encounter in their wanderings is an old man named Homer, who, unlike the Greek poet of war Homer, dreams of an " epic of peace.
Among these are Pulitizer Prize winning author Ernest Hemingway, football hall-of-famer George Trafton, McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, city planner Walter Burley Griffin, comedian Kathy Griffin, and the voice of iconic cartoon character Homer Simpson, Dan Castellaneta.
Among others he beat were Light Heavyweight Champion Battling Levinsky ( who had never been knocked out before Dempsey did so ), Bill Brennan, Fred Fulton, Carl E. Morris, Billy Miske (" newspaper decision "), heavyweight Lefty Jim McGettigan and Homer Smith.
Among his other works are a History of that Most Victorious Monarch Edward III ( 1688 ), an epic work numbering 900 + pages, in which he introduces long and elaborate speeches into the narrative ; editions of Euripides ( 1694 ) and of Homer ( 1711 ), also one of Anacreon ( 1705 ) which contains titles of Greek verses of his own which he hoped to publish.
Among the dead is Thomas C. Capeheart, the son of United States Senator Homer E. Capehart.
Among its collection are masterpieces by George Bellows, George Caleb Bingham, Frederic Church, John Singleton Copley, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, and John Singer Sargent.
Among the works listed by the Suda there are Homeric Questions ; Whether Homer is a Philosopher ; Homeric Problems and Solutions ; and two publications on Attic diction.
Among these were volumes by Homer and Locke and the Bible.
Among the significant artists represented in its collection are Nam June Paik, Jenny Holzer, David Hockney, Georgia O ' Keeffe, John Singer Sargent, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Albert Bierstadt, Edmonia Lewis, Thomas Moran, James Gill, Edward Hopper, Karen LaMonte and Winslow Homer.
Among the artists represented in the collection are Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Gustave Courbet, El Greco, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Pierre Bonnard, Paul Klee, Arthur Dove, Winslow Homer, James McNeill Whistler, Jacob Lawrence, Augustus Vincent Tack, Georgia O ' Keeffe, and Mark Rothko.
Among the many masterpieces acquired during his tenure were works by Cecilia Beaux, William Merritt Chase, Frank Duveneck, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Childe Hassam, and Edmund Tarbell.
Among the creatures Bart and Homer find in the pit is journalist and news personality Katie Couric, as well as a pixie resembling Tinkerbell.
Among all the bridges spanning the present Welland Canal, the Skyway is numbered Bridge 4A ( the Homer Lift Bridge is Bridge 4 ).
Among the technologies initially considered, but later ruled out, was that used in the Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge and the Hood Canal Bridge in the United States.
Among the discoveries made by Flinders Petrie were papyrus manuscripts, including a great papyrus scroll which contains parts of books 1 and 2 of the Iliad ( the " Hawara Homer " of the Bodleian Library, Oxford ).

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