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Ichthys was adopted as a Christian symbol.. The ichthys or ichthus (/ ˈ ɪ k θ ə s / [1]), from the Greek ikhthū́s (ἰχθύς, 1st cent.AD Koine Greek pronunciation: [ikʰˈtʰys], "fish") is (in its modern rendition) a symbol consisting of two intersecting arcs, the ends of the right side extending beyond the meeting point so as to resemble the profile of a fish.
An ancient Hellenistic Christian slogan espoused the Greek acronym/acrostic [1] ΙΧΘΥΣ (ichthys) for Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, Θεοῦ Υἱός, Σωτήρ (Iēsous Christos, Theou Yios, Sōtēr), which translates into English as 'Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour'; the Greek word ichthys translating to 'fish' in English.
Written above the square is the word "ICHTHUS", which directly translates as a term for Christ; it is the earliest known Christian annotated Sator Square. [b] [1] An illustration in an early Byzantine bible gives the baptismal names of the three Magi as being: ATOR, SATOR, and PERATORAS. [1] [10]
The Harvard Ichthus, a journal of Christian thought and expression published at Harvard University; Ichthus Christian Fellowship, a neocharismatic Christian church movement and Apostolic network; Ichthus Festival, a Christian music festival in Wilmore, Kentucky; Ichthys (also ichthus), a symbol drawn so as to resemble the profile of a fish
Xuthus was a son of King Hellen of Thessaly and the nymph Orseis; and brother of Dorus, Aeolus, Xenopatra [2] and probably Neonus.He had two sons, Ion and Achaeus, [3] and a daughter named Diomede by Creusa, the Athenian daughter of King Erechtheus.
The Chi Rho (☧, English pronunciation / ˈ k aɪ ˈ r oʊ /; also known as chrismon [1]) is one of the earliest forms of the Christogram, formed by superimposing the first two (capital) letters—chi and rho (ΧΡ)—of the Greek ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ (rom: Christos) in such a way that the vertical stroke of the rho intersects the center of the chi.
In March, a mother was horrified to find a pedophile symbol on a toy she bought for her daughter. Although the symbol was not intentionally placed on the toy by the company who manufactured the ...
Icthyocentaur with trident. Hotel Sacher, Vienna. Four-legged ichthyocentaur. Fountain of the Centaurs, Missouri State Capitol. In late Classical Greek art, an ichthyocentaur (Ancient Greek: ἰχθῠοκένταυρος, plural: ἰχθῠοκένταυροι, romanized: ikhthúokéntauros, ikhthúokéntauroi) was a centaurine sea being with the upper body of a human, the lower anterior half ...