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The word, or term, Hubris, originates from the Ancient Greek word ὕβρις (húbris) and refers to arrogance, conceit, haughtiness, pretentiousness, vanity, pride, insolence and audacity. I could go on and on here...
In ancient Greek, “oizys” (όιζυς) means all that is wretched and is synonymous with distress and misery. In Greek mythology it was the name of the little-known Oizys, a minor goddess or...
Here’s yet another Greek word used frequently in English today taken from ancient Greek: Kudos (κῦδος – kydos), meaning praise and honour received for an achievement. Synonyms of Kudos: Prestige –...
The Greek word “Xenia” meaning foreigner or stranger and “Philoxenia”, meaning “friend to a stranger”, are both words which depict the Ancient Greek idea of hospitality. It was extremely important to the...
The word Utopia; used to describe an imaginary island, a perfect world, was first used by Sir Thomas More, an English lawyer, writer and statesman, in his book “Utopia”, written in 1516....
The word draconian (Greek –δρακόντειος – drakónteios), meaning harsh, severe, cruel and drastic, derives from the name of Draco, an important aristocratic statesman and legislator, who lived in Athens in the seventh century...
We’ve all had that feeling of ‘I never want to go back there ’ or ‘I never want to see that accursed place again’; a Greek’s response to this, may be to...
The magic word, abracadabra, often spoken with great gusto and the wave of a magic wand, just before a rabbit is pulled out of a hat, may have Greek origins, in the...
The word Panic, Panikos in Greek, meaning a sudden sensation of fear, overwhelming anxiety or agitation; a feeling so strong as to often block out reasonable and logical behavior, is derived from...
Greek isn’t one of the easiest foreign languages to master especially when it comes to everyday quips and wisecrack expressions and sayings and idioms. Unless you are Greek or have lived in...
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