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Greek Language and Culture
The Greek language is the official language of the Hellenic Republic and has a total of 15 million speakers worldwide. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. The ancient Greeks were deeply religious and God-fearing people. They worshiped many gods whom they believed appeared in human form and yet were endowed with superhuman strength and ageless beauty.
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Who was the smith of the Greek gods?
According to the Olympian Creation myth the three one-eyed Cyclopes were the smiths of the Greek gods. Their names were Brontes, Steropes and Arges and, according to Robert Graves (Greek Myths, 1955) their "ghosts have dwelt in the caverns of the volcano Aetna since Apollo killed them in revenge for the death of (his son) Asclepius". As smiths the Cyclopes were the makers of Zeus' famous thunderbolts, with which he swaggered about the world terrifying and frequently murdering people.
Elsewhere Hephaestus, god of fire, (Vulcan to the Romans) is credited with the title of smith. He is god of all artisans, particularly those working with metals, and the one-eyed Cyclopes were merely his assistants. Born weak and crippled his frightful mother Hera threw him off a mountain because she could not bear the sight of him. He took nine days and nine nights to fall and finally landed on the isle of Lemnos, where he built his palace under a volcano.
What is a thousand in numerals?
It depends on what kind of numerals you are talking about:
In Arabic numerals, it is 1000.
In Roman numerals, it is M.
What are the laws and regulations of the Greek Culture?
One of the most important Greek Laws of custom was called xenia (xenia) which was the giving of hospitality. Even though Ancient Greece was divided up into many different provinces that had their own laws and customs, xenia was the only one that was accepted by all of them. Xenia dictated that if a stranger came to your door you should feed him, bathe him, clothe him and give him a bed for the night; only then could you ask who he was. He could stay as long as he wanted, and when it was time to leave, the guest and host would exchange gifts and tell each their friends of the persons deeds, either if they had been a good host or if the guest had told them stories of personal adventure.
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Why isn't the Coptic language used anymore?
It is. The Coptic Church is very much alive (although not widespread) and it uses the Coptic language.
iota = ιώτα = Ι, ι
then goes
eta = ήτα = Η, η
see Greek alphabet
ΙΧΘΥΣ is Ichthys, pronounced "ick-thus". It is the acronym of early Christianity used by early Christians, when Christianity was considered a cult by most humans in that part of the world, to safely identify one another.
It isn't a fish, but rather two arcs that intersect. The acronym that later became the greek word for "fish", after decades of using the word. The Greek Acronym consists of the letters Iota, Chi, Theta, Ypsilon, and Sigma in their capitalized forms. Translated to English the acronym stands for, "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior."
Call it male oppression, tradition or whatever. Basically society didn't accept females on stage.
