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Euryalus (or Agrolas), brother and fellow builder of Hyperbius the Athenian. [10] Euryalus was the name of a son of Euippe and Odysseus, who was mistakenly slain by his father for plotting against his father. [11] Euryalus, son of Naubolus, one of the Phaeacians encountered by Odysseus in the Odyssey. [12]
Nisus and Euryalus (1827) by Jean-Baptiste Roman (Louvre Museum) In Greek and Roman mythology, Nisus (Ancient Greek: Νῖσος, romanized: Nîsos) and Euryalus (/ j ʊəˈr aɪ. əl ə s /; Ancient Greek: Εὐρύαλος, romanized: Eurýalos, lit. 'broad') are a pair of friends serving under Aeneas in the Aeneid, the Augustan epic by ...
In the Odyssey, Homer gives him the epithet "the peer of murderous Ares". Next to Laodamas, he is said to be the most handsome of the Phaeacians, and is the best wrestler.. He convinces Laodamas to challenge Odysseus, then rebukes him when he refuses to participate, saying "No truly, stranger, nor do I think thee at all like one that is skilled in games, whereof there are many among men ...
In Islamic writings, these honorific prefixes and suffixes come before and after the names of all the prophets (of whom there are 124,000 in Islam, the last of whom is the Prophet of Islam Muhammad [2] [3]), the Imams (the twelve Imams in the Shia school of thought [4]), specially the infallibles in Shia Islam [5] and the prominent individuals ...
A Pew Center study in 2016 found that Muslims have the highest number of adherents under the age of 15 (34% of the total Muslim population) of any major religion, while only 7% are aged 60+ (the smallest percentage of any major religion). According to the same study, Muslims have the highest fertility rates (3.1) of any major religious group. [115]
The Six Kalmas (Urdu: چھ کلمے chh kalme, Arabic: ٱلكَلِمَات ٱلسِتّ al-kalimāt as-sitt, also spelled qalmah), also known as the Six Traditions or the Six Phrases, are six Islamic phrases often recited by Pakistani Muslims. [1]
Mawlā (Arabic: مَوْلَى, plural mawālī مَوَالِي), is a polysemous Arabic word, whose meaning varied in different periods and contexts. [1] Before the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the term originally applied to any form of tribal association. [2]
Samar is generally an Arabic female given name meaning "evening conversations (including Arabic music and poetry)". [3] Samar is a female name in Islamic culture.. Another meaning used as a female given name bears the meaning "the night and its blackness", where the saying goes: "lā âtiy-hi samara (لا آتيهِ سَمَرًا)", meaning "I wouldn't visit him at samar (that is, the night ...