The name Barcelona comes from the ancient Iberian Phoenician Barkeno, attested in an ancient coin inscription in Iberian script as Barkeno in Levantine Iberian script, in Ancient Greek sources as, Barkinṓn ; and in Latin as Barcino, Barcilonum and Barceno.

The accompanying inscription is in Greek.

The name has been compared to a divine epithet Carnonos in a Celtic inscription written in Greek characters at Montagnac, Hérault ( as καρνονου, karnonou, in the dative case ).

The best-preserved Latin inscription surviving from the Greek East, the edict survives in many versions, on materials as varied as wood, papyrus, and stone.

Though modern epigrams are usually thought of as very short, Greek literary epigram was not always as short as later examples, and the divide between " epigram " and " elegy " is sometimes indistinct ( they share a characteristic metre, elegiac couplets ); all the same, the origin of the genre in inscription exerted a residual pressure to keep things concise.

The fate of one of the columns is recorded by a Greek inscription on one of the surviving columns, which states that " on 27 April 1759 he pulled down the column ".

The last known Indo-Greek ruler was Theodamas, from the Bajaur area of Gandhara, mentioned on a 1st century CE signet ring, bearing the Kharoṣṭhī inscription " Su Theodamasa " (" Su " was the Greek transliteration of the Kushan royal title " Shau " (" Shah " or " King ")).

The Greek phrase to describe the phenomenon is (; " crab inscription "), or simply karkinoi (; " crabs "), alluding to the movement of crabs, such as an inscription that may be read backwards.

Recently, an inscription dating to the late 10th / early 9th centuries BC with two names, very similar to one of the suggested etymologies of the popular Philistine name Goliath ( Lydian Alyattes, or perhaps Greek Kalliades ) was found in the excavations at Gath.

In a Linear B ( Mycenean Greek ) inscription on a tablet found at Pylos dated 1400 – 1200 BC, John Chadwick reconstructs the name of a goddess * Preswa who could be identified with Persa, daughter of Oceanus and finds speculative the further identification with the first element of Persephone.

Kerenyi suggests that the name Ariadne ( derived from, hagne, " pure "), was an euphemistical name given by the Greeks to the nameless " Mistress of the labyrinth " who appears in a Mycenean Greek inscription from Knossos in Crete.

The year is stated as the ninth year of Ptolemy V's reign ( equated with 197 / 196 BC ), and it is confirmed by naming four priests who officiated in that same year: Aëtus son of Aëtus was priest of the divine cults of Alexander the Great and the five Ptolemies down to Ptolemy V himself ; his three colleagues, named in turn in the inscription, led the worship of Berenice Euergetis ( wife of Ptolemy III ), Arsinoe Philadelpha ( wife and sister of Ptolemy II ) and Arsinoe Philopator, mother of Ptolemy V. However, a second date is also given in the Greek and hieroglyphic texts, corresponding to, the official anniversary of Ptolemy's coronation.

Ancient Greece | Ancient Greek lead sling bullets with a winged thunderbolt engraved on one side and the inscription " ΔΕΞΑΙ " ( Dexai ) meaning " take that " or " catch " on the other side, 4th century BC, from Athens, British Museum.

This tradition persisted in modern Greek folklore about the vrykolakas, in which a wax cross and piece of pottery with the inscription " Jesus Christ conquers " were placed on the corpse to prevent the body from becoming a vampire.

The Greek inscription reads ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ( Antiochus, image of God, bearer of victory ).

A 1st century BC Greek inscription on the building records its dedication to Hera.

In addition, further texts and monuments from Persepolis have been found, including a fragmentary Old Iranian inscription from Gherla, Romania ( Harmatta ) and a letter from Darius to Gadates, preserved in a Greek text of the Roman period.

" Capra simply means " she-goat " and the star-name Capella is the " little goat ", but some modern readers confuse her with the male sea-goat of the Zodiac, Capricorn, who bears no relation to Amalthea, no connection in a Greek or Latin literary source nor any ritual or inscription to join the two.

Fellows could not read the Lycian inscription, except for one line identifying a person of illegible name, to whom the monument was erected, termed the son of Arppakhu in Lycian, equivalent to Greek Harpagos.

An inscription written in Greek was found in a late Achaemenid temple at Persepolis which invoked Ahura Mazda and two other divinities, most likely Mithra and Anahita.

The Greek inscription on his tomb has survived.

Cornelius is not buried in the chapel of the popes, but in a nearby catacomb, and the inscription on his tomb is in Latin, instead of the Greek of his predecessor's Pope Fabian and successor's Lucius I.

Ancient Persian bas-relief – Apadana or Behistun inscription, ancient Greek pottery, archaeological findings from Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, China et al.

The magic word " Ablanathanalba ," which reads in Greek the same backward as forward, also occurs in the Abrasax-stones as well as in the magic papyri.

In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, journalist Naomi Klein uncovered that " the initial exploration plan that BP submitted to the federal government for the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon well reads like a Greek tragedy about human hubris.

In all three cases the uncorrected Codex Sinaiticus in Greek reads Chrestianoi.

The legend reads, in Greek: " John the Palaiologos, basileus and autokrator of the Romans ".

The Greek language | Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ i. e. " of king Demetrius God victorious ".

The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ &# 32 ; ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ( of king Antiochus ).

The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ &# 32 ; ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ( of king Antiochus ).

The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ &# 32 ; ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ( of King Seleucus ).

The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, King Antiochus.

Greek language | Greek inscription reads " ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΕΡΣΕΩΣ " ( King Perseus ).

The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ &# 32 ; ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ( king Antiochus ).

:( The Bible clerk reads from the Greek Testament.

Greek language | Greek inscription reads: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΥ i. e. " of king Euthydemus "

The Greek language | Greek inscription reads: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ-"( of ) King Diodotus ".

The Ancient Greek | Greek text reads ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ &# 32 ; ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ &# 32 ; ΘΕΑΣ &# 32 ; ΕΥΕΤΗΡΙΑΣ.

The house he lived in bears an inscription in ancient Greek that reads: “ With good luck.

The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΟΣ ( king Antiochus Philometor ).

The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ &# 32 ; ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ &# 32 ; ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ( king Antiochus Philopatros ).