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In ancient Macedonia, philoi was a title to the royal friends, advisors of the king (basileus). They were the personal choice of the king and they might have come from anywhere in the Greek world. The title became common among the Hellenistic kingdoms after Alexander the Great's empire was partitioned to be ruled by the diadochi.
Philia (/ ˈ f ɪ l i ə /; from Ancient Greek φιλία (philía)) is one of the four ancient Greek words for love: philia, storge, agape and eros. In Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, philia is usually translated as "friendship" or affection. [1] The complete opposite is called a phobia.
The word rhei (ρέι, cf. rheology) is the Greek word for "to stream"; according to Plato's Cratylus, it is related to the etymology of Rhea. πάντοτε ζητεῖν τὴν ἀλήθειαν pántote zeteῖn tḕn alḗtheian "ever seeking the truth" — Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers [26] — a characteristic of ...
Koinonos (Ancient Greek: κοινωνός) is an Ancient Greek word, generally thought to mean companion; however it has been used extensively in ancient writing with a wide variety of meanings. Its original form is κοινωνός and it was later translated to Koinonos.
Daughter of Zeus and Leto, and twin sister of Apollo. [71] She presided over transitions, [72] and was associated with hunting and the wild. [73] Her cult was the most far-reaching of any goddess, [74] and she presided over female (as well as male) initiation rites. [75] She is among the oldest of the Greek gods, and is closely linked with Asia ...
In Greek mythology, Hippolyta, or Hippolyte [1] (/ h ɪ ˈ p ɒ l ɪ t ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἱππολύτη Hippolytē), was a daughter of Ares and Otrera, [2] queen of the Amazons, and a sister of Antiope and Melanippe. She wore her father Ares' zoster, the Greek word found in the Iliad and elsewhere meaning "war belt".
It is related to the English word "loud" and carries the implied meaning of "what others hear about you". A Greek hero earns kleos through accomplishing great deeds. According to Gregory Nagy, besides the meaning of "glory", kleos can also be used as the medium (in this case, the ancient Greek poetry or song) which conveys glory. [1]
Some words in English have been reanalyzed as a base plus suffix, leading to suffixes based on Greek words, but which are not suffixes in Greek (cf. libfix). Their meaning relates to the full word they were shortened from, not the Greek meaning: -athon or -a-thon (from the portmanteau word walkathon, from walk + (mar)athon).