Most of the linguistic terms used in “music” are of Greek origin.
Perseus and Andromeda
The myth of Perseus and Andromeda is one of the best known and longest survival, in fact, wearing another garment, it continues today.
Democracy is equality
In ancient Greece, the Athenians had some superiority complex with regard to the rest of Hellenes or Greeks. They were proud of their city, of their Acropolis (from aker and polis = high city, the upper town, the citadel, the fortress) in which it was the great temple of the goddess Athena, their eponymous (from epi and noma), the one who gives the city of Athens its name, the virgin (they call her Athena parthenos); they felt themselves especially proud of their “democracy” (from “demos” people and “cracy” power or government)
The myth of Atalanta and Hippomenes
Atalanta is a female character from Greek mythology with certain peculiarities that make her particularly interesting. Actually the entire Greek mythology is encrusted in the Western culture.
Is it interesting to know details and anecdotes of the Ancient World?
Surely there are many people, including friends from “facebook”, to whom these various anecdotes or comments about the ancient world interest little or interest nothing at all indeed. Probably somebody thinks they are writings made by self-absorbed people who don´t really care about the real and current problems of the crazy world we actually live in because he or she considers that the Ancient World is far away. Of course it is a respectable opinion.
The names of the months are Roman
Among the many things that the Romans have left us no less important is the calendar with the names of the months, days and seasons. To understand the logic and coherence of the names “september= September; october= October; november= November and december= December,” which etymologically means “seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth” we must know that the primitive Roman year had ten months and began in March.
If you want love, do not make war
Love and war seem incompatible, at least for Greek women
The fascinating source of the word “fascinating”
Sometimes we are “fascinated”, attracted, impressed, or touched (touché in French) to find out the origin of a word, as if as we removed the curtain we could look at what was behind or buried in the deepest part of valley. That is the strength of the etymology of the words, the knowledge of which provides us basic information on which their later extended meaning sits.
We continue to be governed by the calendar of Julius Caesar
The calendar is a necessary tool to organize time in relation to agricultural activities, to religious obligations and to social and civil life.
Aut insanit homo aut versus facit Either the man is crazy, or he’s writing poetry
“Aut insanit homo aut versus facit” is one of many “topics” of the Latin poet Horace Quintus Flaccus; topic in the etymological sense of “place”, passage appointment, from Greek τόπος. The verse, become “maxima”, sentence, is quoted by many people in a variety of contexts.