In short, the traditional epithet for Milton of ' Lady of Christ's ', while eminently fitting, rests only on this baffling passage in the midst of the most treacherous piece of writing Milton left us.

On the satirical side, Thomas Carlyle ( 1849 ) coined ' the dismal science ' as an epithet for classical economics, in this context, commonly linked to the pessimistic analysis of Malthus ( 1798 ).

Scallawag had a special meaning after the Civil War as an epithet for a white Southerner who willingly accepted the reforms by the Republicans.

Her familiar Homeric epithet Boôpis, is always translated " cow-eyed ", for, like the Greeks of Classical times, its other natural translation " cow-faced " or at least " of cow aspect " is rejected.

Marcello Durante links " Homeros " to an epithet of Zeus as " god of the assemblies " and argues that behind the name lies the echo of an archaic word for " reunion ", similar to the later Panegyris, denoting a formal assembly of competing minstrels.

The earliest Mahāyāna texts often use the term Mahāyāna as an epithet and synonym for Bodhisattvayāna, but the term Hīnayāna is comparatively rare in early texts, and is usually not found at all in the earliest translations.

Scott appears to have taken the name from an anonymous manuscript – written in 1600 – that employs " Locksley " as an epithet for Robin Hood.

Husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus, and son of Laërtes and Anticlea, Odysseus is renowned for his guile and resourcefulness, and is hence known by the epithet Odysseus the Cunning ( mētis, or " cunning intelligence ").

The epithet parthénos (), whose origin is also unclear, meant " maiden, girl ", but also " virgin, unmarried woman " and was especially used for Artemis, the goddess of wild animals, the hunt, and vegetation, and for Athena, the goddess of strategy and tactics, handicraft, and practical reason.

The generic epithet translates as ' wandering about ', the specific indicates that it is migratory ; the Passenger Pigeon's movements were not only seasonal, as with other birds, they would mass in whatever location was most productive and suitable for breeding.

" He notes that the " terms in which they expressed their disdain for hangers-on and those whose post-hip credentials didn ’ t quite make it came straight out of the authenticity movements: " Poseurs " was the favourite epithet.

* Phoebe, an epithet of Artemis, feminine equivalent of Phoebus as a surname for Apollo

As the senior synonym, Cuvier's name has precedence, so applying modern rules for the combination of the genus name and the specific epithet, the valid species name became Ptéro-Dactyle antiquus.

Although it is possible that Rheged was merely a stronghold, it was not uncommon for sub-Roman monarchs to use their kingdom's name as an epithet.

The specific epithet fulgens is Latin for " shining, bright ".

The character's nickname, " Bones ", is a play on sawbones, an epithet for physicians, in particular, those qualified as surgeons.

In recent years, shows like Greg the Bunny and Puppets Who Kill have portrayed puppets as an oppressed minority, for which the politically-correct term is " fabricated-Americans " and the racial epithet is " sock ".

* an ' open compound ' construction with a suffix-e, for definite noun phrases with an epithet ;

Eck accused Osiander of being a " Jew-protector " and " Jew-father ," and no fewer than nineteen times reviled the Jews, and used the epithet for them: " a blasphemous race "

In Ancient Greek the adjective Ionios () was used as an epithet for the sea because Io swam across it.

The name " Fionn " is related to the Welsh name " Gwyn ", as in the mythological figure Gwyn ap Nudd, and to the continental Celtic " Vindos ", an epithet for the god Belenus.

Old Coptic texts employ many such words, phrases and epithets ; for example, the word '( Who is ) in ( His ) Mountain ', is an epithet of Anubis.

The phrase " Uncle Tom " has also become an epithet for a person who is slavish and excessively subservient to perceived authority figures, particularly a black person who behaves in a subservient manner to white people ; or any person perceived to be a participant in the oppression of their own group.

As Artemis's twin, Apollo had the epithet Didymaeus ( ; Διδυμαιος, Didumaios, from δίδυμος, " twin ").

Acesius was the epithet of Apollo worshipped in Elis, where he had a temple in the agora.

As god of music and arts, Apollo had the epithet Musagetes ( ; Doric Μουσαγέτας, Mousāgetās ) or Musegetes ( ; Μουσηγέτης, Mousēgetēs, from Μούσα, " Muse ", and ἡγέτης, " leader ").

This epithet was given to Apollo in parts of Gaul, Northern Italy and Noricum ( part of modern Austria ).

In later writers, the word, usually spelled " Paean ", becomes a mere epithet of Apollo in his capacity as a god of healing.

Apollo is connected with the site by his epithet Δελφίνιος Delphinios, " the Delphinian ".

The epithet is connected with dolphins ( Greek δελφίς ,- ῖνος ) in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo ( line 400 ), recounting the legend of how Apollo first came to Delphi in the shape of a dolphin, carrying Cretan priests on his back.

" " Paeon " was also the name of a divine physician and an epithet of Apollo.

In time Paeon ( or Paean ) became an epithet of Apollo as a god capable of bringing disease and propitiated as a god of healing.

He was one of Apollo's sons, sharing with Apollo the epithet Paean (" the Healer ").

Anextiomarus is a Celtic epithet of the sun-god Apollo recorded in a Romano-British inscription from South Shields, England.

In Kition, Cyprus, Resheph had the epithet of ḥṣ, interpreted as " arrow " by Javier Teixidor, who consequently interprets Resheph as a god of plague, comparable to Apollo whose arrows bring plague to the Danaans ( Iliad I. 42-55 ).

It has likewise been suggested that Hyacinthus was a pre-Hellenic divinity supplanted by Apollo through the " accident " of his death, to whom he remains associated in the epithet of Apollon Hyakinthios.

Alternatively the epithet may identify a particular and localized aspect of the god, sometimes already ancient during the classical epochs of Greece or Rome, such as a reference to the mythological place of birth or numinous presence at a specific sanctuary: sacrifice might be offered on one and the same occasion to Pythian Apollo ( Apollo Pythios ) and Delphic Apollo ( Apollo Delios ).

A localizing epithet refers simply to a particular center of veneration and the cultic tradition there, as the god manifested at a particular festival, for example: Zeus Olympios, Zeus as present at Olympia, or Apollo Karneios, Apollo at the Spartan Carneian festival.

In Greek mythology, Ichnaea ( Iknaia ), " the tracker " was an epithet that could be applied to Themis, as in the Homeric Hymn to Delian Apollo ( line 94 ), or to Nemesis, who was venerated at Ichnae, a Greek city in Macedon.

* an epithet of Apollo

# An epithet of Apollo, in an inscription