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Hades and Cerberus, in Meyers Konversationslexikon, 1888. Hades, as the god of the dead, was a fearsome figure to those still living; in no hurry to meet him, they were reluctant to swear oaths in his name, and averted their faces when sacrificing to him. Since to many, simply to say the word "Hades" was frightening, euphemisms were pressed ...
Down the rabbit hole; backtranslation, not a genuine Latin phrase; see Down the rabbit hole. desiderantes meliorem patriam: they desired a better land: From Hebrews 11:16; the motto of the Order of Canada. Deus caritas est: God Is Love: Title and first words of the first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI.
An aesthetic ideal that good art should appear natural rather than contrived. Of medieval origin, but often incorrectly attributed to Ovid. [13] ars gratia artis: art for the sake of art: Translated into Latin from Baudelaire's L'art pour l'art. Motto of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While symmetrical for the logo of MGM, the better word order in Latin ...
A folk-art allegorical map based on Matthew 7:13–14 Bible Gateway by the woodcutter Georgin François in 1825. The Hebrew phrase לא־תעזב נפשׁי לשׁאול ("you will not abandon my soul to Sheol") in Psalm 16:10 is quoted in the Koine Greek New Testament, Acts 2:27 as οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψεις τὴν ψυχήν μου εἰς ᾅδου ("you will not abandon my soul ...
Orpheus was one of the handful of Greek heroes [25] to visit the underworld and return; his music and song had power even over Hades. The earliest known reference to this descent to the underworld is the painting by Polygnotus (5th century BC) described by Pausanias (2nd century AD), where no mention is made of Eurydice.
Rivers are a fundamental part of the topography of the underworld and are found in the earliest source materials: [12] In Homer's Iliad, the "ghost" of Patroclus makes specific mention of gates and a river (unnamed) in Hades; [13] in Homer's Odyssey, the "ghost" of Odysseus's mother, Anticlea, describes there being many "great rivers and appalling streams", and reference is made to at least ...
The trip to the underworld is a mytheme of comparative mythology found in a diverse number of religions from around the world. [1] The hero or upper-world deity journeys to the underworld or to the land of the dead and returns.
'Love, Desire') is the Greek god of love and sex. His Roman counterpart is Cupid ('desire'). [ 4 ] In the earliest account, he is a primordial god , while in later accounts he is described as one of the children of Aphrodite and Ares and, with some of his siblings, was one of the Erotes , a group of winged love gods.