Within this notion clarity is possible, but for us who are neither Greek nor Jansenist there is not such clarity.

Deppy is Despina Messinesi, a long-time member of the Vogue staff who, although born in Boston, was born there of Greek parents.

Greek phone service is worse than French, so that it was to be some little time before contact of any sort was established.

My other nugget of art and architectural knowledge -- besides remembering that it was Ghiberti who designed the doors of the baptistery in Florence -- is the three styles of Greek columns.

I have said before how difficult it is to make any precise statements with regard to the character of the Greek and Elizabethan public.

But the firm has recognized the tight dollar and the tourist's desire to visit the `` smaller, less-traveled and relatively inexpensive countries '', and is now prepared to teach modern Greek and Portuguese through recordings.

Throughout the Dark ages, it is clear, the Greek world had been developing slowly but consistently.

Although it is not possible to sunder old and new in this era, I shall consider in the present chapter primarily the first decades of the eighth century and shall interpret them as an apogee of the first stage of Greek civilization.

( Hymen, in fact, is the Greek word for membrane.

Scientists assume that cholesterol ( from the Greek chole, meaning bile, and sterios, meaning solid ) is somehow necessary for the formation of brain cells, since it accounts for about 2% of the brain's total solid weight.

To have the Greek paper is not the great help that at first flush it seemed.

It is similar to the Ancient Greek letter Alpha, from which it derives.

The term " anthropology " is from the Greek anthrōpos (), " man ", understood to mean humankind or humanity, and-logia (- λογία ), " discourse " or " study.

Apollo ( Attic, Ionic, and Homeric Greek:, Apollōn ( gen .: ); Doric:, Apellōn ; Arcadocypriot:, Apeilōn ; Aeolic:, Aploun ; ) is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in ancient Greek and Roman religion, Greek and Roman mythology, and Greco – Roman Neopaganism.

Alaksandu could be Paris-Alexander of Ilion ", whose name is Greek.

The connection with Dorians and their initiation festival apellai is reinforced by the month Apellaios in northwest Greek calendars, but it can explain only the Doric type of the name, which is connected with the Ancient Macedonian word " pella " ( Pella ), stone.

Apollo's sister Artemis, who was the Greek goddess of hunting, is identified with Britomartis ( Diktynna ), the Minoan " Mistress of the animals ".

However, the Greek tradition is referring to the existence of vapours and chewing of laurel-leaves, which seem to be confirmed by recent studies.

However, this story may reflect a cultural influence which had the reverse direction: Hittite cuneiform texts mention a Minor Asian god called Appaliunas or Apalunas in connection with the city of Wilusa attested in Hittite inscriptions, which is now generally regarded as being identical with the Greek Ilion by most scholars.

This is the Greek ideal of moderation and a virtue that opposes gluttony.

Apollo is a common theme in Greek and Roman art and also in the art of the Renaissance.

* 1178 BC – The calculated date of the Greek king Odysseus ' return home from the Trojan War.

These troops, returning home from a disastrous military expedition to Cyrene in Libya, suspected that they had been betrayed in order that Apries, the reigning king, might rule more absolutely by means of his Greek mercenaries ; many Egyptians fully sympathized with them.

home ), itself a derivation from " live " (> Greek, Latin sinō ); then, the Germanic * χimbra-finds an exact cognate in Slavic sębrъ " farmer " (> Croatian, Serbian sebar, Russ.

The Washington Redskins, after wearing white exclusively in the ' 80s and ' 90s, including the 1982 NFC Championship Game ( having gone 3 – 0 in them during the regular season, during CBS ' pregame show, Jimmy " The Greek " Snyder actually invoked the blue jerseys in picking Dallas to win the game ), have since 2002 occasionally reverted to using their burgundy jerseys for second-half home games, but will still wear white against the Cowboys.

Dartmouth is home to 32 recognized Greek houses: 17 fraternities, 12 sororities, and three coeducational organizations, In 2007, roughly 70 % of eligible students belong to a Greek organization ; since 1987, students have not been permitted to join Greek organizations until their sophomore year.

In Greek mythology, Ēōs (;, or, Éōs, " dawn ", or ; also Αὔως, Aýōs in Aeolic ) is a Titaness and the goddess of the dawn, who rose each morning from her home at the edge of the Oceanus.

The Taverna and Estiatorio are widespread, serving traditional Greek home cooking at affordable prices to both locals and tourists.

Greek nationalists continued to claim southern Albania ( which they called Northern Epirus ), home of a significant Greek population ( about 3 %- 12 % in the whole of Albania

Regarding the nature of her cult, it has been remarked, " she is more at home on the fringes than in the center of Greek polytheism.

When they reached Astrakhan, Uzbeg Khan had just given permission for one of his pregnant wives, Princess Bayalun, a daughter of Greek Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos, to return to her home city of Constantinople to give birth.

In the decades immediately preceding Macedon's domination of the Greek city-states, Chios was home to a school of rhetoric which Isocrates had opened, as well as a faction aligned with Sparta.

Khartoum is home to several clubs such as the Sailing Club, German Club, Greek Hotel, Coptic Club, Syrian Club, International Club etc.

The Kansas City area is home to nine Eastern Orthodox churches, including three Serbian Orthodox churches, two Greek Orthodox parishes, two parishes of the Orthodox Church in America, an Antiochian Orthodox church, and a mission of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

The word " lesbian " is derived from the name of the Greek island of Lesbos, home to the 6th-century BCE poet Sappho.

Olympus Mons has become the Mount Olympos of Greek myth, home of beings playing the roles of the various Greek gods.

The poem mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus ( or Ulysses, as he was known in Roman myths ) and his journey home after the fall of Troy.

Accompanied by Athena ( still disguised as Mentor ), he departs for the Greek mainland and the household of Nestor, most venerable of the Greek warriors at Troy, now at home in Pylos.

For example, empty shoes placed outside of a Greek home would tell others that the family's son has died in battle.

The Peristyle is the concert hall in Greek Revival style in the East Wing of the Toledo Museum of Art ; it is the home of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, and hosts many international orchestras as well.

It was inhabited by the Greek tribes of the Chaonians, Molossians, and Thesprotians, and home to the sanctuary of Dodona, the oldest ancient Greek oracle, and the most prestigious one after Delphi.