The first Western literature, including the Hurrian – Hittite literature, the first Greek polis and the two main schools of Ancient Greek philosophy seem to originate in this region.

The main feature of the family is the composite flower type in the form of capitula surrounded by involucral bracts. The name " Asteraceae " comes from Aster, the most prominent generum in the family, that derives from the Greek ἀστήρ meaning star, and is connected with its inflorescence star form.

He is among the main characters of the historical novel Agnes of France ( 1980 ) by Greek writer Kostas Kyriazis ( b. 1920 ).

iii. 74a ), is in the main pure Hebrew, and even includes Hebrew translations of Greek proper names, to avoid the danger of possible exposure should the letter have fallen into the hands of enemies and informers ( compare Eruvin 53b ).

There are three main versions of the Book of Daniel: the twelve-chapter version preserved in the Masoretic text and two longer Greek versions ( the original Septuagint version, c. 100 BCE, and the later Theodotion version, c. 2nd century CE ).

The coalition's main chance came in 62 BC, when the Greek cities rebelled against Roman rule.

Additionally, the Greek text contains many small changes in the meaning of the main text.

The main source for the Greco-Persian Wars is the Greek historian Herodotus.

The stars of the main asterism within a constellation are usually given Greek letters in their order of brightness, the so-called Bayer designation introduced by Johann Bayer in 1603.

Vasea of Cyprus are broadly divided into two main ethnic communities, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, who share many customs but maintain distinct identities based on ethnicity, religion, language, and close ties with their respective motherlands.

In 1840 he qualified as university lecturer in theology with a dissertation on the recensions of the New Testament text — the main part of which reappeared the following year in the prolegomena to his first edition of the Greek New Testament.

Greek trade networks spread throughout the Mediterranean region, while Roman trade expanded with the main goal of directing tribute from the colonized areas towards the Roman metropole.

In 1849, during his tour of Britain he completed ( a decade and a half before the name Christadelphian was conceived ) Elpis Israel ( elpis being Greek for " hope ") – in which he laid out his understanding of the main doctrines of the Bible.

The main altar there belongs to the Greek Orthodox, which contains The Rock of Calvary ( 12th Station of the Cross ).

* The Catholicon-On the east side opposite the Rotunda is the Crusader structure housing the main altar of the Church, today the Greek Orthodox catholicon.

Delphi among the main Greek sanctuaries.

The idea of a relation between the language of the Aegean Linear scripts was taken into consideration as the main hypothesis by Michael Ventris before discovering that in fact the language behind the more modern Linear B script was Mycenean, a Greek dialect.

The two main theories of manufacture are native Etruscan and Greek.

Herodotus is the first who stated the main characteristics of ethnicity, with his famous account of what defines Greek identity, where he lists kinship ( Greek: ὅμαιμον-homaimon, " of the same blood "), language ( Greek: ὁμόγλωσσον-homoglōsson, " speaking the same language "), cults and customs ( Greek: ὁμότροπον-homotropon, " of the same habits or life ").

Although Greek compositions are the main source of pseudepigraphal material, there are also works in Latin, Slavonic and Arabic.

The main phonological changes occurred during the Hellenistic and Roman period ( see Koine Greek phonology for details ), and included:

:" Birka is the main Geatish town ( oppidum Gothorum ), situated in the middle of Sweden ( Suevoniae ), not far ( non longe ) from the temple called Uppsala ( Ubsola ) which the Swedes ( Sueones ) held in the highest esteem when it comes to the worship of the gods ; here forms an inlet of the Baltic or the Barbaric Sea a port facing north which welcomes all the wild peoples all around this sea but which is risky for those who are careless or ignorant of such places ... they have therefore blocked this inlet of the troubled sea with hidden masses of rocks along more than 100 stadions ( 18 km ).

Grouped around the main sanctuary, there arose temples and chapels to the gods and goddesses who formed his court, so that Ekur became the name for an entire sacred precinct in the city of Nippur.

The Virgin New Adventures establish a religion on Gallifrey centred around the three main gods, Time, Death and Pain.

The main characters in myths are usually gods, supernatural heroes and humans.

* 2004: In religious studies, the word " myth " is usually reserved for stories whose main characters are gods or demigods.

The Unknown God or Agnostos Theos () is a theory by Eduard Norden first published in 1913 that proposes, based on Paul's Areopagus speech in Acts 17: 23, that in addition to the twelve main gods and the innumerable lesser deities, ancient Greeks worshipped a deity they called " Agnostos Theos ", that is: the " Unknown god ", which Norden called " Un-Greek ".

His main role was to interpret the will of the gods by studying the flight of birds: whether they are flying in groups or alone, what noises they make as they fly, direction of flight and what kind of birds they are.

The main gods in the Hurrian pantheon were:

The Greeks later linked Set with Typhon because both were evil forces, storm deities, and sons of the Earth that attacked the main gods.

In the earlier episodes, as mentioned in the show's opening title, Hercules ' main nemesis is his evil stepmother Hera, the powerful queen of the gods, who seeks to destroy Hercules using various monsters, because he is a reminder of her husband Zeus ' infidelity.

Although there does not seem to be an epic tale in Greek mythology in which the Fates are the main focus, they have played critical roles in the lives of gods and mortals.

The main duty of the Pontifices was to maintain the pax deorum or " peace of the gods.

In Neil Gaiman's American Gods, Leucotios appears in the main character's dream of forgotten gods.

The main role of the fire jötnar in Norse mythology is to wreak the final destruction of the world by setting fire to the world at the end of Ragnarök, when the jötnar of Jotunheim and the forces of Hel shall launch an attack on the gods, and kill all but a few of them.

All pagan deities were referred to as " devils " by some Christian sorces, thus it is possible that this image is merger of several deities, first of all chtonic gods, and folklore does indeed refer to there being several devils, though occasionally there is one main entity identified.

Aker had no temples of his own like the main gods in the Egyptian religion, since he was more connected to the primeval concepts of the very old earth powers.

This would have been alongside the main Roman road from London to Colchester and used as a stop over point on the long journey, another notable find during the excavation was a Votive Offering pool in the grounds of the temple, the pool contained several artefacts that would have been offered to the gods.

The main purpose of the Amduat is to give the names of these gods and monsters to the spirit of the dead Pharaoh, so he can call upon them for help or use their name to defeat them.

The main exhibits are the Pergamon Altar from the 2nd century BC, with a 113 meters ( 371 ft ) long sculptural frieze depicting the struggle of the gods and the giants, and the Gate of Miletus from Roman antiquity.

Her other main divine epithet was " qaniyatu ʾilhm " ( Ugaritic:: qnyt ʾlm ) which may be translated as " the creatrix of the gods ( Elohim )".

In Revolt Against the Modern World, he asserts " in the symbolism of Christ there are traces of a mysteric pattern " ( p. 281 ) and " Jesus ' saying in Matthew ( 11: 12 ) concerning the violence suffered by the kingdom of Heaven and the revival of the Davidic saying: ' You are gods ' ( John 10: 34 ), belong to elements that exercised virtually no influence on the main pathos of early Christianity " ( Revolt, p. 284 ).

These epic introductory tendencies give way to the main portion of the story, usually involving a battle of some kind ( such as in the Iliad ) that follows this pattern: dressing for battle ( description of Achilles shield, preparation for battle ), altar sacrifice / libation to the gods, some battle change ( perhaps involving drugs ), treachery ( Achilles ankle is told to be his weak spot ), a journey to the Underworld, and the final battle.

According to the Confucian thought every culture should carry on its own primordial ethnic religion, which two main aspects are reverence for nature and for the ancient fathers ; in the case of the Chinese it is the Chinese folk religion and Taoism compound, which pivotal element is the worship of ancestor gods.

Behind the main altar at the Church of Sant ' Eustachio, Rome, this painting follows the narrative in the Golden Legend: For refusing to sacrifice to the gods, St. Eustace and his wife and sons are to be enclosed in a brazen bull which will be heated till they die.