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The literal meaning of the word ἀλήθεια is "the state of not being hidden; the state of being evident." [citation needed] It also means "reality". [3] It is the antonym of lethe, [citation needed] which literally means "forgetting", "forgetfulness". [4] In Greek mythology, aletheia was
Alice Liddell as the goddess Aletheia, photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1872. Alethea is an English-language female first name derived from the Ancient Greek feminine noun ἀλήθεια, alḗtheia, 'truth'. Aletheia was the personification of truth in Greek philosophy.
The word georgos itself is ultimately a combination of two Greek words: ge (γῆ), 'earth, soil' and ergon (ἔργον), 'work'. Aelius Herodianus (fl. 2nd century AD), a Roman-era Greek grammarian and writer, determined Georgios to be a theophoric name , or a name created to honor a deity, a nod to Zeus Georgos , or " Zeus the Farmer" in ...
It is one of the most usual given names in Greece and Cyprus. The name day is 23 April (St George's Day). The English form of the name is George, the Latinized form is Georgius. It was rarely given in England prior to the accession of George I of Great Britain in 1714. The Greek name is usually anglicized as George.
The Roman mythographer Hyginus has the equivalent personification of the meaning of the Latin word oblivio (oblivion, forgetfulness) [4] as the offspring of Ether [Aether] and Earth [Terra]. [5] The meaning of the Greek lethe may have been influenced by the Greek word aletheia, meaning truth. [6]
The Greek goddess of truth is Aletheia (Ancient Greek: Ἀλήθεια). The German philosopher Martin Heidegger argues that the truth represented by aletheia (which essentially means "unconcealment") is different from that represented by veritas , which is linked to a Roman understanding of rightness and finally to a Nietzschean sense of ...
Georgia is a feminine given name originating from the Greek word Γεωργία (Georgía), meaning "agriculture". It shares this origin with the masculine version of the name, George . People
In Greek mythology, Apate (/ ˈ æ p ə t iː /; Ancient Greek: Ἀπάτη Apátē) is the goddess and personification of deceit. Her mother is Nyx, the personification of the night. [1] [2] In Roman mythology her equivalent is Fraus (Fraud), while her male counterpart is Dolus (Deception), and her opposite number Aletheia, the goddess of truth.