http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/ancientgreek tag posts with ancientgreek Thu, 29 May 2008 02:16:41 -0800 Thu, 29 May 2008 02:16:41 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/92663/What-sort-of-glory The etymology of Greek "glory" names... I'm just wondering what the sense of names like "Heracles," "Cleopatra," and so, is. How is Heracles, the son of Zeus and apparently perennial irritant to Hera, associated with her and glory, for example? Is there an explanation, or am I being presumptuous? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.92663 Thu, 29 May 2008 02:16:41 -0800 ancientgreek mythology etymology clockzero http://ask.metafilter.com/90816/Philo-what-Well-I-never Can someone provide an Ancient Greek translation for "love of style?" Actually I'm not really looking for the Ancient Greek wording. I'm looking for a transliteration from Ancient Greek to English. <br> <br> Basically I'd like an English word (that you make up if necessary) that means "love of style" just like "philosophy" means "love of wisdom," and is taken from the ancient Greek just like "philosophy" is taken from (the roughly Greek words) philo and sophia.<br> <br> Bonus points if you can give a properly declined Latin phrase meaning "love of style."<br> <br> In this context style refers to personal style, including but not limited to fashion. If you feel that "pursuit" or "passion" (or similar) provides a nice word than "love" feel free to suggest that too. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.90816 Wed, 07 May 2008 14:32:46 -0800 ancientgreek translation transliteration language oddman http://ask.metafilter.com/15979/ancient-greek-lexicon-and-grammar Language-filter: I'm looking for a no-nonsense ancient greek lexicon and grammar... any suggestions? [MI] I'm aware of the perseus project and what-not, but would prefer something similar in book format. Thanks! tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.15979 Sun, 06 Mar 2005 19:57:22 -0800 greek ancientgreek Frankieist