Greek by George Hernandez

Exploring Greek and Greek words. See also Greek and Coptic in Unicode.

Glossary

apotheosis: apo + theos = relating to + god. Elevation to the divine or to perfection.
aretê: Virtue, excellence.
ataraxia: Uperturbedness.
Cratos: Aka Kratos. "Strength". A demigod of Greek mythology. His siblings Nike ("Victory"), Bia ("Force"), and Zelus ("Zeal" or "Rivalry"), are all children of Pallas and Styx, and were like the archangels of Zeus especially when he overthrew the Titans.
hieroglyph: hiero + glyph = sacred + carving =
hubris: Excessive pride, wanton violence. Arrogance.
kairos: "right or opportune moment". Contrast with Chronos (or Kronos) the personification of time (and not to be confused with the titan Cronus). Kairoi plural form. In theological contexts, kairos means a time of quality or holiness. In Aristotelian rhetoric, kairos is the time and space to deliver the proof as opposed to the audience or the style of delivery. In literature, kairosis is fulfillment in time; "as catharsis is to the dramatic, so kenosis is to the lyric, so kairosis is to the epic/novel.". [W]
kallisti: "for the fairest". Written on the Apple of Discord which the Eris = Strife (in English) = Discordia (in Latin) tossed in because she was not invited to a banquet.
philoxenia: philos + xenox = loving + guest, stranger. Hospitality. Aka filoxenia.