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Eta

Ἡ ἀνάπαυσις τῶν πόνων ἐστὶν ἄρτυμα.

Ἡ ἀνάπαυσις τῶν πόνων ἐστὶν ἄρτυμα.: Hē anapausis tōn ponōn estin artyma.; "Relaxation is the spice of work."

Quotation from the moral treatises of the historian Plutarch .

Ἡ γλῶττα πολλῶν ἐστιν αἰτία κακῶν.

Ἡ γλῶττα πολλῶν ἐστιν αἰτία κακῶν.
Ἡ γλῶσσα πολλῶν ἐστιν αἰτία κακῶν.: Hē glōtta / glōssa pollōn estin aitía kakōn.; ( γλῶττα glōtta is the Attic variant, γλῶσσα glōssa is Doric / Ionic ); "Language is the cause of many evils."

Quotation from the works of the comedy poet Menandros , to which another sentence from his Monosticha corresponds:

" Ἡ γλῶσσα πολλοὺς εἰς ὄλεθρον ἤγαγεν. "

"The tongue brought many to their ruin."

The poet Menander wants to warn against thoughtless utterances.

Ἡ δεξιά σου χεῖρ, Κύριε, δεδόξασται ἐν ἰσχύϊ.

Order of the Redeemer

Ἡ δεξιά σου χεῖρ, Κύριε, δεδόξασται ἐν ἰσχύϊ.: He dexia sou cheir, Kyrie, dedoxastai en ischyi.; "Lord, your right hand is glorified in its power."

Motto of the Order of the Savior , founded in 1829 by the Greek National Assembly . The order was intended to commemorate the redemption from the Turkish yoke and was initially only awarded to Greeks who had distinguished themselves in the struggle for freedom.

Since 1863, the medal has been a white-enameled, gold-rimmed St. John's Cross, which hangs on the golden royal crown. The medallion shows the image of the Redeemer on a golden background and is surrounded by a gold-framed blue circlet, which bears the following Old Testament motto in golden Greek characters:

" Η ΔΕΞΙΑ ΣΟΥ ΧΕΙΡ, ΚΥΡΙΕ, ΔΕΔΟΞΑΣΤΑΙ ΕΝ ΙΣΧΥΙ "

"Lord, your right hand is glorified in its power."

The reverse of the medallion contains the Greek coat of arms with the following legend:

" Η ΕΝ ΑΡΓΕΙ Δ 'ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ ΣΥΝΕΛΕΥΣΙΣ - 1829"

"The 4th Greek National Assembly in Argos 1829."

η Επταετία

η Επταετία: i Eptaetia; "The seven years"

“The seven years” was the time of the Greek military dictatorship from 1967 to 1974. Alternative names are “the regime of the colonels” ( Χούντα των Συνταγματαρχών ) or “the junta” for short (“ Η Χούντα ”). Since January 1965, all signs pointed to a serious crisis as relations between the Georgios Papandreou government and the royal family continued to deteriorate. Influenced by his camarilla , King Constantine II became more and more convinced that the Central Union was planning the overthrow of the monarchy.

On the morning of April 21, 1967, there was a military coup. The "Declaration of Kollias" on Radio Athens a few hours after the formation of the putschist government on April 22, 1967:

“The new government will try to restore harmony among the Greeks. The discord that has so far divided the Greeks and into which the bad Greeks had led the people must end. In order to restore this unity, the government calls on the people to give all of their support. The government declares that there will no longer be Greeks of the right, the center or the left, but only plain and simple Greeks. "

The colonels justified their coup as a "revolution to save the nation" ( Εθνοσωτήριος Επανάστασις Ethnosotirios Epanastasis ). Their propagandistic model was the image of a "Hellas Christian Hellenes" (" Ελλάς Ελλήνων Χριστιανών ").

Georgios Koumantos wrote on the 40th anniversary of the coup:

“It has often been said of the evils the dictatorship brought with it; worst of all is the irreparable damage to Cyprus. Without wanting to, the putschists also did something good, because they accelerated the course of history: the abolition of the monarchy, the introduction of modern Greek, the approval of all political parties ... - changes that would otherwise have taken decades. "

Ἡ κάμηλος ἐπιθυμήσασα κεράτων.

Ἡ κάμηλος ἐπιθυμήσασα κεράτων καὶ τὰ ὦτα προσαπώλεσεν.: Hē kamēlos epithymēsasa keratōn kai ta ōta prosapōlesen.; "The camel wanted horns and also got shorter ears."

Summary of Aesop's fable about a camel that, envious of the bull's horns, asked Zeus for horns. Annoyed by this immodesty for giving the camel great body and strength, the god not only refused the camel the horns but also shortened his ears.

η κότα με τα χρυσά αυγά

Gustave Doré's illustration for La Fontaine's fable

η κότα με τα χρυσά αυγά: i kota me ta chrysa avga.; "The goose with the golden eggs"

This modern Greek proverb goes back to an old fable that Jean de La Fontaine re-published under the French title La Poule aux Oeufs d'Or . One man had a goose that could lay golden eggs. Instead of being satisfied with it, he wanted more and cut her stomach open, which of course dried up his source of gold.

In Aesop's fable, an admirer of Hermes receives a goose from him that lays golden eggs. But the greedy fool slaughters the goose, assuming that its insides are also made of gold.

The modern saying "slaughter the chicken that lays the golden eggs" means that you destroy a very profitable source of income without need.

Ἤ μ 'ἀνάειρ' ἢ ἐγὼ σέ.

Caligula

Ἤ μ 'ἀνάειρ' ἢ ἐγὼ σέ.: Ē m 'anaeir' ē egō se.; "Either you lift me or I lift you."

With these words Ajax calls on Odysseus to put an end to the long undecided wrestling match - Homer , Iliad 23, 724.

According to Suetonius (Caligula 22), the sentence was quoted by the Roman Emperor Caligula when he threatened a statue of the god Jupiter in his Caesarist delusion :

“During the day he often spoke secretly to the Capitoline Jupiter, sometimes by whispering in his ear and then again holding his ear out to him, sometimes in a loud voice and even with swear words. Once you heard him say threateningly to Jupiter in Greek: 'Lift me, or I love you!'
After all, as he himself said, he allowed himself to be softened by God and invited to live with him. Then he built a bridge over the Augustus temple, connecting the palatium with the capitol. In order to be even closer to God, he soon had the foundations for a new apartment laid on the square in front of the Capitol. "

Caligula felt equal to Jupiter and had statues of gods beheaded to furnish them with his own head. The Jews were the only ones in the Roman Empire who refused to put Caligula's statue in the temple. This made Caligula so angry that he prepared to raid Judea with fire and sword. Only his murder prevented this punitive action from being carried out.

Ἡ μαγνῆτις λίθος ψυχὴν ἔχει.

Magnetite

Ἡ μαγνῆτις λίθος ψυχὴν ἔχει.: Hē magnētis lithos psychēn echei.; "The magnetic stone has a soul."

The natural philosopher Thales of Miletus was of the opinion that all movements can be traced back to the effects of a soul, because everything is full of gods. Thales was the first to study natural philosophy . So he assumed that iron is attracted by the soul of the magnet, because he regarded the forces of nature as the soul forces of the gods.

The first known magnets came from the Asia Minor city of Magnesia am Meander , not too far from Miletus. Hence the name λίθος μαγνῆτις lithos magnētis ( "stone of magnesia" ). The Roman scholar Pliny the Elder wrote that a shepherd named Magnes had a nail tip on his shepherd's staff that was firmly attached to a stone on Mount Ida .

Incidentally, Thales also attributed a kind of soul to amber , since he observed the phenomenon of static electricity when amber was rubbed with certain materials. The Greek word for amber ( ἤλεκτρον ēlektron ) became in modern times - because of its static chargeability - the namesake of the electron and electricity .

See also: Ἡρακλέος λίθος ("Stone of Hercules")

ἡ πεντάτευχος βίβλος

ἡ πεντάτευχος βίβλος: hē pentateuchos biblos; "The five-part book"

Pentateuch ( Πεντετεύχως "five vessel") is a name for the five books of Moses . It comes from the jars that were used to keep scrolls. The division comes from the limited size of the synagogue common ancient scrolls of papyrus or parchment . In Judaism these are named after the first Hebrew word of the respective text, but in Christianity they are named after the Greco-Latin names of their central topic.

The Pentateuch was created around 440 BC. Completed and from about 250 BC. Translated into the Greek Septuagint . It tells the story of humanity from the creation of the world and the people of Israel, from the exodus from Egypt to the settlement in the Promised Land .

German	Hebrew (derivative)	Greek (Latin)	content
1. Book of Moses	Bereshit ( בְּרֵאשִׁית) In the beginning created ...	Genesis ( Γένεσις ) Genesis creation, origin	Report of the events from the creation of the world to the ministry of the sons of Jacob in Egypt.
2. Book of Moses	Schemot (שְׁמוֹת) These are the names ...	Exodos ( Έξοδος ) Exodus Exodus	It deals with the exodus from Egypt under the guidance of Moses on the way to the promised land, Canaan.
3rd Book of Moses	Wajikra (וַיִּקְרָא) And YHWH called ...	Leviticon ( το Λευιτικόν βιβλίον ) Leviticus Levitic legislation	Is largely about priestly worship in Judaism.
4. Book of Moses	Bemidable (בְּמִדְבַּר) And YHWH spoke in the desert ...	Arithmoi ( Ἀριθμοί ) Numbers Numbers of the Israelites	At the beginning of the book the tribes of the Israelites are listed and a census is described.
5. Book of Moses	Debarim (דְּבָרִים) These are the words ...	Deuteronomy ( Δευτερονόμιον ) Deuteronomy Second Law	Essentially, it consists of statements Moses made to the Israelites shortly before his death.

η Πόλη

The name Islambol إسلامبول Islambul on a coin from 1203 H.

η Πόλη: i Póli; "the town"

Constantinople ( Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis "City of Constantine") is still simply called "the city" by the Greeks. It was discovered by the Greeks around 660 BC. Founded as Byzantium ( Βυζάντιον ) and renamed in 326 AD. The Thracian name of the new settlement was later interpreted as that of one of the legendary leaders, Byzas from Megara.

The city has been called Istanbul since 1930 . This name is possibly the Turkish modification of the Greek εἰς τὴν πόλιν ("in the city"), which was pronounced istimbólin in Byzantine times . The name form Islambol (إسلامبولwritten Islambul ) was created after 1453 and was mainly used in a religious setting. In the 18th century it was preferred by some sultans. During this time, Islambul was struck on coins as the name of the mint at Tavşan taşı . Islambol was interpreted according to folk etymology as Islami bol (olan) (yer) - (place), whose Islam (is) abundant.

In late antiquity and in the Middle Ages, Constantinople was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire as the “New Rome” ( Nova Roma ) , and after the Ottoman conquest in 1453 it was the capital of the Ottoman Empire . As a prototype of an imperial city, Constantinople has been a cosmopolitan city for a longer period from the 4th century to the 18th century than, for example, Rome (3rd century BC - 5th century AD).

Constantinople is still present in Greece, for example in the name of the sports club AEK Athens , whose full name is Αθλητική Ένωση Κωνσταντινουπόλεως (Athlitiki Enosi Konstantinoupoleos) , which translates as Sports Association Constantinople .

Ἢ τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς.

Ἢ τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς.: Ē tān ē epi tās; "Him or on him."

Either you win the battle and bring the shield home or you return dead on the shield. Invitation of the Spartan mothers to their sons before they went to war.

The Filipino national hero Jose Rizal made the following comments on this subject in a letter "To the young women of Malolos" in 1889 :

“'Come back with him, or on him,' which meant 'come back victorious or dead,' since it was the custom for the defeated warrior to throw away his shield while the dead warrior was brought home on his shield. A mother received news that her son had died in battle and had defeated the army. She didn't say a word, but she expressed her gratitude that her son was saved from shame. But when her son came home alive, his mother was in mourning. "

This saying also served as the second inscription on the Mani flag during the Greek Revolution next to the motto Νίκη ή Θάνατος ( victory or death ).

The poet and warrior Archilochus saw it completely differently, who threw away his shield in a battle against the Saier and freely confessed (translation by Kurt Steinmann ):

ἀσπίδι μὲν Σαίων τις ἀγάλλεται, ἣν παρὰ θάμνωι
ἔντος ἀμώμητον κάλλιπον οὐκ ἐθέλων,
αὐατὸς μ᾿ ω .σάσωωω τί μοι μέλει ἀσπὶς ἐκείνη;
ἐρρέτω ἐξαῦτις κτήσομαι οὐ κακίω.

A Saier who I left behind near a bush
- an "impeccable weir" - is showing off with the shield, and yet I didn't want it.
But I have saved myself: what does that shield care about me?
He go there! Again I will acquire one that is no worse.

Ἡ φύσις οὐδὲν ποιεῖ ἅλματα.

Ἡ φύσις οὐδὲν ποιεῖ ἅλματα.: Hē physis ouden poiei halmata.; “Nature doesn't make jumps”.

Aristotle started from a Scala naturae , a structured series of stages with continuous transitions. This sentence reflects a basic assumption of Greek philosophy and natural science. It expresses that processes or changes in nature do not take place abruptly and suddenly - discontinuously - but in principle continuously or steadily. It also rules out that something disappears into nothingness or emerges from nothing (law of conservation of energy ). Everything is continuous and causal. If nature does make jumps, then it only makes very small jumps, so-called quantum leaps .

The philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz , whose law of continuity was considered inviolable in Western science until the end of the 19th century, wrote in 1705:

“Nothing happens in one fell swoop; and it is one of my greatest and most trusted principles that nature never jumps. I called that the law of continuity ... "

In its Latin form, Natura non facit saltus , the axiom comes from the Swedish naturalist Carl von Linné . He wrote about this in his Philosophia Botanica in 1751 :

“Nature doesn't jump. All plants and animals show affinities in all directions, like a territory on a map. "

Ἦθος, ἀνθρώπῳ δαίμων.

Ἦθος, ἀνθρώπῳ δαίμων.: Ēthos anthrōpō daimōn.; "Character is man's fate."; Latin " Faber est quisque fortunae suae ".

Quote from the fragments of the philosopher Heraclitus , who says that every person acts according to his character and thus creates his own fate.

This sentence corresponds roughly to the German “Everyone is the smith of his luck.” The Latin equivalent comes from the Roman historian Sallust .

With Ethos ( ἔθος "habit, custom, usage"; ἦθος "character, disposition, custom, custom, habit") refers to the individuals mitprägende life habit. The word character comes from the word χαρακτήρ and originally referred to the die for coins and seals. The word demon comes from the word δαίμων and actually means supernatural being . The word is related to the word δαιμόνιον in the meaning of "fate" or "conscience" that accompanies people invisibly.

In the Christian late antiquity this term, based on the so-called desert fathers , received the negative connotation in the Greek patristic .

Ἤλθ 'ἦλθε χελιδών.

Ἤλθ 'ἦλθε χελιδών.: Ēlth 'ēlthe chelidōn.; "It is coming, the swallow is coming."

Beginning of a collection song introduced by the sage Cleobulus of Lindos . With this song, a Chelidonisma (swallow song ), money and donations in kind were collected in September during the so-called swallow singing on the island of Rhodes on the occasion of the swallows' return. This currende song begins with the following words:

The swallow comes,
it brings the good times
and the good days,
white on the belly
and black on the back.

This is followed immediately by the request for charitable gifts:

Rich fig bread
from the rich house
and wine a glass
and cheese a basket ...

Ἦλθον, εἶδον, ἐνίκησα.

Caesar's triumphal procession, during which the Latin saying “ Veni vidi vici ” is carried forward

Ἦλθον, εἶδον, ἐνίκησα.: Ēlthon, eidon, enikēsa.; "I came, saw and conquered."

Establishment of Gaius Iulius Caesar , which has been passed down by the historians Plutarch and Suetonius .

The Latin form Veni vidi vici is better known . Caesar used this self-confident lacony in a letter to his friend Amintus after his unexpectedly quick victory at Zela over Pharnakes II of Pontus in 47 BC. Chr.

In his later triumphal procession, Caesar pointed out the ease of his victory at Zela by having a plaque with this saying presented to him. With the alliterating climax of three asyndetic two-syllables (a tricolon ), Caesar impressively underscores how easily, quickly and destructively he defeated Pharnakes.

The Latin words Veni vidi vici can still be found in many areas today. A well-known example are the cigarette packs from the tobacco company Philip Morris International .

Ήλιος της Βεργίνας

Star of Vergina

Ήλιος της Βεργίνας: Ilios tis Verginas; "Sun of Vergina"

The Vergina Sun , a sechzehnstrahliges sun symbol , was the opinion of Greek archaeologists the emblem of the Macedonian royal dynasty at the time of Philip II. And Alexander the Great . It was discovered in 1978 during archaeological excavations in the Greek part of Macedonia . However, it is still not clear that this star actually represented the emblem of the ancient Macedonian dynasty. The Greek archaeologist Andronikos was convinced, however, and not only his compatriots, but also the Slavic Macedonians believed him, because both sides saw themselves as the true heirs of Alexander.

Since the early 1990s, the citizens of the Greek regions of Macedonia have liked to use a flag that bears the star of Vergina in gold on a blue background. However, this flag has no official status. The star of Vergina was part of the first flag of the state of Macedonia , which was not recognized by Greece , but was replaced by an eight-pointed sun after protests by Greece.

The Neue Zürcher Zeitung wrote about this dispute in its online edition:

“The Star of Vergina quickly became a bone of contention between the two countries; Greece for its part declared it a national symbol by a parliamentary resolution. Finally, through the mediation of a third party, a compromise solution was found - the 16-rayed star became an 8-rayed sun - in which, of course, you could also see a variant of the previous motif from a basin perspective. "

Flag of the Republic of Macedonia from 1992 to 1995
current flag of the Republic of North Macedonia
Unofficial flag of the Greek region of Macedonia

Ἠλύσιον Πεδίον

Avenue des Champs-Élysées ( Elyseian Fields ) street sign

Ἠλύσιον Πεδίον: Ēlysion Pedíon; "The blessed field"

The Elysion is that "island of the blessed" in the far west of the globe to which those heroes who were loved by the gods are raptured. In complete contrast to the Tartaros, these are paradisiacal, rose-adorned meadows, where eternal spring reigns, and where a nectar-like drink from a source of Lethe makes it possible to forget all earthly suffering. Menelaus and Helena as well as Kadmos , the founder of Thebes, are said to be there alongside other heroes and to pass the time in the shade of incense trees with horse riding and gymnastics, dice and lute games.

Joy, beautiful spark of the gods

In the fourth movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony , joy is sung about as "daughter from Elysium":

Joy, beautiful spark of gods,
daughter from Elysium,
We enter
your sanctuary , drunk on fire, heavenly ones.

The name of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées ( Elyseian Fields ) in Paris is derived from the mythological Elysion . The avenue des Champs Elysées has had its current name since 1789. The promenade, originally lined with trees, was called " Grand Cours ". It was first officially called " Grande Allée du Roule " (1670), then " Avenue du Palais des Tuilleries " (1680), finally in the lower area " Avenue de la Grille Royale " and in the upper area " Avenue de Neuilly " (1778) .

See also: Μακάρων νῆσοι ("Islands of the Blessed")

Ἦν χρόνος, ὅτ 'ἦν ἄτακτος ἀνθρώπων βίος.

Ἦν χρόνος, ὅτ 'ἦν ἄτακτος ἀνθρώπων βίος.: Ēn chronos, hot 'ēn ataktos anthropōn bios.; "There was a time when human life was without order."

Opening words of the drama Sisyphus by the sophist Critias , a member of the Thirty Tyrants , in which he explains that the gods are nothing but a useful creation of man. The whole sentence is:

Ἦν χρόνος, ὅτ 'ἦν ἄτακτος ἀνθρώπων βίος καὶ θηριώδης ἰσχύος θ' ὑπηρέτης.

"There was a time when human life was without order, animal species and in the service of strength, when there was neither a price for good nor punishment for bad."

Ἡνίκα Πυθαγόρης τὸ περικλεὲς εὕρετο γράμμα.

Pythagorean theorem

Ἡνίκα Πυθαγόρης τὸ περικλεὲς εὕρετο γράμμα.: Ēnika Pythagorēs to periklees heureto gramma.; "When Pythagoras discovered the famous figure."

Beginning of an epigram on the discovery of the Pythagorean theorem , in which it goes on to say: "those for whom he offered the famous cattle sacrifice" .

The sentence is in the form of an equation: . ${\ displaystyle a ^ {2} + b ^ {2} = c ^ {2}}$

The sentence, named after Pythagoras, is the theoretical expression of the practical art developed by Indian, Babylonian and Egyptian builders and priests to achieve precise right angles with dimensions with the help of ropes, because even small deviations from right angles can have major consequences. The name of the sentence after Pythagoras comes from Euclid , who brought together the mathematical knowledge of his time and thereby attributed this sentence to Pythagoras.

The famous cattle sacrifice is the hecatomb ( ἑκατόμβη ), a victim of 100 cattle. In his poem On the Pythagorean Theorem , the poet Adelbert von Chamisso puts it this way:

The truth, it will last forever,
When the stupid world first recognized its light;
The theorem named after Pythagoras
applies today as it was in his day.

Pythagoras consecrated a sacrifice to
the gods who sent the ray of light to him; One hundred oxen announced his gratitude

, slaughtered and burned
.

The oxen since the day when they smell
that a new truth was revealed,
raise an inhuman roar;

Pythagoras filled them with horror;
And powerless to oppose the light. Close
your eyes and tremble.

Ἡράκλειοι πόνοι

Ἡράκλειοι πόνοι: Ērakleioi ponoi; "Herculean toil"; Latin "Herculei labores".

The humanist Erasmus von Rotterdam explains in his collection of proverbs Adagia that this term can be understood in different ways:

"... once as innumerable and monstrous, and as those who demand Herculean powers."

As the glory of Heracles spread, the vengeful Hera struck him madly, and Heracles slew his wife Megara and his three children. But soon the fit left him and he asked the Oracle of Delphi for advice. The Pythia answered him:

"You can only get atonement for your terrible murder if you put yourself in the service of Eurystheus for twelve years and fulfill the deeds required of him."

So Heracles went to King Eurystheus in Argos . He gave him a total of twelve tasks, the work of Heracles , all of which he mastered.

The twelve deeds of Heracles
image	No.	Remarks
	1.	Heracles killed the Nemean lion by holding its throat until it suffocated. The fur of this lion that he wore from now on made him almost invulnerable.
	2.	Heracles killed the nine-headed hydra (Lernaean serpent) by burning each of the decapitated necks so that no new heads could grow back. In her poison he dipped his arrows, which have struck incurable wounds ever since.
	3.	Heracles hunted the Kerynite doe for a whole year until he finally hunted it down - either with a net that he threw over the sleeping hind or by shooting an arrow through both of its forelegs, thus tying it up.
	4th	Heracles drove the Erymanthian boar out of the forest into a snowfield where the boar quickly became tired.
	5.	Heracles mistete the cattle stables of Augias out by conducting a river through the stable. More than 3,000 cattle were kept in the stable, which had not been mucked out for 30 years. The task was shameful for a hero, but Heracles did it by breaking the foundations of the stable on one side and channeling the water of two rivers through the stable.
	6th	Heracles exterminated the Stymphalic birds by rousing them with two large metal rattles and shooting them one by one with his poisoned arrows.
	7th	Heracles tamed the Cretan bull , brought it to Eurystheus, showed it, and immediately released the bull.
	8th.	Heracles tamed Diomedes ' man-eating horses by throwing them to Diomedes himself. After they ate their master, Heracles was able to lead them away, tamed.
	9.	The Amazon queen Hippolyte voluntarily gave the weir hangings to Heracles. But due to an intrigue by Hera, a fight finally ensues, in the course of which Heracles kills Hippolyte.
	10.	The giant Geryon challenged Heracles to battle. Heracles killed him with a poison arrow. Hera, who had come to support Geryon, was also wounded by Herakles and put to flight.
	11.	To pick the golden apples of the Hesperides, Heracles had to go to the pillars of Heracles on Gibraltar . By a trick he persuaded Atlas, the father of the Hesperides, to pick his apples.
	12.	As the most difficult of the twelve tasks, Heracles brought Kerberos , the watchdog of the underworld, to the upper world. Hades allows the monster to be temporarily removed if Heracles renounces his weapons. There was a gigantic wrestling match in which Heracles overpowered the beast.

Ἡρακλέος λίθος

Ἡρακλέος λίθος: Hērakleos lithos; "Stone of Hercules "; "Heracleus lapis"

Hercules stone is the name for the magnet stone, which according to Thales must be animated, since it attracts iron and thus shows that it is animated.

Heracles was originally a Phoenician god who received a golden cup from the sun god in which a magnetic needle floated on water and pointed north. But the Phoenicians kept this knowledge secret.

See also: Ἡ μαγνῆτις λίθος ψυχὴν ἔχει. ( "The magnetic stone has a soul." )

Ησυχία, Τάξις και Ασφάλεια

Ησυχία, Τάξις και Ασφάλεια: Isichia, Taxis ke Asfalia; "Peace, order and security"

Principle of the Greek military dictatorship , which contain the typical characteristics of a repressive system.

In the morning hours of April 21, 1967, tanks rolled through downtown Athens, marching music was played on the radio and martial communiqués were read:

"Since midnight, the provisions of Articles 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 18, 20, 95 and 97 of the current constitution have been suspended because of obvious threats to internal security, peace and order."

ἤτω ἀνάθεμα

ἤτω ἀνάθεμα.: Ētō anathema.; "May he be cursed!" (As "a person charged with the curse [excommunication] and publicly exhibited to shame".)

The anathema describes a canonical condemnation and is considered a stricter measure compared to an excommunication . In the Orthodox episcopal churches , the liturgy on the 1st Sunday of Lent proclaims the great anathema about some heresies.

In Latin the formula " Anathema sit " is used. The German name is Kirchenbann . The original meaning of the word Situated Featured . From there, the term narrowed down to the deity in the temple, consecration gift and further to the grace or wrath of the deity delivered . This resulted in ἀνάθεμα ἔστω anathema estō as a formula: He be given (to God)! With this in mind, the word appears several times in the New Testament :

1. Paul's letter to the Corinthians :

" Εἴ τις οὐ φιλεῖ τὸν Κύριον ᾿Ιησοῦν Χριστόν, ἤτω ἀνάθεμα. μαρὰν ἀθᾶ. "

“If someone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema. Maranatha! (That means: be cursed. Our Lord is coming! ) "

Paul's letter to the Galatians :

" Ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐὰν ἡμεῖς ἢ ἄγγελος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ εὐαγγελίζηται ὑμῖν παρ᾿ ὃ εὐηγγελισάμεθα ὑμῖν, ἀνάθεωμα ἔστω. "

"But if we or an angel from heaven would preach the gospel to you differently, because that which we have preached to you, let him be cursed!"

In the meaning of “cursed”, the way of writing and speaking with the Greek letter ε was used : ἀνάθεμα and not ἀνάθημα . This can also be seen well in the translation into Latin: among church writers, “ anáthema ” ( ἀνάθεμα ), not “ anathēma ” ( ἀνάθημα ).

Individual evidence

↑ Plutarch : Moralia - moral treatises , education , 13.
^ Menandros : Monosticha , 205.
↑ Exodus , 15.6 EU .
↑ http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_100027_23/04/2007_82654 Georgios Koumantos in: Ekathimerini from April 23, 2007 on the 40th anniversary of the coup
↑ Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus : Life of the Caesars . Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1955, ISBN 3-423-06005-0 .
^ GeoMuseum TU Clausthal - magnetite ; the reading Isa there is clearly a mistake, it is also questioned: "Isa (?)" .
^ Ottoman Museum Europe, permission from March 23, 2007
^ To the young women of Malolos ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
↑ vox-graeca-gottingensis.de ( Memento from July 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
^ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz : Nouveaux essais sur l'entendement humain - New treatise on the human understanding
↑ The Enlightenment - The Natural System of Animals ( Memento from April 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Bruno Snell : Lives and Opinions of the Seven Wise Men .
↑ Ekkehard Kraft: And the eagles watch forever. In: NZZ . July 15, 2002, accessed December 20, 2018 .
↑ http://www.gottwein.de/Grie/vorsokr/VSKritias01.php
^ Mathematical Poems - On the Pythagorean Theorem ( Memento of April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Erasmus of Rotterdam : Selected Writings . Volume 7. Scientific Book Society. 1972
↑ http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendung/kalenderblatt/615502/
↑ ^a ^b W. Pape , Greek-German Concise Dictionary , Volume I, p. 188, sv ἀνάθεμα ; online: Pape-GDHW vol. 1, page 188 at Zeno.org . (Lemma: ἀνά-θεμα )
↑ 1st Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians 16:22 EU
^ Letter from Paul to the Galatians 1.8 EU

[1] Plutarch : Moralia - moral treatises , education , 13.

[2] Menandros : Monosticha , 205.

[3] Exodus , 15.6 EU .

[4] ttp://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_100027_23/04/2007_82654 Georgios Koumantos in: Ekathimerini from April 23, 2007 on the 40th anniversary of the coup

[5] Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus : Life of the Caesars . Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1955, ISBN 3-423-06005-0 .

[6] GeoMuseum TU Clausthal - magnetite ; the reading Isa there is clearly a mistake, it is also questioned: "Isa (?)" .

[7] Ottoman Museum Europe, permission from March 23, 2007

[8] To the young women of Malolos ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

[9] vox-graeca-gottingensis.de ( Memento from July 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

[10] Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz : Nouveaux essais sur l'entendement humain - New treatise on the human understanding

[11] The Enlightenment - The Natural System of Animals ( Memento from April 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

[12] Bruno Snell : Lives and Opinions of the Seven Wise Men .

[13] Ekkehard Kraft: And the eagles watch forever. In: NZZ . July 15, 2002, accessed December 20, 2018 .

[14] ttp://www.gottwein.de/Grie/vorsokr/VSKritias01.php

[15] Mathematical Poems - On the Pythagorean Theorem ( Memento of April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

[16] Erasmus of Rotterdam : Selected Writings . Volume 7. Scientific Book Society. 1972

[17] ttp://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendung/kalenderblatt/615502/

[Pape-anathema-18] W. Pape , Greek-German Concise Dictionary , Volume I, p. 188, sv ἀνάθεμα ; online: Pape-GDHW vol. 1, page 188 at Zeno.org . (Lemma: ἀνά-θεμα )

[19] 1st Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians 16:22 EU

[20] Letter from Paul to the Galatians 1.8 EU