| 单词 | Greek |
| 例句 | He finished the salmon quickly, left final instructions with the lone Greek waiter still on duty, and said good night to everyone else. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The letter psi, in Greek, is shaped like a tulip. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “No, definitely Ares. Otrera lived long before Rome, in a time when all demigods were Greek. Unfortunately, some of our warriors still prefer the old ways. Children of Ares... they are always the worst.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Prometheus was a Greek god who championed mankind, stealing fire for them from Zeus, being tortured for eternity as his punishment. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Not by Greeks or Jews or Armenians, or only not by Arabs?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z They talk about how they are both routinely assumed to be Greek, Egyptian, Mexican—even in this misrendering they are joined. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Secretly, she hoped the idea of Greek food would make her hung-over mom nauseous. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z For instance, there is no hint that Linear B was used or understood by any Mycenaean Greek beyond small cadres of palace bureaucrats. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Romans and Greeks have an old rivalry. Sometimes Romans use graecus as an insult for someone who’s an outsider—an enemy. I wouldn’t worry about it.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I can read Greek, but I only recognized one word before the sea washed it away: Ilepoefr;. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “My last girlfriend was Greek,” said the Iceman. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It was the collection of Greek myths she had borrowed from Monsieur Labisse. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z But when the Greek gods came to Rome, the Camenae were identified with those impractical deities the Muses, who cared only for art and science. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the locals seemed to notice the huge Greek warship hovering over the piazza, or the fact that Jason and Leo had just flown down, Jason wielding a gold sword, and Leo...well, The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Upstairs at Charles and Camilla’s, everyone was sitting around the kitchen table with their sleeves rolled up, deep in Greek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Democritus invented the word atom, Greek for “unable to be cut.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He was thin and wiry so his Greek armor hung on him loosely. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Mark Antony, dressed as the god Dionysus-Osiris, wore Greek robes and a crown of ivy. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Apollodorus, also a Greek, is, next to Ovid, the most voluminous ancient writer on mythology, but, unlike Ovid, he is very matter-of-fact and very dull. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He was so used to Annabeth providing Greek legend information that he was kind of stunned to actually remember something useful, but he had to act fast. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She was a living reverie for me: the mere sight of her sparked an almost infinite range of fantasy, from Greek to Gothic, from vulgar to divine. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “In ancient times, the House of Hades was a major site for Greek pilgrims. They would come to speak with the dead and honor their ancestors.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z While Muslims studied the words of the ancient Greeks, most Europeans turned to counting on their hands, and only a few knew how to read. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “Bring me your best and brightest bookworms, research hounds, and gamers. Our first Library Olympiad shall commence on March twentieth. The ancient Greeks had their summer games, so we’ll take the first day of spring.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z And yet it was known everywhere what the Taurians did to the Greeks they captured. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a Greek demigod - the first person in living memory, perhaps the first ever.; to go back and forth between the Roman and Greek camps without telling either group that the other existed. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “You two guard the Doors while I go up to the mortal world. I have some Greek heroes to wreak vengeance upon!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “American troops are pushing into German soil. The Russians have captured back all of Romania. Only yesterday the Greeks in the Eighth Army captured Rimini. The Germans are on the defensive everywhere!” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He followed her out of the room, around the corner, and up a flight of stairs to a landing with a statue of a naked woman, some Greek goddess, in the corner. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Thales, the first Greek astronomer, learned how to do this from the Babylonians, or perhaps through the Egyptians. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She dropped a vial of Greek fire in the sling. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Anemone swatted him, then yelled at him in Greek. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z But indeed, we had no stomach for our Greek dainties, once he had delivered his bitter mouthful. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z ‘We could land on the deck of that ship. The Greeks control the sea.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The concept of the irrational was hidden like a time bomb inside Greek mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “This was...the basement for a manor house, built in later Greek times.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But a cross word passed between a Greek waiter and a Mexican busboy. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The world of Greek mythology was not a place of terror for the human spirit. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In Greek, it became legein, meaning to gather and to speak; “legal” and “legislator” and other such words derived. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind them, Reyna heard Orion roaring in pain, Greek fire exploding. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Reyna wasn’t sure the Greeks would be any friendlier than the Romans, but Pegasus seemed to like the idea. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A story that I had read in prison when I was reading a lot of Greek mythology flicked into my head. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z One need only place beside them in imagination any Greek statue of a god, so normal and natural with all its beauty, to perceive what a new idea had come into the world. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandfather, accustomed to the multifarious conjugations of ancient Greek verbs, had found English, for all its incoherence, a relatively simple tongue to master. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When the victorious Greek Fleet put out to sea after the fall of Troy, many a captain, all unknowing, faced troubles as black as those he had brought down on the Trojans. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The margins of the Greek world continued to remain dark, narrow, and filled with sea monsters, giant gold- digging ants, and men with faces in the middle of their chests. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Accordingly, we speak of “period styles” if we are concerned with those features which distinguish, let us say, Egyptian art as a whole from Greek art. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Below us, Camp Half-Blood looked peaceful—green fields, forest, shiny white Greek buildings. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Then she returned her attention to a glowing purple Greek dude who was trying to make her sit on his lap. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Afterward, he stopped to play backgammon at a coffee house in Greek- town. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Early the next morning, before I left for Greek, Judy knocked at my door and told me I had a call downstairs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He learned Greek in order to read Plato in the original and later took up Sanskrit to study the Bhagavad Gita. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Probably the Jewish and Greek families were doing exactly the same thing. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z From one end of the harbor to the other, Greek soldiers, exhausted, cadaverous, unclean, limped toward the embarkation point at Chesme, southwest of the city, awaiting evacuation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We’re taught that Western civilization originated in the Near East, was brought to brilliant heights in Europe by the Greeks and Romans, and produced three of the world’s great religions: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I jumped back and instinctively struck at the swordsman— a gray-haired man in Greek armor. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The idea was that all the other Greeks should strike camp, and apparently put out to sea, but they would really hide beyond the nearest island where they could not be seen by the Trojans. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was kind of hard to look at him with his two sets of eyes, but I said, “Why, yes, sir, and some Latin, and I can understand a little Greek.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The Greeks must find a secret way of entering the city, or accept defeat. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She wished she had studied up, but Latin never came as easily to her as Greek. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In the borderland east of Ukrainia in Russia, there was a community of Cossacks who were members of the Greek Orthodox Church. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The materials for this story are taken from two poets, the Greek Aeschylus and the Roman Ovid, separated from each other by four hundred and fifty years and still more by their gifts and temperaments. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I understand that you Greeks don’t see things the same way,” Reyna continued. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He got up early every day, bathed, shaved, and put on a necktie to translate Attic Greek for two hours before breakfast. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Latin names of the gods are, of course, used; and the Latin forms in the case of any personage who has a Latin as well as a Greek name. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The same white-columned Greek buildings were scattered around the valley—the amphitheater, the combat arena, the dining pavilion overlooking Long Island Sound. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z While my sisters and I offer our sympathy long-distance, Paul is the one who arrives at our father's house on Thanksgiving day, offering to prepare traditional Greek dishes to the best of his ability. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Now, when the village men took silk to market in Bursa, they were free Greeks, in a free Greek city. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Named after the Greek goddess who traveled the heavens with the speed of wind. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Give the Greeks a bitter homecoming. Stir up your waters with wild whirlwinds when they sail. Let dead men choke the bays and line the shores and reefs.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, it took the patronage of the “decadent” Ptolemies to put ancient Greek science—and book collecting—on a firm institutional footing. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z A hockey stadium, a swimming stadium, an equestrian stadium, an enormous and monolithic exhibition hall, a gymnasium, a Greek amphitheater, tennis courts, restaurants, and sprawling administrative buildings were all in various stages of completion. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The world known to the ancient Greeks was a tiny place. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z NOTE.—These suffixes are found only in Latin words of Greek origin. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z The Romans as well as the Greeks called him by this name, but often they translated it into Dis, the Latin word for rich. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At last he found them the place at the Unicorn, called by the Greeks, Rhinoceros. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The sloppy Greek who made candy for Charles Parker. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She’d brush my hair and braid it with long words, weaving the Latin roots and Greek branches into my head so memorizing anatomy would come easy. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Much of Greek culture had been assimilated by the Romans, but they had found the concept of discovery indigestible, and it is unlikely that Vergil, trained to think like a Roman, would have responded differently. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Mr. P swept her up in his arms and twirled to a song he bellowed out in Greek. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The Greek Gnostics noted that the Greek word for “Nile River” had a numerical value of 365, indicating the annual nature of its floods. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He has very little to say about any of the myths the Greek tragedians write of. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It took about three weeks, but Peralta did find a new job as a grillman at another Greek diner in a different part of New York. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He tossed me a jar of thick green liquid—Greek fire, one of the most dangerous magical substances in the world. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Like the in-laws in Meet the Fockers and My Big Fat Greek Wedding, they are still hopelessly uptight but not that wealthy anymore. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z They taught me the tongues of the Greeks and the Romans and opened for me the colonnaded vistas of those long-forgotten empires, in this, the dawning of a new empire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z This was in fact the method used by a Greek astronomer, Hipparchus of Nicaea, in 150 B.C. to work out the Moon’s distance from Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I used to think of this as standard Greek behavior until I realized that ours was the only car in the church parking lot consistently swarmed by bees. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He’d heard that most human civil wars started as fights between Greek and Roman demigods. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Burr wrote his beloved daughter Theodosia and her husband, extracting a promise that she would be allowed to pursue her study of Latin, Greek, and the classics. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I didn’t get into the craziness of Greek life, but step shows were fun to watch. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Did you know, Emma,” she said, “that the Greeks have their own version of Cinderella, much older than the one we tell today? And the Egyptians and the Chinese, too?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z It was a vast open-air hall with wooden benches, a velvet curtain with Greek masks, and three box offices in the shape of lions' heads, through whose mouths the tickets were sold. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But, the Greeks said to each other, such things really do happen when people are frenzied with drink. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked like she was born to wear Greek batde armor, but I didn’t see how even she could stand against that bull’s charge. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z And so, in that Greek letter that looks like a shack with a corrugated tin roof, in that elusive, irrational number with which scientists try to understand the universe, I found refuge. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He envisioned Notus, the Greek version of the South Wind—blistering hot, but very fast. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The spectacle, created by the slow disintegration of the comet Swift-Tuttle, is named for the constellation Perseus, the Greek hero who killed Medusa. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The Greeks could not be beaten back anywhere. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Down in Bursa the Greek troops scrounged for food, caroused, and shot up another mosque. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the eighth century B.C. the Greeks became the first people to indicate all vowels systematically by the same types of letters used for consonants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was about to happen like something out of a storybook, like something out of a Greek myth. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s a Greek word. I reckon it’s from aletheia, which means truth. It’s a truth measure. And have you worked out how to use it?” he said to her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Consequently, the Greeks and the Romans were incapable of formulating the idea of laws of nature, and without them they could not develop modern science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They challenged the sole Mexican waiter, Salomon Paniagua, a former Mexican army officer who, everyone agreed, looked Greek, to stand with them. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “So you’re saying the old Greek gods—they just changed permanently to Roman? There’s nothing left of the Greek?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She’d given the Greeks a fair chance...right up until the Argo II had started destroying her city. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Ancient Greeks invented one of the most influential instruments of all time: the organ. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The simple acts of everyday life, however, were closely connected with them and gained dignity from them as was not the case with any of the Greek gods except Demeter and Dionysus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks did not believe that the gods created the universe. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel had heard that the Greeks used those a lot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The plan of the living quarters was as unimaginative as a first-generation Greek landlord could contrive it to be. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z And on the table was the chalkboard, on which was written, in Greek, “Good morning, sis.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Ghosts, too, which have played so large and so fearsome a part in other lands, never appear on earth in any Greek story. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I spent some two hours a day in the translation of fragments from Greek and Latin; the texts being chosen for their convolution, recondite meaning, dryness, and insipidity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I read about the ancient Egyptians, the Greeks and Romans, and the Dark Ages, when the old civilizations fell apart and the only people who could read and write were the monks. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z For example, the Greek god Zeus was married to his sister, Hera. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z At last the Greeks learned that there was a most sacred image of Pallas Athena in the city, called the Palladium, and that as long as the Trojans had it Troy could not be taken. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z However, that was what the Greeks said, and they made Heaven out to be a very poor father. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greek Army at Troy is told “Father Zeus never helps liars or those who break their oaths.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Aelia and her sisters filled it with rose petals and something that must’ve been Ancient Greek Mr. Bubble, because soon the water was covered with multicolored foam. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, both brothers, Castor and Pollux, were often called “sons of Zeus”; indeed, the Greek name they are best known by, the Dioscouri, means “the striplings of Zeus.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z By rejecting zero, the Greek philosophers gave their view of the universe the durability to survive for two millennia. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She kept cursing in Ancient Greek and stabbing at the dirt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Because our mother was raised a Protestant, our Easters were a hybrid of the Greek and the American traditions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Reproducing the Greek arguments faithfully, Maimonides contended that the hollow spheres that twirled about the earth had to be moved by something, say, the next sphere out. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Jason didn’t think he’d seen this particular satyr before, but he was sure the guy was from the Greek side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was a paperback prose translation, abridged, set loose from its numbers, robbed of the music of the ancient Greek but—as far as I was concerned—still a terrific read. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And a Greek girl named Anna would bring a plate of honey puffs or butter cookies. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The pillars combined his Greek heritage with the colonial architecture of his beloved native land. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was tall and ugly and intellectual and the son of some big Greek movie producer in Hollywood, but also a Catholic, which ruined it for both of us. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Now, if you've never seen a Greek chariot, it’s built for speed, not safety or comfort. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z They must not land on the nearest coast of Italy, the east coast, he told them, because it was full of Greeks. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He was said to have written the constitution for Greeks living in Italy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Let him join the Fifth Cohort. Greeks and geeks.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Across the street stood a majestic domed Greek temple, situated on the banks of a winding shallow lagoon. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z In this and other ways the Ptolemies were able, in just a few decades, to amass the largest collection of books in the Greek world. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z They had a quick, intense discussion in Ancient Greek. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z No one had bothered about them then—and if they were observed it was the big Greek on whom attention was focused. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The Greek, big apron, sleeves rolled up, was frying pork chops in two big skillets, turning them over with an ice pick. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The oracle answered: “With blood and with a maiden slain you calmed the winds when first you came to Troy. With blood must your return be sought. With a Greek life make expiation.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Nike,’ Hazel said, stepping forward slowly, ‘you’re confused, like all the gods. The Greeks and Romans are on the verge of war. It’s causing your two aspects to clash.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Annabeth said, which I somehow understood was Greek for ‘Go to the crows!’ though I had a feeling it was a worse curse than it sounded. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z From his sun-chariot he shot fiery arrows down upon the Greek Army, and men sickened and died so that the funeral pyres were burning continually. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “For so long I will keep the Greeks back from battle.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll get a boat from Izmir to the Greek islands. Greece accepts Syrians.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Then she remembered that everyone around Helen had been slaughtered by the invading Greek army. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He frequently extolled the all-encompassing virtues of Ancient Greek theatre, which drew its audience 'from the government and judicial buildings, from the country, from ships, from military barracks and from the furthest regions’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z "I shouldn't wonder. Greek, you know. Rotten painter. I rather liked the count." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Her brother Alexander yelled back at them in Greek. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Yet it was not the Greek number system that prevented zero’s acceptance—nor was it lack of knowledge. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z If we looked closely, we might see that the language was Greek. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In Western music, the grouping of notes into families began with the Ancient Greeks, who gave each of the note-families, which they called tonoi or harmoniai, the name of a certain tribe or locality. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Just like Saint Augustine 800 years earlier, Maimonides tried to reshape the Semitic Bible to fit into Greek doctrine: doctrine that had an unreasonable fear of the void. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Desdemona said the prayers in Greek as we gathered around her bed, and Tessie tried as usual to dispel her doubts and truly believe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “A Greek camp? Gods, if Octavian found out—” “He’d declare war,” Frank said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Let the ghosts of Pompeii destroy this Greek statue. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z On swollen legs they carried out dishes of lamb and rice, okra in tomato sauce, Greek salad, rice pudding. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Look at those poor wretches. Left; to fend for themselves. When word gets out about the Greek commissioner’s leaving, it’s going to be pandemonium.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Greek mercenaries, of course, expected to be paid in coin, not sheaves of wheat. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Greek philosophers were unable to untie that bundle; therefore, they were ill-equipped to solve Zeno’s puzzle. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I sat on the bed as she stroked my hair, cooing endearments in Greek. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His eyes looked deeply into the Greek’s dark eyes and he saw disbelief and amusement and then as he stared the Greek’s eyes grew troubled and then worried. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Every spot of turbulence was scarier than a Greek monster. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The Greek Kings of Egypt who succeeded Alexander were serious about learning. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I spent the nights reading Greek until four in the morning, until my eyes burned and my head swam, until the only light burning in Monmouth House was my own. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I’d gotten used to some of the Greek myths being true, but still... The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A Greek trireme patrolled just offshore, but it didn’t seem to have noticed their arrival. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “It...it wasn’t good. She didn’t seem like herself. Maybe it’s the Greek/Roman schizophrenia that Nemesis described. I’m not sure. She said some hurtful things. She said I had failed her.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I shaved, put on a clean shirt, got my Greek books and went back to Dr. Roland’s. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The Greek diner is open and there’s a stoop-shouldered man in the back booth eyeing his bacon and eggs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the first half of the nineteenth century, owners of whaling ships amassed fortunes from oil and built the still well-preserved Federalist and Greek Revival mansions on upper Main Street. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Some were already up this morning, drinking coffee, playing backgammon, and reading the Greek newspapers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There is an immense difference between the two poets, who are separated from each other not only by six or seven hundred years, but also by the fundamental difference between the Greek, and the Roman. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m a former field hockey goalie, long-standing member of the Save-the-Manatee Foundation, rare attendant at the Greek Orthodox liturgy, and, for most of my adult life, an employee of the U.S. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Admirers hailed Mark Antony as “the new Dionysus,” named for the Greek god of wine and foolishness. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Juno can play her little games with Greeks and Romans, but in the end, you will be my pawn. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I knew none of my fellow Greek students would be there. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They also had a sophisticated system of astronomy; like the Greeks, they tried to calculate the distance to the sun. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Unlike the Greeks, the Indians did not see squares in square numbers or the areas of rectangles when they multiplied two different values. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z For more than a year Tessie lit candles at the Greek church for her fiance, while Milton gazed at her photographs pinned over his bunk. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This is the biggest failure in Greek mathematics, and it is the only thing that kept them from discovering calculus. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But to the later Greeks this was to slander Artemis. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He just didn’t strike her as an evil, scheming Greek. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z One interesting aspect of Greek modes is that different modes were considered to have very different effects, not only on a person's mood, but even on character and morality. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The Greeks said vaguely that he came from Thrace, home of a rude, fierce people in the northeast of Greece. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Dark and emotive, they suggested a trace of ex-otic blood in his heritage—Greek, maybe, or Chippewa—and conveyed a vulnerability that made Westerberg want to take the kid under his wing. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the evening we had the traditional Greek meal followed by a game in which we would toast one another with blood-colored eggs. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Records show that Cleopatra studied subjects based on Greek literature. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Hephaestus cabin had set up traps around the entrance to the Labyrinth—razor wire, pits filled with pots of Greek fire, rows of sharpened sticks to deflect a charge. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Greece would defeat the Persians; Greek philosophy would never quite defeat Zeno—for Zeno had a paradox, a logical puzzle that seemed intractable to the reasoning of Greek philosophers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “You mean the Amazons are a mix... Greek and Roman?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The whole Greek universe rested upon this pillar: there is no void. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “And Artemis was the Greek goddess of the hunt, right?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Jason had remembered his old camp’s location more or less, but all the Greeks’ magic—even that of the campers of Hecate’s cabin—couldn’t confirm that Percy was there, or anywhere. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Greek was afraid that some day he might be responsible for his cousin. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The Greeks claimed that at first Darkness was the mother of all things, and from Darkness sprang Chaos. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Now, if the Greeks and Romans could come together, they would be even stronger. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Triangles and circles were easy to measure, but slightly more irregular curves like the parabola were beyond the ken of the Greek mathematicians of the day. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The Greek behind the counter said the price was sixty cents, so that when he had paid he was left with only a nickel. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Couldn’t beat him away from Greek with a stick—Ah, thank you, there, sir,” he said to the waiter, who was holding out another of the coral-colored drinks at arm’s length. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “You claim Juno intends for us to work with this—this other group, Camp Half-Blood. Yet the Greeks have been our enemies for eons. They are known for their deceptions.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “At least, that’s one theory, and it fits the legend I heard at Camp Jupiter. To break the Greeks’ spirit, the Romans carted off the Athena Parthenos when they took over the city of Athens. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The motives behind building the new church were twofold: to resurrect the ancient splendor of Byzantium and to show the world the financial wherewithal of die prospering Greek American community. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Oxyrhynchus hymn, written in Ancient Greek, dates from the late third century, making it nearly two thousand years old. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Patches of the road were half melted from Greek fire. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I brought it out, studied the Ancient Greek writing engraved on the side: Artoklusmos. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Be that as it may, the policy amounted to a kind of ethnic apartheid, preserving the city’s Greek face while excluding Egyptians from the center of imperial power. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Even his sword, a Greek blade like Riptide, was gold instead of bronze. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Young boys dressed as Greek gods stood on either side of the queen, using large fans to keep her cool. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They walked up Newbury Street and went to a Greek restaurant with tables on the sidewalk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They apparently didn’t have a deep interest in the plane figures that the Greeks loved so much. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It would’ve clawed me to pieces, but as I fell backward, my fingers closed around a clay jar—one of Beckendorf s containers of Greek fire. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Don’t be modest. You’ve got ancient roots. Greek as well as Roman. It’s no wonder Juno—” He tilted his head, as if listening to a voice from above. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Regiomontanus was one of the first to benefit from the supply of ancient Greek texts that reached Italy after the fall of Constantinople. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The bedroom was furnished mainly with a large double bed covered with an eiderdown comforter for the big Greek and a narrow iron cot for Singer. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Mr. da Silva encouraged me in feeling Greek. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Will put some silver paste over the wound and hummed words in Ancient Greek—a hymn to Apollo. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It was Euripides, this Greek writer from the fifth century BC. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z It then became clear, from straightforward Greek geometry, that the stars were light-years away. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When Helenus spoke, however, the Greeks knew well that it would be hard to persuade him whom they had so wronged, to give his precious weapons to them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s another Greek letter on the side of the boat, another Eta. This is a trap.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I thought my dyslexia was acting up until I realized she was writing in Ancient Greek. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z In Maulbronn, Kepler heard their reverberations, studying, besides theology, Greek and Latin, music and mathematics. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Cosmos is a Greek word for the order of the universe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He says he is not sensitive to class distinctions, but he admits he was bothered when some people mistook him for the caterer at fund-raising dinners for the local Greek church he helped build. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z All of these places maintained strong ties to Greek culture and traditions. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Oh yeah. Really excited to advance my education in Greek, Ancient, and Modern studies, you know. I kind of want to name my son Achilles because I think there’s a lesson here about downfalls.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Hippasus had revealed a secret that was deadly to the Greek way of thinking, a secret that threatened to undermine the entire philosophy that the brotherhood had struggled to build. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “What Bible? Not the Greek Bible. Go ask somebody else what’s on that test.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When he was nine, he once told one of his cousins, “Ask me a question in Latin and I will answer you in Greek.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z No one I knew spoke of it as pleasant—not even Woodridge, who made us read Greek plays. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This number was so large that the Greek system of numeration was unable to handle it; Archimedes had to invent a whole new method of denoting really huge numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “At least were getting a fancy, Greek mythology-style death. They could have just given us quick bullets to the head. Now we get to die in style,” Tane said. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It was a painting of a young man and woman in ancient Greek attire, both brandishing swords. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z With this great encouragement the Greeks determined to wait no longer, but devise some way to put an end to the endless war. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z That is the miracle of Greek mythology—a humanized world, men freed from the paralyzing fear of an omnipotent Unknown. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z So as Aristotle’s arguments were accepted, the Greeks were forced to reject zero, void, the infinite, and infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Billed as “the finest building of its kind in Oklahoma,” the theater had Greek columns and murals and a necklace of lights around the stage. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Earning Respect in Egypt and Rome Cleopatra had strong ties to her father, to her family’s long history on the throne, and to her Greek heritage. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Another triggered a trip wire, and pots of Greek fire exploded into green flames, engulfing several of the snake women. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I found myself actually watching that old fabric with interest until my mind reached back to those Greek myths. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “He was my ancestor, a Greek prince, an Argonaut. He died fighting Hercules.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Antony opened the ceremony with a speech, likely delivered in Greek. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The early Greeks, for instance, used the word "fiving" to describe the process of tallying. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z And the only ancient languages that he could read were Latin and Greek. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z It was postmarked New York and was written hastily, in the red pen he used for correcting our Greek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Glass jars of green oil— Greek fire—lined one shelf. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Each morning I took Ancient Greek from Annabeth, and we talked about the gods and goddesses in the present tense, which was kind of weird. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z And this curiosity about music is something the Classical-era Greeks wanted to instil in younger generations. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z My father and mother didn’t discuss the situation in front of us and slipped into Greek when discussing it with our grandparents. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Panicked monsters surged backward If the bag really had been full of Greek fire jars, we would’ve all blown up. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Even the word 'music' comes from the Greek povaiy - mousike, referring to the fruits of the nine muses in literature, science and the arts. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Listen to this. ‘I continue to do well in my studies and am first in my class in calculus and Greek. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He wasn’t great at Ancient Greek, but he could tell the inscription on the case read On Building Spheres. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z ‘Tell me, son of Pluto,’ the augur hissed, ‘why are you helping the Greeks? What have they ever done for you?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Greek God: “Where did you come from? You’re too beautiful to hide in the dark. Come dance with me.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z A wall of Greek fire roared upward all around the Parthenon. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The kouros, the records stated, had been in the private collection of a Swiss physician named Lauffenberger since the 1930s, and he in turn had acquired it from a well-known Greek art dealer named Roussos. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “There’s a Greek letter carved here,” she said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z ‘You speak nonsense. A column of fire is about to destroy you and your precious Greek statue. No ally can help you. Your mother has abandoned you as you abandoned your legion.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When it stood again, I could see it much more clearly—a teenage guy in Greek armor. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The difference between Euripides’ Medea and Apollonius’ heroine and also Virgil’s Dido is in its degree a measure of what Greek tragedy was. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks were stumped by the problem, but they did find the source of the trouble: infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I wished I could say that like the House of Atreus or Cadmus we were suffering for the sins of our forefathers, or fulfilling an ancient Greek oracle. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z There were five city quarters, designated by the Greek letters alpha through epsilon. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z It looked like it could’ve been part of a Greek tomb, with bronze torch holders fastened to the walls. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Greek Prose Composition was in two hours, and I hadn’t done my homework. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z After asking Zannikos for advice, he bought a one-third share of a Greek diner in Jamaica, Queens. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Your father is first among the gods, yet you are always second best - to your Roman comrades, to your Greek friends, even to your family. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Cassiopeia, after the vain and arrogant queen of the ancient Greeks who tried to sacrifice her own daughter to the sea gods.’ The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Juno warned us that we could never heal the rift between the Greeks and Romans unless we defeated victory.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “A Greek,” one of the ghosts said with disgust. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Greek mythology is largely made up of stories about gods and goddesses, but it must not be read as a kind of Greek Bible, an account of the Greek religion. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z NOTE.—This suffix, except when signifying an idiom, is found only in words of Greek origin. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z The notion of a personal astrology developed in Alexandrian Egypt and spread through the Greek and Roman worlds about 2,000 years ago. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In Greek mythology the sorceress Medea, enraged at being supplanted by a rival for the affections of her husband Jason, presented the new bride with a robe possessing magic properties. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z After all, the Latin terms survive more or less in free variation with the Greek, and Puttenham’s English equivalents are abundantly charming—albeit that charm is conditioned by a certain quaintness. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z ‘I do this for the good of the legion, for the good of Rome. We must stand together with our Greek brethren!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Tamer of horses, the Trojans always called him, and he drove his car through the Greek ranks as if the same spirit animated steeds and driver. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, as I was lying on my bed reading Greek, I was startled by a flash of remembrance, almost as if a hidden spotlight had been trained without warning on my face. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A scholar named Thomas Cole, however, published an ingenious speculative essay in 1991.2 Corax’s name—giving extra piquancy to the judge’s joke—means “crow” in Greek, and Cole starts out arguing from common sense. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The Greek mythologists are not rhetoricians and are notably free from sentimentality. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s all Greek to me,” puts in Grandpa with a snicker. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z In 1646 Thomas Browne collected numerous examples from Greek and Roman authors of texts being copied wholesale and reissued under another author’s name. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Both sets of terms, like their Greek originals, included the whole study of nature, animate and inanimate—thus Boyle’s Physiological Essays of 1661 are about natural science as a whole. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But Lefty showed her the Greek at the top of the card and the English below. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Where the goal of Greek philosophy had been contemplative understanding, that of Baconian philosophy was a new technology. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She was disguised as a crazy old bag lady, smiling and singing an Ancient Greek lullaby as her leathery hands gripped Percy’s neck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Your Greek goddess is powerless here,” said the pope. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “How does a god become Roman? If he’s Greek, wouldn’t he stay Greek?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Athena and Poseidon had been the Greeks’ greatest allies among the gods, but when Troy fell all that had changed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, lots of Romans spoke Greek,” Hazel said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The little Greek was standing staring down at the body with a puzzled frown. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I hope you’ve learned your lesson,” he said brightly and then, in Greek, added: “Important news, my friend.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Hammered into the bronze were pictures in Ancient Greek style, scenes from our adventures this summer. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks found her there and they dared to lay violent hands on her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Michael Antoniou—Father Mike, as he would come to be known in our family—was at that time a seminarian at the Greek Orthodox Holy Cross Theological School out in Pomfret, Connecticut. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The noisy Greek camp was hushed; nothing was stirring there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The first part of that word comes from the Greek word for universe, kosmos. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z As he spoke one of the Greek ships burst into flame. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z After weeks of waiting, agonizing and steaming, the Greeks and Romans wanted blood. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Cane was probably first cultivated by humans on the island some five thousand years or more before the Greeks. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Her father had then done what Greek fathers of unmarriageable girls did in those days: he wrote to America. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Four hundred years before Virgil a Greek poet looked at it differently. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He was intentionally provoking the Greeks, hoping for battle. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z For astronomical purposes the Greeks adopted a sexagesimal number system and even divided hours into 60 minutes, and minutes into 60 seconds. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Ancient Greeks discovered the uses of various mixtures of petroleum, pitch, resins, sulfur, and quicklime as incendiary weapons, delivered by catapults, arrows, firebombs, and ships. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As if it were a tale of Greek myth and the gods had heard the cry, the ship banged against the skull-shaped jetty. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She carried a book on famous classical architecture, written in Ancient Greek, to read when she got bored, and a long bronze knife, hidden in her shirt sleeve. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z One of his envious contemporaries called him “Beta,” the second letter of the Greek alphabet, because, he said, Eratosthenes was second best in the world in everything. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks began a process that became unusually pronounced in Western music: emphasis on a VIP class of performers whose brilliance was intended to strike awe and enchantment into the hearts of the ordinary listener. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The landscape was dotted with buildings that looked like ancient Greek architecture—an open-air pavilion, an amphitheater, a circular arena—except that they all looked brand new, their white marble columns sparkling in the sun. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z And just as the conflicted relationship among Athens and Sparta was a leitmotif of Greek life, so Maya society resounded for centuries with the echoes of the struggle between Mutal and Kaan. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Her golden hair was gathered into a high-set ponytail, Ancient Greek style. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A starving Greek community defies Nazi soldiers by hanging out thousands of forbidden national flags. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Be careful,” I said to him in Greek, and nodded towards the barmaid. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It has no rival in Greek tragedy except the four plays of Sophocles about Oedipus and his children. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z One minor modification that readers will already have noticed is that the Semitic and Greek g became the Roman and English c, while the Romans invented a new g in its present position. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The revival of Galen was part of the humanist obsession with all things Greek. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Instead of hanging their orders on a rack, the waiters shouted them out, in Greek, Spanish, and a kind of fractured English. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Pythagoras, the Greek scholar—half scientist, half mystic—who lived in Croton around 530 BC, proposed one of the earliest and most widely accepted theories to explain the similarity between parents and their children. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z ‘So Percy and me for the Greeks. Frank and Hazel for the Romans. Is that the ultimate non-competitive dream team or what?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The Platonists’ doctrines of recurrence and reminiscence were not the real problem, however; both were endorsed by Proclus, who still wrote, as the Greeks did, in terms of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But when my grandmother shouted in Greek, “A boy!” the cry went around the room, and out into the hall, and across the hall into the living room where the men were arguing politics. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His upper body rippled with muscles, covered only by a Greek chlamys - a white wool cloak loosely wrapped and pinned at the shoulder. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At the sight Diomedes shuddered and cried to the Greeks to fall back, slowly, however, and with their faces toward the Trojans. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z To stay awake and alert, the captain, a Greek man of middle age, liked to take up provocative subjects. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He laughed and quoted a little Greek epigram about honesty being a dangerous virtue, and, to my surprise, opened the door and ushered me in. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z How long ago the Greeks tried to destroy everything Jewish. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Once he had swallowed a good portion of the English vocabulary, he began to taste the familiar ingredients, the Greek seasoning in the roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There was rejoicing in Troy that night, but grief and despair in the Greek camp. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z All this bunk about little Billy Shakespeare, Dad would say, the great genius despite his grammar-school education, his small Latin and less Greek, was a lot of sentimental mythology. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “That’s a sensitive topic. Some people say Greek influence is still around, like it’s still a part of the gods’ personalities. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A Greek flag flew over the former Ottoman palace. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z ‘The American Revolution. Most of the Colonial leaders were Greek demigods. The British generals were Roman demigods.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But Annabeth being who she was—well, if she could struggle through Ancient Greek architecture books and enjoy documentaries on the History Channel, I guessed the Sirens would appeal to her, too. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She was one of the world’s foremost experts on Greek sculpture, and she was in Los Angeles visiting the Getty just before the museum finalized the deal with Becchina. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z ‘You want to return that statue to the Greeks as a peace offering. Let us help.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Second, the Greeks knew from their travels that the North Star appeared lower in the sky when viewed in the south than it did in more northerly regions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, the Greeks just saw the terms as simply getting smaller and smaller, meandering outside the realm of numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Unlike the Egyptians, the Greeks outgrew this primitive way of writing numbers and developed a more sophisticated system. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “A child of Athena, Minerva’s Greek form. Scandalous! You Greeks have no sense of decency. We Romans know the proper place for that goddess.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z ‘Once the statue is returned to the Greeks ... I think it will be difficult to destroy. It has great magic. It has simply chosen not to use it yet.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I—I thought maybe you might have a book on them Greek stories about nymphs and such.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Achilles came and Ajax, still wrathful because of the armor of Achilles which the Greek captains had given to Odysseus and not to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Iliad and the Odyssey are, or rather contain, the oldest Greek writings we have. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The inside of the hotel reminded Armpit of pictures he’d seen of ancient Greek temples, with stone pillars and marble floors. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The Greek never got on to the erratic movements of the knights and the sweeping mobility of the queens, but he learned to make a few set, opening moves. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z How briefly the anthropologists treat the Greek myths is noteworthy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course the inscriptions were usually in Greek which I couldn’t read, but I believed him. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was King of the Dead—not Death himself, whom the Greeks called Thanatos and the Romans, Orcus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “The story goes that the Romans stole something important from the Greeks, back in ancient times, when the Romans conquered the Greeks’ cities.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z For example, the Indo-European language family, which includes English as well as French, Russian, Greek, and Hindi, comprises about 144 languages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The Greek always walked ahead and Singer followed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He seems not to have liked music, which was a most important part of a Greek boy’s training, or else he disliked his music master. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A horrible thought occurred to me, and I cursed in Ancient Greek. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “These letters are Greek,” Leo said in surprise. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Huge Greek medallions showed in spots of light upon its façade, above a dark labyrinthine pattern in the stone, and I propped her against the stoop with its carved stone monster. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Every year the Greek girls mourned for him and every year they rejoiced when his flower, the blood-red anemone, the windflower, was seen blooming again. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Greek had been about the last thing on my mind. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Their oval shields were emblazoned with a large Greek letter K - kappa. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In Greek there was the phenomenon, but the phenomena were malleable—they could be ‘saved’ or ‘salved’; while facts are stubborn. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z That was the signature of my grandmother and the Greek ladies of her generation: the kindliness of their despair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He did so and wounded him, only slightly, but the Greeks in rage at the treachery turned upon the Trojans and the battle was on again. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an Ancient Greek city, except it wasn’t in ruins. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Some wore Greek armor, some British redcoat uniforms, some camouflage with tattered American flags on the shoulders. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Finally one of their sons, the future ruler of heaven and earth, whose name in Greek is Zeus and in Latin Jupiter, rebelled against him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Greek and Roman casualties were heavy, but not nearly as bad as they might have been. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Aunt Carrie, remember, was the one who read poetry, studied Latin and Greek, talked cultured, believed in human excrement, and put mourning dye on Mary Toy’s hair for Granny’s funeral. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z That’s what a Greek hero would do in the stories, I thought. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Along the way, someone substituted the Latin ending pi for the Greek podes and came up with the polyglot octopi. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks enjoyed him and liked him all the better for it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His ship was driven all the way to Egypt by the storm Athena sent to the Greek Fleet, but finally he reached home safely and lived happily with Helen ever after. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In later days, he was said to be the same as the Greek Cronus and the father of Jupiter, the Roman Zeus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She told him to have nothing more to do with the Greeks, and with that she went up to heaven and asked Zeus to give success to the Trojans. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The sides of the thermos were enameled with red and yellow Ancient Greek scenes—a hero killing a lion; a hero lifting up Cerberus, the three-headed dog. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Mark Antony traded his Roman clothes for the Greek style of dress that Alexandrians favored, and he was soon taking full advantage of the wealth and privilege Cleopatra enjoyed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Their science began properly in 1786 with the discovery of the similarity of Sanskrit to Greek and Latin, by William Jones. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He is stunned by the house, a Greek Revival, admiring it for several minutes like a tourist before opening the gate. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z This onset too probably involved replacement of old Greeks and Germans by new Greeks and Germans, just as old gave way to new in the Philippines, Indonesia, and subequatorial Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z What if they recited in Latin, or Greek? The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “He’s always been sure the Greeks were out there, plotting against us. He thought Percy was a spy.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z At last the big Greek ground his teeth and rose from his chair. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The Greeks had inherited their numbers from the geometric Egyptians. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Smoke from the stack had soiled the Greek flag. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Greeks had developed a level of practical experience and technical understanding a thousand years more advanced than anyone else nearby. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Genetics, he called it: the study of heredity and variation—the word ultimately derived from the Greek genno, “to give birth.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z What has changed since the time of the Greeks, boys? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then at last he left the tent in which he had sat so long, and went down to where the Greeks were gathered, a wretched company, Diomedes grievously wounded, Odysseus, Agamemnon, and many another. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Aristotle, and most of the other Greek philosophers, on the other hand, did not like the idea of a creation because it smacked too much of divine intervention. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Another carried an armful of ballista bolts and a crate of Greek fire. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When the Greeks sacked the city she was in Athena’s temple clinging to her image, under the goddess’s protection. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It also earned her the respect and affection of the Egyptian people living outside the Greek influence of Alexandria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z For instance, with the fall of Mycenaean Greek civilization, around 1200 B.C., Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z If I let my guard down long enough to deal with the Greek fire, Annabeth would get sliced and we’d crash anyway. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z His procrastination would have disastrous effects, if you believe in that sort of thing, which, some days, when the old Greek blood is running high, I do. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Her voice in Greek was harsh and low and lovely. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z ‘Greeks from Greece is all tasting greasy,’ the Giant said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus knew him then, and he had no trouble at all in making him disregard what his mother had said and go to the Greek camp with him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When 3 Guys fired Peralta, another Mexican replaced him, just as Peralta replaced a Mexican at the Greek diner in Queens where he went to work next. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Michael moved in front of the machine, interposing himself between Octavian and the two Greek demigods. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z So the days passed in Greek fragments and chores. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Because I am a Greek warrior, and they are beneath my notice. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The last thing they needed as they flew a magical Greek trireme into a potentially hostile Roman camp was a middle-aged satyr in gym clothes waving a club and yelling “Die!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Ares, God of War, always took sides with Aphrodite; while Poseidon, Lord of the Sea, favored the Greeks, a sea people, always great sailors. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And did the purple color mean he was the Roman version of Hercules rather than the Greek? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z What were they doing in a country so perilous to Greeks? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, she was. She was a Ptolemy. Big family back then. They were Greek Egyptians. I’ve got a little Egyptian blood in me, too. You and me are probably related.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z ‘Why not? Once we sort things out between Greeks and Romans, the gods should go back to their normal selves. Then we can free her and she can . . . you know . . . grant us victory.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “The Greeks have no Devil,” I said pedantically. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z For a moment he was bearded, in Greek robes with a golden laurel wreath in his hair. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She was an Egyptian citizen, but Greek blood flowed in her veins. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They themselves listened only to Greek music, an oxymoron as far as the rest of the world is concerned. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “It means serpent, bull in Greek,” Thalia said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Champollion also had the presence of mind to count up the number of Greek words and the number of individual hieroglyphs in what were presumably equivalent texts. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Both wore flowing Greek tunics, one trimmed in blue, the other in green. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z By September 7, 1922, every Greek in Smyrna, including Lefty Stephanides, is wearing a fez in order to pass as a Turk. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On top of the houses they tore up the roofs and hurled the beams down upon the Greeks. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Ptolemies also promoted immigration from elsewhere in the Greek world, offering direct economic rewards as well as the material comforts of a lavish foundation where no expense was spared. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z In politics, much has been made of the rise of monarchies at the expense of formerly self-governing city-states throughout the Greek world. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Greek fire was burning the tables and furniture, spreading up the circular stairs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The Babylonian Marduk and the Greek Zeus was each considered master of the sky and king of the gods. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And the watchers on the shore saw the wind shift, the waves subside, and the Greek ship leave the harbor, flying under full sail to the sea beyond. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A portrait of Democritus is now on the Greek hundred-drachma bill. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a set of locked double doors, which Annabeth managed to pry open with her knife and a fair amount of cursing in Ancient Greek. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z In those days Greek immigrants were beginning to use funeral parlors, but Sourmelina insisted that the viewing be held at home. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I ran through D names from Greek mythology. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing faded jeans and a fresh orange Camp Half-Blood T-shirt, as if he’d never been away from the Greek side. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Sir—” “We have noted that your attention lags. Your ability to comprehend Greek and Latin seems to have declined over the course of the last two years.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then, 2,500 years ago, there was a glorious awakening in Ionia: on Samos and the other nearby Greek colonies that grew up among the islands and inlets of the busy eastern Aegean Sea.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Until Greek literature and art entered Italy the Romans felt no need for beautiful, poetic gods. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will burn you!” a telkhine squeaked, desperately waving a vial of Greek fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The Greek historian Herodotus described it as a stack of eight stepped towers, with gates of solid brass and 120 lions in brightly colored, glazed tiles leading to it. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z “I told you all this good luck would be bad! This is how they liberate us? Only the Greeks could be so stupid!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Greeks didn’t like zero at all and used it as infrequently as possible. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z We should send a landing party of four - two Greeks, two Romans. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The original has the marks of early Greek poetry, great simplicity and directness and delight in the beautiful world. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The poet Hesiod, the first Greek who tried to explain how things began, wrote, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The main pavilion was open to the night, ringed with black Greek columns and statues of the Titans. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Magnifying glasses were known to the ancient Greeks, and spectacles were in use from the thirteenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z On the other hand, your beautiful Greek will do you almost no good at all on any good-size campus unless you have a Ph.D., living as we do in a brass-hat, brass-mortarboard world. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z This is because the Greek musical tradition, like all the musical traditions of the Ancient World, was one of improvisation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “But what you is? Greek, Turkish, or what?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Most of the other young Fellows were dyed-in-the-tweed intellectuals who liked to pun in Greek. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Nothing in life prepares a guy for that, not even pretending to be a Greek warrior. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is a lot to believe. Jason is coming back with a bunch of Greek demigods? You say they’re going to appear in the sky in a heavily armed warship, but we shouldn’t be worried.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z To pass the time, everybody was soon discussing how the tall young Greek with the elegant bearing had become enamored of the dark beauty who was never seen anywhere without her carved olivewood box. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The bit about the ghost trying to look at itself in the river of death is a subtle touch which is quite characteristic of him and quite unlike any Greek writer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The presumption has been, either that thinking comes naturally, or that the required intellectual tools for thinking about natural science had all been developed by the ancient Greeks. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “He was a Spaniard, wasn’t he? They’re artistic people, I’ve heard. I remember in school about a painter—no, he was a Greek.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We should really go get some coffee and make a scandal—the Greek therapist and her high school boyfriend. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The walls were made of rough-hewn stone blocks chiselled with Greek inscriptions - thousands and thousands of them, like graffiti. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Now in the big Greek’s expression Singer thought that he could detect something sly and joking. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “There is only one teacher of ancient Greek here and he is very particular about his students.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps it is a tribute to the origin of the word “circus,” deriving from the Greek kirkos meaning circle, or ring. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He pretended, therefore, that he had gone mad, and when a messenger from the Greek Army arrived, the King was plowing a field and sowing it with salt instead of seed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z British accent, face like a Greek god, legs for days? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “You know what the Greeks called Dionysus. The Many-Formed One. Sometimes it was a man, sometimes a woman. And sometimes something else. I—I’ll tell you something that I do remember,” she said abruptly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In the Roman poet Virgil this idea is presented in great detail as in no Greek poet. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I awoke at six on Thursday morning, intending to do some Greek, but my Liddell and Scott was nowhere to be found. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He wove around the bodies of Greek and Roman demigods. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He was the chaplain at Hackett and his Greek, which he had mostly learned at seminary, was crude and inferior even by my standards. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Two kept their Greek names: Apollo and Pluto; but the latter was never called Hades, as was usual in Greece. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Had the ancient Greeks known them under a different name, if they’d had tulips at all? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the Greeks and Romans hated zero so much that they clung to their own Egyptian-like notation rather than convert to the Babylonian system, even though the Babylonian system was easier to use. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z With Hector gone, the Greeks were able to drive the Trojans far back from the ships and Troy might have been sacked that very day if Zeus had not awakened. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I had not been particularly bent on taking Greek, but what Laforgue said intrigued me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The Greeks were not afraid of the dead—“the piteous dead,” the Odyssey calls them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The building was a good start: a rented two-story Greek Revival house built in 1882, near the historic district called “Old Alabama Town.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The thing that rose up from the metal was a bronze giant in full Greek battle armor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But as I’ll hope to show, figures and tropes are essentially very straightforward things that happen to have Greek and Latin names. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Each of its twin blades was shaped like an omega: Q—the last letter of the Greek alphabet. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The Athena and Demeter teams were having a chariot race around the track, and over at the canoe lake some kids in a Greek trireme were fighting a large orange sea serpent. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The Muslims began to translate some of these ancient Greek texts. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z I do not now nor did I ever have anything in common with any of them, nothing except a knowledge of Greek and the year of my life I spent in their company. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It combined the Greek prefix eu—“good”—with genesis: “good in stock, hereditarily endowed with noble qualities.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z This is what drove Maimonides, the twelfth-century rabbi, to write a tome to reconcile the Semitic, Eastern Bible with the Greek, Western philosophy that permeated Europe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When Harrison and Hoving and the Greek experts first confronted the kouros, they experienced waves of repulsion and words popping into their heads, and Harrison blurted out, “I’m sorry to hear that.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “All those monsters,” I said, “all the Greek gods— they’re real.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She asked her neighbor for help studying Greek, a subject most often studied by boys. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “You’d better think twice before you attack us. Romans and Greeks will fight you together. You don’t stand a chance!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z According to the Tribune, men and women, Greeks, Italians, Poles, and Scandinavians signed up to fill in. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At that point, Jason and the girls would have a few seconds to take cover before the ship’s catapults fired on their position, engulfing the palace in Greek fire and bursts of Celestial bronze shrapnel. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The Greeks had also plundered interior sites, such as Heliopolis, for sphinxes, obelisks, columns, and so on, with which to decorate their public spaces. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The boys said it in unison and repeated it a few times for good measure, like a Greek chorus. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z He’d thought his trip to Alaska had been pretty exotic, but now he was in the heart of the old Roman Empire, enemy territory for a Greek demigod. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But that was not the case with Tsonga translations of Greek and Roman mythology. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Sing, Muse, of Greek ladies and their battle against unsighdy hair! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Their gods, before they took over from the Greeks, were vague, hardly more than a “those that are above.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t figured him for a deep interest in Greek cooking or French museums. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The Renaissance was the time when Western Europeans lost their awe of the Ancients and realized that they had as much to contribute to civilization and society as the Greeks and Romans had contributed. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The Greeks believed that studying music would produce better, more tolerant and nobler human beings. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z ‘Orion outfoxed us. He’s turned the ambush into a massacre. All we can do now is hold him back while you escape. You must get that statue to the Greeks and defeat Gaia!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The Indians had borrowed little of Greek geometry. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The land is flat, and the views are awesomely extensive; horses, herds of cattle, a white cluster of grain elevators rising as gracefully as Greek temples are visible long before a traveler reaches them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Faster than any Italian, any Englishman or Frenchman or Greek. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He says little has changed since the time of the Greeks for the barbarians are within the gates and their names are legion. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Singer had some packages in his arms and the big Greek gave them his first attention. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Serapis was an amalgam of Apis, the native bull god, and Osiris, the anthropomorphic lord of the dead—an instant “designer god” fashioned by the Ptolemies to give Greeks and Egyptians a deity in common. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Always, previously, in an emergency we could throw out something in Greek, under the guise of an aphorism or quotation. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Most of them wore tattered Ancient Greek dresses, except for the one in the lead, Kelli, who wore a burned and torn blouse with a short pleated skirt...her cheerleader’s outfit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When evening ended the battle, the Trojans had driven the Greeks back almost to their ships. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Luke paced in front of the swimming pool, cursing in Ancient Greek, gripping his sword so tight his knuckles turned white. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “My Greek heart is too big. My American one is still composed of delicate halves. They call them gonads. ” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Hera kept silence then, but her thoughts were busy as to how she might help the Greeks and circumvent Zeus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She wailed, falling sideways as the net constricted, forcing her two forms - Greek and Roman - into a quivering, out-of-focus whole. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Unlike most large Greek towns, which grew gradually and haphazardly, Alexandria had commissioned planners, Deinocrates of Rhodes and Crates of Olynthus, to push through designs for her architecture and waterworks, respectively. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Chiron shouted something in Ancient Greek, which I would realize, only later, I had understood perfectly; “Stand ready! My bow!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z These coins were as big as Girl Scout cookies and had images of various Greek gods stamped on one side and the Empire State Building on the other. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I look much more typically Greek than my mother does. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But I think that maybe I get what the Greeks were up to. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Many mythic heroes in Greek and Norse mythology, after all, made celebrated efforts to visit Hell. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The pertinent point is worth emphasizing: though the Alexandrian Greeks such as Eratosthenes worked within the geographical confines of Egypt, they were not drawing from some deep well of native wisdom. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z To this, Dr. Trefusis added, “He speaks Latin and Greek as he were a gentleman of antiquity.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Crouched on the ground, she saw the Greek ships getting ready and she watched the city burn. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “The ones holding up those Greek temples with their heads. I was looking at a picture of some the other day, thinking, Those women have the second toughest job in the world.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Only a few relatives knew that two generations before, the name had been Doufinakas, but his Greek ancestor George, as far as Dell was concerned, had done the right thing. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z At the Greek restaurant, she and Lauren sat side by side at the counter facing the windows, eating pita and tzatziki and kabobs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z But even in the earliest Greek poem, the Iliad, this idea is beginning to give way to the idea of an Olympus in some mysterious region far above all the mountains of the earth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She was not a beef cruncher or a bearded lady from a Greek circus, as had been said, but the director of a school of voice. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z This lady's definitely a Greek warrior, only she's probably tougher than the guys were. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They had both read the encyclopedia entry on Greek mythology. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And I guess most of his boasts were true: he was always bringing home some book in Latin or Greek with an inscription, saying he had won it for some telling point he had scored. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I made everyone in the club Christmas cards and attached a Greek drachma from the 1800s to each one, unsure if they’d think it was stupid. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He was dressed in Greek combat armor—sandals, kilt, and greaves, a breastplate decorated with elaborate sea monster designs—and everything he wore was gold. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Like the female warriors in Greek mythology, she could’ve pulled in the man’s body without help from any of us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The word in Greek means “turning away”, and hence “omission” or “elision”. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Though the Greek number system was more sophisticated than the Egyptian system, it was not the most advanced way of writing numbers in the ancient world. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He stood as still and meditative as a Greek Orthodox apostle. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Washington also advised blacks to spurn higher education, ridiculing degrees in Greek, Latin, and law as “ornamental gewgaws” and stressing the sufficiency of industrial education for his people. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The one who always steered the way was an obese and dreamy Greek. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z So it was not ignorance that led the Greeks to reject zero, nor was it the restrictive Greek number-shape system. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The ancient Greeks were the ones who gave us the idea. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On August first, the Feast of Spes, the Greek camp will fall.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Or was their tenure somewhat less cynical, more a matter of improvisation, motivated by the distant but vague object of forging a lasting harmony between Greek and Egyptian? Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z In those days, proving a mathematical theorem was often as simple as drawing an elegant picture; the tools of ancient Greek mathematics weren’t pencil and paper—they were a straightedge and compasses. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It showed the Empire State Building, and etched in tiny Greek letters, spiraling around the image, were the names of all the heroes who had died defending Olympus. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The Hephaestus cabin was out of Greek fire. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “What do you think, a Greek takes a swim in the Black Sea and turns into a Muslim?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As far as I could tell, what happened every Sunday at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church was that the priests got together and read the Bible out loud. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Likewise, my grandfather preferred to spend his mornings working on a modern Greek translation of the “restored” poems of Sappho. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The jogging trail erupted in Greek fire, incinerating many of the monsters instantly. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The Greek laid the ice pick on the stove and rolled his sleeves higher. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Letus, in Roman. But his old Greek name is Thanatos. When it comes to Death... we’re happy to let him stay Greek.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I had French at two, but after Greek I went straight back to my room and took a sleeping pill and went to bed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z At night when he closed his eyes the Greek’s face was there in the darkness—round and oily, with a wise and gentle smile. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z What the Greeks hoped for was that the Trojans would destroy it and so draw down upon them Athena’s anger. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Desdemona packed his Greek lunch of feta, olives, and bread in a new American container: a brown paper bag. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “And German and Spanish and Greek and a little Gaelic.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Meliagrance, who had been overseeing some men-at-arms while they broke up the wooden sheds on the Great Court as a precaution against Greek Fire, lost his nerve. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A Greek would certainly have acknowledged Stonehenge as architecture. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes; just as if you were speaking Greek. I feel I have adequate cause to be happy, and I will be happy. Goodbye!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The big Greek’s smile grew very broad and he stuck out his fat, pink tongue. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z That day, as Mr. Birkway talked about Greek mythology, I started daydreaming about my mother, who loved books almost as much as she loved all her outdoor treasures. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Etched along the guard was an Ancient Greek word Percy somehow understood: Anaklusmos—Riptide. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Grinning skeletons in Greek armor crowded around me, draping me with silk robes, wreathing my head with laurels that smoked with Chimera poison, burning into my scalp. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z There are mountain trolls riding Graphorns through Hungary, there are giants with winged tattoos on their backs walking through the Greek Seas, and the werewolves have gone entirely underground — HARRY: Great, let’s get out there. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z She told me that there was this Greek story about a little spirit called a nymph that tried to outrun the wind and was turned into a flower. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks made their gods in their own image. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to work on Greek but it wasn’t much good. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His Greek books were spread out on the desk; a cigarette burned in a full ashtray. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Her story, like a number of others, shows how strongly the ancient Greeks disapproved of destroying or injuring a tree. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When she had straightened the bed to his liking the big Greek inclined his head so deliberately that the gesture seemed one of benediction rather than a simple nod of thanks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The Greeks and Romans moved together, standing shoulder to shoulder as all around them the earth shook. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z If he didn’t succeed, the Roman and Greek demigods would slaughter each other. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When I could no longer concentrate on Greek and the alphabet began to transmute itself into incoherent triangles and pitchforks, I read The Great Gatsby. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z After doing their calculations with Babylonian notation, Greek astronomers usually converted the numbers back into clunky Greek-style numerals—without zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The Athenians were different from the other Greeks and their hero therefore was different. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He cursed in Ancient Greek and squinted as if he couldn’t see his work, even though it was a sunny day. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z There are normally twelve girls in the house, counting the old ones, a Greek cook, and a man who is known as a watchman but who undertakes all manner of delicate and dangerous tasks. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The early Greek mythologists transformed a world full of fear into a world full of beauty. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z This picture hurt the big Greek’s feelings, and he refused to be reconciled until Singer had made his face very young and handsome and colored his hair bright yellow and his eyes china blue. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “We're already under attack. We must take the offensive! Those hairy dwarfs have been stealing our supplies, sabotaging our scouting parties—you know the Greeks sent them.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Or maybe Athena was in such bad shape, split between her Greek and Roman personalities, that she wasn’t even paying attention. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She stayed by them, telling them the names of this and that Greek hero, until to their astonishment the battle ceased. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The little scumbag would hope to destroy the Greek camp from a distance, wait for the flames to die down, then march in unopposed. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z From the waist down, he wore standard Greek battle gear—a kiltlike apron of leather and metal flaps, bronze greaves covering his legs, and tighdy wrapped leather sandals. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He couldn’t read Ancient Greek, but he guessed they were prayers or supplications to the dead, written by pilgrims thousands of years ago. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z However, the Greeks so despised zero that they refused to admit it into their writings, even though they saw how useful it was. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z We went to our classes, did our Greek, and generally managed to pretend among one another and everybody else that things were all right. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z On the throne now sat Notus—a bronze-skinned old man in a fiery Greek chiton, his head crowned with a wreath of withered, smoking barley. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Another guy in Greek armor ran forward, carrying a torch. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Apollo himself inscribed the petals—some say with Hyacinth’s initial, and others with the two letters of the Greek word that means “Alas”; either way, a memorial of the god’s great sorrow. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the servant about whom I'd read in psychology class who, during a trance, had recited pages of Greek philosophy which she had overheard one day while she worked. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t go in for that sort of thing. My wife takes the kids to the Greek church.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I couldn’t tell if it represented Greek mythology, or if the characters floating in the clouds above were meant to be biblical. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When I finally caught up to her, we were back in the Greek and Roman section. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He became so proficient in his studies that, even before he graduated, he was hired to teach classes in Greek, Latin, algebra, and penmanship. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They even extended education for girls to the daughters of wealthy Greeks who were part of the ruling class. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Each boat was packed with demigods in full Greek armor. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Leo wanted to think that an old Chinese belief couldn’t have anything to do with the Romans and the Greeks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The two sons of Atreus, Agamemnon, the commander of the Greek forces at Troy, and Menelaus, the husband of Helen, ended their lives very differently. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no stories about them, but they are often seen on Greek vases. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z An Indian text written the same year that Rome fell—476 AD—shows the influence of Greek, Egyptian, and Babylonian mathematics, brought by Alexander as he penetrated Indian lands. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A venerable tradition, dating back to the ancient Greek orators, teaches that if you don’t know what you’re talking about, just ratchet up the level of difficulty and no one will ever know. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, sir,” he said, “we must get together sometime and talk about Greek, yes?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Said the Greeks had hundreds of that kind of story to explain how things came about. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The significance of the fashion for Ancient Greek and Roman culture is an awkward one for music, leading to possibly the least successful and most confusing of all its labels. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “In Greek it stands for Of The Athenians...or you could read it as the children of Athena. It’s sort of the Athenian motto.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Droysen used the term to refer to the diffusion of Greek culture over previously non-Greek areas, such as Persia, Syria, and Egypt. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Indeed, over time the Greeks reluctantly admitted the irrationals to the realm of numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In Ionia, the Phoenician alphabet was first adapted to Greek usage and widespread literacy became possible. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw the lush green of Ireland, and the bright blue sea of the Greek islands, and the yellow-gray haze of industrialized Germany. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks had learned about zero because of their obsession with the night sky. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In the third century BC the era of Greek hegemony was over. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Ancient Greek, but just as old—Minoan, maybe, or something like that I could understand what she sang about—moonlight in the olive groves, the colors of the sunrise. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It was not the carrot soup and vegetable cakes and Greek pasta I had brought that morning from Bread and Circus. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Jenny said he looked like a Greek god. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He still had lots of Greek and Lebanese contacts in the city. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Convenient as hell. Kinda classical, too. Those Greeks carried on with their brothers and sisters like nobody’s—whoops,” he said, retrieving the whiskey glass which was about to fall off the arm of his chair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He remembered his dream about Camp Half-Blood in ruins, Greek and Roman bodies littering the fields. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He stared at the face of the sphere—seven rings, each one covered with tiny Greek letters, numbers, and zodiac signs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There are none to equal them in Greek mythology, except those retold by the tragic poets. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The first major thing you need to know is that the Greeks believed music to be both a science and an art, and that they developed theories and systems for music accordingly. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z During the peak of ancient astronomy, Greek astronomical tables regularly employed zero; its symbol was the lowercase omicron, o, which looks very much like our modern-day zero, though it’s probably a coincidence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Out of 125 papyri recording contemporary legal cases, fully 20 percent involve personal squabbles between individual Greeks and Egyptians. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “For Greeks, the pillars marked the end of the known world. The Romans said the pillars were inscribed with a Latin warning—” “Nonplus ultra,” Percy said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Algebra presented another way of looking at numbers, entirely divorced from the Greek geometric ideas. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I saw a figure—a boy hunkered down behind a Greek column, like he was hiding from someone. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The Aristotelian system was Greek, but the Judeo-Christian story of creation was Semitic—and Semites didn’t have such a fear of the void. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Because of its blood-red appearance, both the Greeks and Romans named it after their god of war. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Even if she made it without getting frozen, Greek fire would burn everything, including the ship and all her friends. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The Greeks did not have zero, but we do, and it is the key to solving Zeno’s puzzle. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It was, after all, a car chase between a Greek Orthodox priest and a middle-aged Republican. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He lent her the textbook he had studied while attending the University of Glasgow, and she completed her first Greek grammar lesson before breakfast. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z A sarcophagus, engraved with Ancient Greek scenes of cities in flames and heroes dying grisly deaths. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “We know all about Greek fire, girl. Don’t worry. We’ve been looting and pillaging ships on the Mare Nostrum for eons.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z ‘I think the word means battles in Greek, but I don’t know how that applies, exactly.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The War-god bellowed as loud as ten thousand cry in battle, and at the awful sound trembling seized the whole host, Greeks and Trojans alike. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He met Chandresh only once before, at a symposium on ancient Greek architecture. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Maybe this boy could do Greek, whatever that was, but could he do something useful? The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Could I put a face in my tree, like a dryad from Greek mythology? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s like saying the Greeks died of mumps, or the proud Romans died on their beautiful hills of athlete’s foot! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the year 80 A.D., a great Greek writer, Plutarch, received news, when he was far from home, that a little daughter of his had died—a child of most gentle nature, he says. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Cleopatra was well aware of how highly the Greeks regarded Mark Antony and how fondly they remembered Octavia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cicero and Quintilian, for instance, both regarded the Greek orators in general—and Demosthenes in particular—as unfunny. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Like the Greeks, the Hebrews used letters from their alphabet to represent numbers, so every word had a numerical value. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z All told, the Greeks knew the Mediterranean Sea from Gibraltar to Syria; they knew that the European continent stretched north into an icy waste, and that Africa stretched south into a trackless, infernal desert. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The world’s greatest biological thinkers, having pored over the problem of heredity, had scarcely advanced the field beyond the cryptic musings of two men who had lived on two Greek islands two thousand years earlier. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z They do throw an abundance of light upon what early Greeks were like—a matter, it would seem, of more importance to us, who are their descendants intellectually, artistically, and politically, too. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The last three pages of the album were devoted to boys in Greek tunics, crowned with laurel, playing among false Hellenic ruins, with chubby bottoms and heavy eyelashes—repulsive. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think we’ve been reading that line the wrong way. The world...the Earth. In Greek, the word for that would be...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z ‘If the goddess of victory is running rampant, torn between Greek and Roman, she might make it impossible to bring the two camps together.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The Greeks understood mathematics better than the Egyptians did; once they mastered the Egyptian art of geometry, Greek mathematicians quickly surpassed their teachers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Ratio-obsessed people like the Greeks naturally looked at the side of the square and the diagonal and asked themselves: what is the ratio of the two lines? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Aphrodite’s words came back to Piper: You must bridge the gap between Roman and Greek, my child. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He wore an ancient Greek chiton and a white himation, a kind of cape that flowed down his shoulders. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Where the portal should’ve been was a big brass plaque, green with age, with a Greek Eta inscribed in the middle. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z "Indeed. What is martyr in Latin? Or in Greek, for that matter?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z No. She knew the story well enough to realize that she was almost as afraid of the Greek heroes as she was of Capricorn's men. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They lashed their whips at Annabeth while she waved her knife and yelled in Ancient Greek, telling them to back off. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks would figure out the ratio by dividing the line into tiny pieces, using, for example, a standard or yardstick half an inch long. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The Greeks sailed over the sea to Carthage. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The people flocked to the abandoned Greek camp to see the sights: here Achilles had sulked so long; there Agamemnon’s tent had stood; this was the quarters of the trickster, Odysseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The note was written in a masculine, rather nineteenth-century hand, with Greek e’s. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The Greek myths favored by the Ptolemies featured similar relationships. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Every Greek or Roman hero had sailed these waters—from Hercules to Aeneas. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Hellenistic rulers, it is said, trivialized Greek civic life by reducing it to pompous pageantry and contests over who could best flatter the king. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z He was well acquainted with how free Greeks ruled themselves. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Very little is known about his life, but among the works he left for posterity there was a great summary of astronomy, based on 500 years of Greek astronomical and cosmological thinking. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z She thinks for a moment “Ophelos is Greek for ‘help’ for which you have come here. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The Greek term for more than one voice line singing together is polyphonic: many voices. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He drew in the air a Greek letter, making clear the spelling of his mockery. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They charged the Greek and Roman ranks, taking advantage of the demigods’ disorganization. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His father’s Roman and Greek personalities screamed back and forth in Frank’s mind with the usual soundtrack of battle noises—explosions, assault rifles, roaring jet engines—all throbbing like a subwoofer behind Frank’s eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I turned and found myself face-to-face with a Greek warrior. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But outside the door to our Spanish class, leaning against the wall — looking more like a Greek god than anyone had a right to — Edward was waiting for me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Greek is a very special language,” Jack answers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It brought them out of their Chinese shells too, and right now they are studying Greek.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It crashed through and the Greeks were in the palace before the Trojans could leave the roof. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Lefty ate his breakfast of prunes and yogurt, reading a Greek newspaper a few days old. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then a quarrel flared up between two Greeks, Achilles and Agamemnon, and for a time it turned the tide in favor of the Trojans. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Though he himself had no documents, the compatriots he encountered on his first days were here legally, like most other Greek immigrants, and could help him. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The thousand ships carried a great host of fighting men and the Greek Army was very strong, but the Trojan City was strong, too. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew that the Greeks without Achilles were inferior to the Trojans, and he sent a lying dream to Agamemnon promising him victory if he attacked. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greek/ Roman stuff gave him a headache, too. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They admired cultural achievements, such as the scholarship of the Greeks and the architecture of the Egyptians. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Greek poets thought of them chiefly as pursuing sinners on the earth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In ancient Greek mythology, the Three Sisters of Fate spin out a person’s destiny within three nights of their birth. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The leading figures in this revolution were men with Greek names, largely unfamiliar to us today, but the truest pioneers in the development of our civilization and our humanity. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “After all,” Toby said, “Thoth was the Egyptian god of wisdom, and this crazy priestess bit was something the Greeks thought up.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked me to read to him, but I didn’t have anything around but Greek books, and he didn’t want me to go to the library. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Le Fevre argued that the picture was fine art, and that his intention was to make Greek mythology come alive. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The next thing Lefty knows, he’s sharing a sofa with three Greek soldiers, looking across at seven plump, perfumed women sharing two sofas opposite. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Library was constructed and supported by the Ptolemys, the Greek kings who inherited the Egyptian portion of the empire of Alexander the Great. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark Antony had studied public speaking in Athens as a young man and had developed a keen appreciation for the Greek customs practiced throughout the region. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Others were blazing with a strange green light that I knew well—Greek fire, which can burn even underwater. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A Greek called Archimedes, Mr. Dunwoody said, worked out the correct place to put a tree and the horizon in any picture. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Caesar Nero,” the name of the first Roman Emperor to persecute the Christians, had a value of 666 in the Hebrew system, as did the word for “Latins” in the Greek system. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks returned the favor: over the roughly one thousand years of Greco-Roman dominion of Egypt, we have no evidence of any Egyptian word making its way into common Greek usage. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z For example, medieval Islam, centrally located in Eurasia, acquired inventions from India and China and inherited ancient Greek learning. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z With the Greek conquest of all advanced societies from Greece east to India under Alexander the Great in the late fourth century B.C., power finally made its first shift irrevocably westward. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The conquests of Alexander in the late fourth century gave the Greeks firsthand experience of Persia, India, and the Asian kingdoms lying between. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z ‘Stick it out, son,’ I told him, ‘give it a chance’ and before you could spit it was Henry this, Henry that, he’s changing his major from whatever the hell it was to ancient Greek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z This is what I know: In fourth grade, we learned about the Greek goddess Athena and how she was sprung—full-grown—from the forehead of Zeus. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Here were even more—centuries’ worth of hidden wealth from every empire that had ever claimed this land—Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and so many others. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In the centre of the atrium, a grey-skinned ghoul in a tattered Greek tunic paraded through the crowd, holding a marble bust over his head like a sports trophy. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Copernicus himself was an intermediate figure in the scientific revolution, and in one important way he resembled the Ancient Greek philosophers rather than the modern scientist. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z These irrational numbers were an unavoidable consequence of Greek mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In addition, the subject has been raised in the Greek Orthodox tradition, with its strongly sex-defined roles. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Well, let’s go over to the Greek hotel and listen to them cuss.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our battleships are sitting off the coast to intimidate the Greeks,” Jimmy Fioretos was yelling. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Still, she kept up with her study of Greek and made rapid progress. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Maybe Nico had made up for that by helping the Greeks against the Titans, but still... The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Wearing his blue Protestant suit, Lefty visited the local universities and colleges in person to inquire about the possibility of becoming a Greek instructor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z NOTE.—The form -yte is found only in words of Greek origin. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered a Greek legend about a girl on an island....Maybe one of his friends had mentioned it? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She noticed how passionate Sasha was about everything—their conviction that the ancient Greeks were better than base ten, that cats were better than dogs. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Voices rumbled in the other houses as people cursed the Greeks, the Turks, and started packing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the twentieth century, genetics brought the Ancient Greek notion of fate into our very cells. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Some of its great achievements had a decisive influence on Greek and Roman art, and thus we can still feel ourselves linked to the Egypt of 5,000 years ago by a continuous, living tradition. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greek intellectual world, on the other hand, was almost frantically preoccupied with competing models of the ultimate configuration and substance of the cosmos. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The Greeks thought of flowing hair, the Arabs of flaming swords. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Greek vases, as we shall see, although technically pottery, were sometimes decorated by artists of very impressive talent. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The Old Testament comes down to us mainly from the Greek translations made in the Alexandrian Library. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He was just a teenager when he left the Greek island of Chios, a few miles off the coast of Turkey. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The temple my dad had used as his headquarters was burning with Greek fire. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, no ancient Greek struck a medal with the word Eureka on it and started awarding it to successful scientists as we award the Fields Medal to successful mathematicians. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Even by the standards of the superstitious ancient Greeks, Pythagoras’s beliefs were eccentric. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z We have seen that Renaissance science went beyond Greek science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The incomparably ancient kingdom of the pharaohs offered the Macedonian Greeks significant liabilities as well as important assets in their attempt to establish a new ruling dynasty in Egypt. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Dubbed “Project Greek Island,” in the event of an attack on Washington, DC, senators and congressional representatives were to be evacuated from the nation’s capital by railroad and delivered to the Greenbrier’s bunker. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The second major thing about the Greeks and music is that they treated it as an essential part of all their significant rituals. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Go back to America with your prize, the Athena Parthenos. Your comrades back home, Greek and Roman, are on the brink of war. Leave now, and you might save many lives.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I personally was not alive then. And it wasn’t all Greeks on one side and all Romans on the other. But, yes. Not cool. Sometimes demigods make bad choices.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The writing was no longer an ambiguous syllabary mixed with logograms but an alphabet borrowed from the Phoenician consonantal alphabet and improved by the Greek invention of vowels. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘Interesting. I heard the Greeks actually trusted their goat men.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He murmured some words in Ancient Greek—a final blessing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When you think about French theater back in Moliere’s time, the Greeks, it isn’t something that has just happened. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z They were covered in drawings, which wasn’t unusual for her, but these symbols I recognized: Greek letters, pictures from camp beads, sketches of monsters and faces of gods. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z They literally stole Athena, so she could no longer be the symbol of Greek military power. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The infinite and the void had powers that frightened the Greeks. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z At once the battle turned in favor of the Greeks. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His plan was to leave a single Greek behind in the deserted camp, primed with a tale calculated to make the Trojans draw the horse into the city—and without investigating it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth still taught me Greek in the mornings, but she seemed distracted. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The Greek gods don’t exactly show up for their kids’ basketball games. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z They asked him Questions about the Gills, & he answered them & gave us the Names of Things in Latin & Greek. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Since the censors’ Greek was even worse than Milton’s, they often made mistakes, lopping off endearments, x’s and o’s. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “At any rate, some of the prophecy is becoming clear. Foes bearing arms to the Doors of Death...that means Romans and Greeks. We have to combine forces to find those doors.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I soon realize that this is like a pizza shop or a McDonald’s for Greek food. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z In much the same way, the ancient Greeks revered their athletes and made statues of them in marble. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z These had been given when Hercules died to the Prince Philoctetes, the man who had fired his funeral pyre and who later had joined the Greek host when they sailed to Troy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They dived into a trench as the green starburst of Greek fire singed Leo’s hair. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The Greeks and Romans slowly pushed back the enemies. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The end of Greek mythology was at hand when such plays drew full houses in Athens. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The other young men—Frenchmen, Germans, Swedes, Greeks—all laughed. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z ‘My point,’ Jason said, ‘is that blaming each other isn’t going solve anything. That’s how the Romans and Greeks got divided in the first place.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They left on foot, carrying two suitcases packed with clothes, toiletries, Desdemona’s dream book and worry beads, and two of Lefty’s texts of Ancient Greek. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Shrouded demigods, both Greek and Roman, were burned at the campfire, and Chiron asked Nico to oversee the burial rites. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “You mean the Greek gods are here? Like ... in America!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus succeeded in making him a prisoner, and he told the Greeks Troy would not fall until someone fought against the Trojans with the bow and arrows of Hercules. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Who’s going to buy it if not an Italian or a Greek. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “The message said: The Greek has arrived. Or possibly: The goose has cried. I’m thinking the first interpretation is correct. You seek to join the legion?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Sullenly the Sea-god obeyed and once more the tide of battle turned against the Greeks. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He was supposed to have lived a generation earlier than the most famous Greek traveler, the hero of the Odyssey. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore a white sleeveless Greek dress with a low circular neckline trimmed in gold. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z On the voyage the Greeks stopped at an island to offer a sacrifice and Philoctetes was bitten by a serpent, a most frightful wound. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The tales of Greek mythology do not throw any clear light upon what early mankind was like. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry was sitting at the table where we did our Greek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Around 500 BC the placeholder zero began to appear in Babylonian writings; it naturally spread to the Greek astronomical community. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “For the composition classes, an extended translation, English to Greek, from a passage of his choosing.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Instead of trying to measure the area inside a parabola as the Greeks did, early algebraists sought to find the solutions to equations that encode relationships between different numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z From that day on, Uncle Arthur sent Oliver books on a monthly basis—books about superheroes and Greek mythology and pirates and space exploration and presidents. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Your Greek and Roman personalities fighting against one another.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Will they let us land on the Greek islands?” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Both had been developed by the ancient Greeks. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The Greeks didn’t even have a word for blue. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z When the Greeks captured Troy, he was able with his mother’s help to escape from the city with his father and his little son, and to sail away to a new home. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried my hand at a little Greek. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z On Wednesdays at ten we had Greek Prose Composition and that was where we all ought to have been now. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Greek artists and poets realized how splendid a man could be, straight and swift and strong. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “And if I do take classes with you, will they all be in Greek?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He has been called “the most Greek of all the gods.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Norse mythology and Greek mythology together give a clear picture of what the people were like from whom comes a major part of our spiritual and intellectual inheritance. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Nico poured root beer and tossed barbecue into the pit, then began chanting in Ancient Greek. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Though Greek gave him so much trouble, he’d actually studied it far longer than any of the rest of us, since he was twelve, a circumstance about which he perpetually boasted. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Champollion, who was fluent in ancient Greek, read that the stone had been inscribed to commemorate the coronation of Ptolemy V Epiphanes, in the spring of the year 196 B.C. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Enthusiasts proposed a dozen groups as the ancestral stock: Phoenicians, Basques, Chinese, Scythians, Romans, Africans, “Hindoos,” ancient Greeks, ancient Assyrians, ancient Egyptians, the inhabitants of Atlantis, even straying bands of Welsh. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At first the Greek system of numbers was quite similar to the Egyptians’. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He was a thinker and philosopher more in the style of the Ancient Greeks than a modern scientist. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “We might have supported the Greek forces. Seeing as we sent them in.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The astronomical system it described was far from being Ptolemy’s own idea, although he seems to have tweaked and developed the ideas of the Ancient Greeks. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Instead of cars, we would become manufacturers of hamburger platters and Greek salads, industrialists of spanakopita and grilled cheese sandwiches, technocrats of rice pudding and banana cream pie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They never considered adding infinite parts together even though Achilles' strides approach zero size; the Greeks could hardly add steps of zero size together without the concept of zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Like the person in a Greek myth who makes one of the gods stop caring about being a god. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The Greeks pitched in to help them raise the earthen walls and dig the trenches. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I'm cold, but I have shifted back to Greek warrior mode. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Together they ruled over the rest of the Greek gods and goddesses. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The ancient Greeks and Romans believed that if you rubbed a magnet with garlic it ceased to work. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In the fearful tempest which struck the Greeks after they left for Greece, Agamemnon came near to losing all his ships; Menelaus was blown to Egypt; and the arch-sinner, sacrilegious Ajax, was drowned. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The eagles circled overhead, crying out as if to alert their brethren: Hey, some tasty Greek demigods over here! The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z To resume my parents’ story, I need to bring up a very embarrassing memory for a Greek American: Michael Dukakis on his tank. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They were so called because, when they wrote, the center of Greek literature had moved from Greece to Alexandria in Egypt. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look, this is going to sound weird. Do you know anything about Greek myths?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z My interest in Julian Morrow and his Greek pupils, though still keen, was starting to wane when a curious coincidence happened. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Greek, Roman, it doesn’t matter,” the giant said easily. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z For the first time in their lives the Greeks of Asia Minor were out from under Turkish rule. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z What if the scientific tradition of the ancient Ionian Greeks had survived and flourished? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks from the earliest mythologists on had a perception of the divine and the excellent. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They stole to the gates and threw them wide, and into the sleeping town marched the Greek Army. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason couldn’t believe he was about to visit the actual palace of Odysseus - one of the most famous Greek heroes of all time. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Not until the next day, when all the participants took an excursion to the Greek temples at Paestum, did I get an opportunity to introduce myself. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z A box of Greek fire vials was secured by the forward ballista, but that was too far away. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He thought the flocks and herds of the Greeks were the Army, and rushed to kill them, believing that he was slaying now this chieftain, now that. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greek laid the ice pick on the stove and rolled his sleeves higher. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I adore mythology, especially the Greek and Roman gods. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The number-shape duality in Greek numbers made it easy; after all, zero didn’t have a shape and could thus not be a number. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The influence of Greek art and literature became so powerful in Rome that ancient Roman deities were changed to resemble the corresponding Greek gods, and were considered to be the same. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The city has now been Arab far longer than she was Greek, yet for sheer, stupefying destructiveness, the Arabs stand near the bottom of the list of the city’s victimizers. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z In the Greek myth of Prometheus the gift of fire forever severs humankind from the natural world—the burning torch is the icon of the constructed and artificial. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But from the Greek camp a herald came to her and spoke faltering words. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe you could speak to the Greek teacher instead.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z On September 6, 1922, General Hajienestis, Commander in Chief of the Greek forces in Asia Minor, awoke with the impression that his legs were made of glass. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Greek Army, encouraged by the Allied Nations, had invaded western Turkey in 1919, reclaiming the ancient Greek territory in Asia Minor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The “topics”—topoi in the Greek— are, literally, places. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I said, curious; I had always pictured Henry teaching Greek, in some forlorn but excellent college out in the Midwest. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Until they got burned to the ground by angry Greeks. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It seemed as though he had taken on, too, Achilles’ strength, and no man of the Greeks could stand before him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greek, big apron, sleeves rolled up, was frying pork chops in two big skillets, turning them over with an ice pick. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He emptied another twelve- pack of soda and three more Happy Meals into the grave, then began chanting in Ancient Greek. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z No one seemed to notice the huge Greek trireme rising into the sky. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Hank, a retired professor of classical archaeology, always brings a small volume of Greek poetry to read, his long sun-spotted fingers curling over the tops of the pages. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He writes of a Greek holiday called No. I reply that all teenagers in the world should celebrate this day. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Grover touched a tiny scratch, and it became a Greek A. The mark of Daedalus glowed blue, and the stone wall grinded open. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In fact, the girls were so sweet and friendly that Desdemona remembered what it had been like in the times when the Greeks and Turks used to get along. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His error was understandable, because all the societies with which he would have been acquainted—Greek societies of the fourth century B.C.—were states. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Thus according to the common Greek idea he would himself become defiled and have a part in Hercules’ guilt. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And back in the ancient days, when Rome fell, the eastern half of the empire survived—the Greek half.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I was not much looking forward to going to Greek class, but when Monday rolled around I got up and went anyway. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Father Mike, her son-in-law and my very own uncle, was by this time back from his years in Greece and serving—in an assistant capacity—at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z George, the child of Greek immigrants, was a man who combined a sympathetic nature with an incisive mind. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no idea what to do until a Greek man passed by. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z By race we are connected with the Norse; our culture goes back to the Greeks. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Hermes met him, looking like a Greek youth and offering himself as a guide to Achilles’ tent. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Hunters ran after him along the rooftops, shooting arrows that exploded in Greek fire, wreathing the giant in flames. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Sometimes he worked the lunch and dinner shift, and by the end of the night he was worn out, especially since he often found himself arguing with the Greek owner. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The original Perseus was one of the only heroes in the Greek myths who got a happy ending. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z In the more distant parts of the town the Trojans were able to gather together here and there and then it was the Greeks who suffered. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the term “graphic art,” which designates drawings and prints, comes from the Greek word for writing, graphos. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “A Greek trick! Greeks are infamous for their tricks!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Zero was a number that didn’t seem to make any geometric sense, so to include it, the Greeks would have had to revamp their entire way of doing mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “You. You came by to ask about the Greek class.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Let’s scout around the palace. Maybe we can find some extra Greek fire or Hephaestus traps.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Unfortunately, that’s not the worst of it. I saw images of a possible future—the camp in flames, Roman and Greek demigods lying dead. And Gaea...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I smoothed out the papers and went over to my desk and began to copy out my Greek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z While the god’s Greek version was fiery and quick to anger, at least he was quick. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Instead of borrowing Egyptian terms, the Greeks preferred to revive abandoned Greek ones. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “Did you just make a reference to Greek literature?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Modeled on the fraternities then springing up on college campuses, the group took its name from the Greek word kuklos, meaning band. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, but the Greeks sailed over the sea to Carthage.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The Greeks, the early Church Fathers pointed out, acknowledged their debt to the Egyptians, and it was easy to see that the Egyptians had acquired their learning from the Jews. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The result, however, was unfortunate and the later Greeks did not like these endless love affairs. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Bible told of the creation from the void, while the Greek doctrine rejected the possibility. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It could heal the rift between Greek and Roman demigods. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He tells it in the true Greek manner, simply and with restraint. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Philip of Macedon—not the father of Alexander, but the man defeated by Titus Quinctius—did not have much of a state compared to the great power of the Romans and Greeks who attacked him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The wedding wasn’t big and fat and Greek. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z On their way to the rooms containing Greek vases, they again observed the enormous crowd passing by the statue. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z His silk suit melted into full Greek battle armor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The idea of a chicken lady issuing prophecies was apparently just as ridiculous to Romans as it was to Greeks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Greek poets were not given to such details, but the Latin had no manner of objection to them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z King Ptolemy XII named his daughter Cleopatra, which in Greek means “her father’s glory.” Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I was wearing an old- fashioned Greek tunic, which was a litde too breezy downstairs, and laced leather sandals. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “You literally named me after the Greek root of the word rock,” I say. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Without stopping to shave or comb my hair or even change my clothes from the night before, I grabbed my Greek Prose composition book and my Liddell and Scott and ran to Julian’s office. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z So instead of being influenced by the sound of ancient Greek music, eighteenth-century composers were influenced by the ideals of classical art. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The powerful Greek community, which was the ruling class, lived in the center of the city. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “The Greeks can’t even run their own country. Why do they need another?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Christians, cowed by the power of Greek philosophy, chose Aristotle over their Bible. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “We don’t have a minute! Fires—we need vials of Greek fire. Jason, call the winds. Warm, southerly winds.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Why aren’t your Greek and Roman sides in conflict, like the other gods?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We find evidence for similar bitterness in the archive of the Greek magistrate Diophanes, who presided over the Arsinoite nome in middle Egypt toward the end of Eratosthenes’ lifetime in the late third century. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z He was a small dignified scholar with a white goatee beard, and as far as I could gather, he was an astrologer, a meteorologist and a speaker of ancient Greek. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a simple matter to adopt the Greek gods because the Romans did not have definitely personified gods of their own. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks went mad with victory the night they entered the city; they forgot what was due to the gods; and on their voyage home they were terribly punished. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Nuns go by as quiet as lust, and drunken men and sober eyes sing in the lobby of the Greek hotel. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greek was very fretful, and kept finding fault with the fruit drinks and food that Singer prepared for him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I awaited Greek class, on Monday, with acute curiosity. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Did you just use Greek mythology to talk trash?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Last year our world history teacher told us how the ancient Greeks used to go into battle naked. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The pen grew in my hands until I held a bronze Greek sword about three feet long with a leather-bound grip. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A universe created from Chaos was in perfect keeping with the Greek belief in an unpredictable Nature run by capricious gods. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle was an inscription carved in letters even older than Greek, a language of magic. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “I fear the Greeks even when they bear gifts,” he said. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The equivalence of numbers and shapes made the ancient Greeks the masters of geometry, yet it had a serious drawback. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “A stunning blow from the big Greek lexicon, which an old fellow in a black gown fired at him,” said Ned. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Several years later, two prizes were presented for the top Greek students in the school. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Under Demetrius’s guidance, the groundwork was laid for what was to become the preeminent scholarly institution in the Greek world. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z They went accordingly to Delphi, the Greeks’ refuge in time of trouble, to ask the god if they could hope for a child. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The weekend passed, as they will do, and for me it went by in Greek, solitary meals in the dining hall, and more of the same old puzzlement back in my room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Singer tried to make eager conversation to hide this strange behavior, but the Greek was persistent. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Possibly named for the mythological Greek hero or the cleaning product. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Granny didn’t sit on the porch reading Greek and Latin and Shakespeare, or get up lectures for children, or recite poetry. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z However, since the Egyptians, the Greeks, and the Romans did not have zero, the Western calendar does not have any zeros—an oversight that would cause problems millennia later. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The single image that doomed our hopes of getting a Greek into the White House: Dukakis, wearing an oversize army helmet, bouncing along on top of an M41 Walker Bulldog. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He deflected a vial of Greek fire right up the throat of a gryphon, which burst into flames and spiraled into the pit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z This in conjunction with the development of lightweight hollow-bronze casting enabled the Greeks to experiment with daring poses in monumental sculpture before attempting them in marble. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Only one conclusion seemed possible: The Greeks had given up. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And you can hear strange plays about Greeks plucking out their eyes because they married their mothers by mistake. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “But iambic trimeter is fairly common in Greek lyric, isn’t it?” said Julian. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “To avoid this war. To reconcile the gods’ Greek and Roman sides. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “One more. Its other name was Satis; which is Greek, or Latin, or Hebrew, or all three—or all one to me—for enough.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z His eyes looked deeply into the Greek’s dark eyes and he saw disbelief and amusement and then as he stared the Greek’s eyes grew troubled and then worried. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They say that often Greek flowers are seen coming up from the bottom, and that if a wooden cup is thrown into the Alpheus in Greece, it will reappear in Arethusa’s well in Sicily. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to Portuguese, he also knew Greek, French, and even Swahili, which he learned during their hunting trip to Africa. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z For it seemed, quite suddenly, that my decision to drop everything for Greek had been a rash and foolish one, and made for all the wrong reasons. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “The Greek name for Death. Now may I continue without interruptions? The goddess said, ‘The blood of Pylos is strong in this child from his mother’s side. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But here Zizmo spoke up: “Stop bellyaching. The war was the Greeks’ fault.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Ironically, since hardly any medical men could read Greek, what they actually studied were new Latin translations of the 1525 edition. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Every Greek drama needs a deus ex machina. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Just as zero suffered from Greek prejudice, other numbers were ignored as well, numbers that made no geometric sense. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He would also have taught me German and Greek and Latin, which he knew, and perhaps I would be a Lutheran. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Indeed, the Greeks went overboard when it came to numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A dozen Cyclopes advanced on the crumbling bridges, while seal-shaped humanoids—telkhines, like Frank had seen in Atlanta—lobbed vials of Greek fire across the chasm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Orff developed the concept of elemental music based on the synthesis of the arts of the Greek Muses, which combined tone, dance, poetry, image, design, and theatrical gesture. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z At college, she took classes in English, Greek, and philosophy. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The tale of the Golden Fleece begins with a Greek king named Athamas, who got tired of his wife, put her away, and married another, the Princess Ino. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z What we did was terrible, but still I don’t think any of us were bad, exactly; chalk it up to weakness on my part, hubris on Henry’s, too much Greek prose composition—whatever you like. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Now I was outside the pavilion, hiding in the shadows of a Greek column. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Another tradition at Baker & Inglis: every year the eighth graders put on a classical Greek play. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We started with basic stabbing and slashing, using some straw-stuffed dummies in Greek armor. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z But the biggest obstacle by far, and the one that separates newly arrived Mexicans from Greeks, Italians, and most other immigrants—including earlier generations of Mexicans—is their illegal status. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z According to most accounts, he was born in the sixth century BC on Samos, a Greek island off the coast of Turkey famed lor a temple to Hera and for really good wine. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Behind, on higher ground, stood a splendid theater, a compulsory feature in any Greek city, and to its west, the Emporion, a complex of docks and customshouses where every ship was inspected. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The Greeks, hopeless, thought only of dying bravely. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth wasn’t sure what the picture represented, but it didn’t remind her of any Greek legends that she knew. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Greek and Roman mythology is quite generally supposed to show us the way the human race thought and felt untold ages ago. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to think of anything having to do with Greek or Greek class, either one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Throughout the Greek world and the Roman, too, they were held in especial veneration. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to the number-shape duality, to the Greeks counting was tantamount to measuring a line. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The book’s glossy cover showed a photographic montage of Greek temples and smiling monsters. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He said, “Course I did. I know Latin and Greek too.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z It must be to West Virginia what the Parthenon was to the Greeks.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z But they were hardly the only wares for sale in the heated marketplace that was ancient Greek cosmological debate. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Her scalp tingled, as if the thoughts in her brain were agitating to get out: a statue...Athena...Greek and Roman, her nightmares, and her argument with her mom. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Charles had done a beautiful job on my Greek, and I was looking it over before class the next day when Julian came in. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Astronaut is Greek for “star voyager” or “star sailor.” Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z None of them looked surprised to see an Ancient Greek trireme. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A glowing mark appeared—a Greek A—and the wall slid aside. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Almost all businesses in the Black Belt were owned by Jews, Italians, and Greeks. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Replacing Egyptians with Greek immigrants might solve the manpower shortage in the near term, but would likely heighten native discontent. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z They reject Roman training and try to follow the older Greek style—like being solo heroes instead of working as a team the way the legion does. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “That’s probably why the gods have kept us apart this long. If a Greek warship appeared in the sky above Camp Jupiter, and Reyna didn’t know it was friendly—” “Yeah,” Percy agreed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Frank saw Ancient Greek graffiti scratched into the stone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Well, after Greek, then. What time do you think you’ll be here?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z If the fifth- century Aegean Greeks resented the Athenians for similar policies despite a common language and culture, the Egyptians probably hated the Macedonians even more. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z They had a great time wrestling for the bronze shield and playing Get the Greek. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It simply didn’t make any sense to the Greeks. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Because now comes the one part of Greek Easter he prefers to egg hunts and jelly beans: the egg-cracking game. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Greeks saw the usefulness of zero in their calculations, yet they still rejected it. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z By 1960, the Greek Orthodox congregation of Detroit’s East Side had yet another new building to worship in. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And so it was I who, upholding an old Greek custom no one remembered anymore, stayed behind on Middlesex, blocking the door, so that Milton’s spirit wouldn’t reenter the house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A British philosopher and political scientist who could read and write in Latin and Greek before the rest of us can tie our shoes. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The Greek universe, created by Pythagoras, Aristotle, and Ptolemy, survived long after the collapse of Greek civilization. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Where specialists argue over the Ptolemaic record, it is over how deliberately and rationally—in other words, how “Greek”—the dynasty behaved in managing these challenges. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z And the army never learned to bunch its troops into tight formations, as the Greeks did at Marathon, forming human masses that can literally stand up to cavalry. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But we can make some educated guesses as to what music from ancient Greek and Roman times really sounded like, based on their writings. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z His death following so soon upon Achilles’ dismayed the Greeks. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I had read some of the classic Greek plays in prison, and found them enormously elevating. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “A section of wall. A boulder. A doorway. A sewer entrance. But it would have the mark of Daedalus on it. A Greek A, glowing in blue.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z To paraphrase Nietzsche, there are two types of Greek: the Apollonian and the Dionysian. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Ancient Greeks reserved their greatest excitement in relation to music, though, for competitions, of which they had a large number. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Because it's like I'm finding a lost sister or something ... like a reunion with an army buddy, an old Greek warrior. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides serving as president, he also taught Greek, Latin, mathematics, geology, English literature, history, grammar, and philosophy. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The Athena Parthenos gleamed in the early light, and Reyna thought how beautiful the goddess would look on the hill above the Greek camp. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Another Greek hired him as a dishwasher at his coffee shop in the Bronx. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z They complained that with just one exception, only Greeks became waiters at 3 Guys. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Big guy," I said, "you ever hear those old stories about the Greek gods? Like Zeus, Poseidon, Athena—” “Yes,” Tyson said. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z To the fiercely inquisitive Greeks, the study of living beings had been intimately linked to the question of the origin of the natural world. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “He’s psychotic, of course. You shoulda seen him when they brought him in. He was screaming his head off about his mom. He’s Greek.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He and Piper landed on the hill, their swords drawn, and a cheer went up from the Greeks and the Romans. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z However, irrational numbers, unlike zero, could not easily be ignored by the Greeks. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The Greek cousin for whom Antonapoulos worked did not enter into these troubles at all. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Around a bend, we see a large white farmhouse with Greek pillars, a barn, a silo, and a fenced yard where a dozen or so pickup and farm trucks are parked. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Because there are an infinite number of steps, the Greeks assumed that the race would go on forever and ever, even though the steps get smaller and smaller. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “A Roman returning it to the Greeks...that could heal the historic rift, maybe even heal the gods of their split personalities.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There are normally twelve girls in the house, counting the old ones, a Greek cook, and a man who is known as a watchman but who undertakes all manner of delicate and dangerous tasks. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The camp had started to look the way it should look: the meadows were green and lush; the white columns gleamed on the Greek buildings; dryads played happily in the woods. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I think about the first time I ever saw a birch tree; about the last time I saw Julian; about the first sentence that I ever learned in Greek. χαλεπá τá καλá. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The search tells him Pyramus and Thisbe were lovers in a Greek myth, children of rival families, forbidden to be together. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Piper couldn’t hear him, but the gist was obvious: We need to kill those Greeks! The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z By 1990, the area had gone from largely Greek to mostly Latino. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The monsters made a semicircle around a young guy in Greek armor who was hacking on a straw dummy. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Greek philosophies on the beneficial behavioural qualities of music find striking parallels with Confucius-influenced writings of the second and third centuries bc in China. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Her passport, which the Greek government had granted under the condition that she leave the country immediately, bore her mother’s maiden name, Aristos, instead of Stephanides. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It moved into Greek, as phuein, meaning to bring forth and make grow; then as phusis, which was another word for nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “A distraction. The Greeks fear our attack. They’re trying to confuse us. It’s the Trojan Horse all over again!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z By helping the Greeks, Reyna had done all of those things. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He did not like to watch this little scene between the two Greeks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The Greeks wrote of to hoti, ‘that which is’, and scholastic philosophers asked an sit, ‘whether it is’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I imagine any other teacher would’ve been on the phone to Psychological Counseling in about five minutes had he heard what Henry said about arming the Greek class and marching into Hampden town. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Leo guessed it would have been an open-air stadium back in the day - big enough for discus-throwing, javelin-catching, naked shot-put, or whatever else those crazy Greeks used to do to win a bunch of leaves. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Cut short by Cortes, Mexica philosophy did not have the chance to reach as far as Greek or Chinese philosophy. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A famine caused by an inadequate Nile flood in 245 aggravated native resentment against the Greek monarchy and the burdensome cost of its imperial rivalries. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z His name has stood through all the centuries, from Greek days to our own, as that of the great rebel against injustice and the authority of power. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There were known to be five regular or “platonic” solids, whose sides were regular polygons, as known to the ancient Greek mathematicians after the time of Pythagoras. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I prefer the Greek, if you don’t mind.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I watched as Artemis cupped her hand above Zoe’s mouth and spoke a few words in Ancient Greek. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As a result, the Greeks couldn’t handle the infinite. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The Greeks were divided into numerous fractious communities, some of which were able to dominate others by threats of force, unequal alliance, or commerce. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A Greek trireme bobbed lazily in the morning tide. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z That requires trigonometry; the Indian version was probably derived from the system that the Greeks had developed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Biologists would later term these variants alleles, from the Greek word allos—loosely referring to two different subtypes of the same general kind. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Astronomy is what the Greek mind finally made out of the stars. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The study of the way early man looked at his surroundings does not get much help from the Greeks. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s very old—a Greek design. We used to have a few in the armory before...” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A report done in elementary school on Greek and Roman architecture, Corinthian and Ionic and Doric columns copied from an encyclopedia onto tracing paper. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “You mix Greek and Roman, and you know what you get? You get BAM!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Closer, crowned with her own sunrays and dressed like a classical Greek, the Statue of Liberty welcomed them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Jetta, who knew Greek, spoke it for the rest of the day. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Brandon had stopped to page through a book on Greek mythology. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There is no word in classical Greek or Latin for a fact, and no way of translating the sentences above from the OED into these languages. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The greatest of all Greeks, Socrates, was killed as a ‘demagogue.’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Love is love, after all, whether you’re Greek or Roman. This civil war won’t affect me as much as it will the others.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Aesop” was only the Greek name for an Ethiopian. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When writing finally returned to Greece, in the eighth century B.C., the new Greek writing, its users, and its uses were very different. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks even had a third argument that the earth must be round, for why else does one first see the sails of a ship coming over the horizon, and only later see the hull? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She doesn’t say what she’d like you to get the Ph.D. in, but I assume Math rather than Greek, you dirty little bookworm. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Though it is a truism to emphasize the stunting of free Greek city life in Hellenistic times, Cyrene in the early third century was no mere political appendage of Alexandria. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Leg was further transformed in Greek to logos, signifying reason. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Greek tragedies with their revenge, suffering, and extreme sorrow are roughly equivalent to dealing with my mother, so an intervention from Zeus or Athena seems a fair ask. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Then the aged King heaped a car with splendid treasures, the best in Troy, and went over the plain to the Greek camp. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We order in hamburgers and beer from the Greek diner next door and pay for the in-room movie, though we can’t watch much of it. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks couldn’t do this neat little mathematical trick. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Maybe not. You’ve got that type of complexion, the dark hair and all. Maybe they think you’re actually Greek. Is your family from there?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He played Milton’s birthday, Desdemona’s birthday, the date of Greek Independence minus the last digit, the year of the burning of Smyrna. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At home he scolded Antonapoulos, but the big Greek only looked at him with a bland smile. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, with one of those startling contradictions so common in mythology, she kept the Greek Fleet from sailing to Troy until they sacrificed a maiden to her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “And why would the ancient Greeks or Romans or whoever need an eagle to fly a lyre up to heaven?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks were different; they embraced the abstract and the philosophical, and brought mathematics to its highest point in ancient times. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Yes. You know what a friend is, Reuven? A Greek philosopher said that two people who are true friends are like two bodies with one soul.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And how everyone in the city could speak French, Italian, Greek, Turkish, English, and Dutch? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Why do the ghosts call him the Greek?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, Ptolemy did not entirely give up his Greek ways. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They also had a symbol for five, indicating a mixed quinary-decimal system, but overall the Greek and Egyptian systems of writing numbers were almost identical—for a time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Greeks also had a base-10 style of counting, and there was very little difference in the ways the two cultures wrote down their numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z For centuries the Greeks had been fascinated with conic sections. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I had classes on Monday: Greek and French. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Many of them belonged to Greek letter organizations like Delta Sigma Theta or Alpha Kappa Alpha, which Dorothy had joined at Wilberforce. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “The most famous Greek statue of all time. It was forty feet tall, covered in ivory and gold. It stood in the middle of the Parthenon in Athens.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A teenage guy in full Greek armor pushed through the crowd. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z While Ares screamed that Athena’s children couldn’t be trusted, and Mars bellowed at him to kill all the Greeks, Frank had grown to respect Annabeth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Water-wheels were known to the ancient Greeks and Romans but were far from common; thanks to an early medieval proto-industrial Revolution, they quickly became widespread around the end of the first millennium CE. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z My sister spent the next ten minutes denouncing the Greek system of sororities and fraternities. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z There are no Greek flags or tourism posters. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The monster raised its maw, bellowing in pain, and Leo threw his Greek fire straight down its throat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I skipped down through image after image about watermelon lights and turtle-green palms and shells fluted like bits of Greek architecture. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Instead of using pictures to represent numbers as the Egyptians did, the Greeks used letters. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Like most ancient peoples, the Greeks were stargazers, and the Babylonians were the first masters of astronomy: they had learned how to predict eclipses. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She kept them warm under electric lightbulbs and sang Greek songs to them, but the silkworms weren’t fooled. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Just as we believe that the earth was once inhabited by strange gigantic creatures, so did the Greeks. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Every year we’ve been in high school, the day before Thanksgiving break, senior humanities students dress like Greek philosophers and argue throughout the halls all day. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The more Piper learned about being a demigod, the more convinced she was that Cherokee legends and Greek myths weren’t so different. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z First, in addition to inviting skilled Greeks to immigrate to the capital, the Ptolemies barred native Egyptians from spending more than twenty days in Alexandria at a time. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The Iliad, however, begins after the Greeks have reached Troy, when Apollo sends the pestilence upon them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look, we wouldn’t have risked coming here if we didn’t trust Annabeth’s instincts. A Roman leader returning the most important Greek statue to Camp Half-Blood—she knows that could prevent a war.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Yet it was not the Greeks who discovered zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Mars said Juno wants to unite the Greeks and Romans to fight Gaea. But, jeez—Greeks and Romans have a long history of bad blood.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The latter Greeks did not like it and protested against it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A kid in Greek armor grinned up at them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The Ptolemys devoted much of their enormous wealth to the acquisition of every Greek book, as well as works from Africa, Persia, India, Israel and other parts of the world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth could imagine being an Ancient Greek, walking into the Parthenon and seeing this massive goddess with her shield, spear, and python, her free hand holding out Nike, the winged spirit of victory. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But now...if they could discuss such a huge problem so calmly—the ultimate source of Greek/Roman hatred—maybe there was hope for the two camps, after all. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At those times Milton spoke to his mother in Greek, with increasing difficulty. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Greeks had an old saying, too: “Red beard and blue eyes portend the Devil.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I told him I loved it. Now he will always wonder when this crazy Greek will come back for him.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I could almost make out words now, ancient, ancient words, older even than Greek. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It freed the Indians from the shortcomings of the Greek system of thought—and their rejection of zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “The Greeks have fired, on us! Your boy Leo has trained his weapons on Rome!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Eventually, one ancient Greek surpassed Zeno in matters of the infinite: Archimedes, the eccentric mathematician of Syracuse. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Achilles stripped the bloody armor from the corpse while the Greeks ran up to wonder how tall he was as he lay there and how noble to look upon. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They reminded Kyle of a Greek god and goddess straight out of the Percy Jackson books. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Overjoyed, she ran down the hill, rushed breathlessly into her father’s office, and placed her prize, a book written in Greek, on the table. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The most up-to-date version available was a Latin translation made in the twelfth century by Gerard of Cremona, which was translated from an Arabic text which had itself been translated from the Greek long before. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Greek letters move across the undersides of his eyelids: isosceles triangles, betas, sine curves. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Logos, in the first sentence of St. John’s gospel, is the original Greek for the Word that “was with God and... was God. ” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The Greeks would not burn his body; they buried him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks on both sides of the Aegean were seamen and the God of the Sea was all-important to them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The big Greek sat up in bed and his round face was dismal and reproachful. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z In the distance, Greek triremes floated on Long Island Sound, prepped for war. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He reads about how the pyramids and Greek temples and Medieval cathedrals were built, studying the plans of churches and palaces in his textbook. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He calls the waiter in Greek and his glass is refilled. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It is nothing like the noses you see in classical Greek sculpture. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The best guides to a knowledge of Greek mythology are the Greek writers, who believed in what they wrote. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no signature, but instead a tag from the Iliad, in Greek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Seat-belted behind my mother was a black-and-white Greek jar about three feet tall. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The Greeks were stumped by Achilles’ infinite steps. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z You can look up Greek, Latin, and English names for the figures—and also browse by groups: figures “of Amplification,” “of Balance,” “of Overstatement,” and what have you. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Leo’s arms were free, but it was all he could do to keep hold of his Greek fire vial. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She declared that Greeks were hidden in the wooden horse; no one gave her words a thought. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As we galloped past the cabins, I glanced at the dining hall—an open-air Greek pavilion on a hill overlooking the sea. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Subject to a separate legal system for Greeks only, the settlers were beyond the reach of native courts. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z A child prodigy, Galton learned to read at two, was fluent in Greek and Latin by five, and solved quadratic equations by eight. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Greek art reached a pinnacle of beauty as respect for the individual flourished in Athens, and Roman relics attest to the might of the greatest empire in the ancient world. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z Even if zero were a number in the Greek sense, the act of taking a ratio with zero in it would seem to defy nature. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z By the time I get on and off the turnpike, I’m starving, so I go to a drive-thru and then cruise the fraternity and sorority houses looking for those familiar Greek letters. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He did but I could not read the Greek, something being amiss with my Eyes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Lyra is traditionally associated with the Greek musician Orpheus, though it is also sometimes referred to as King Arthur’s Harp. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z For another, last night’s explosions had given Piper a healthy respect for Greek fire. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Greek landscape below was just as inhospitable. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z On top of the pile sat a drawing of a Greek nude and a portrait of my handsome history teacher. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Agamemnon, who led the Greeks against Troy, belonged to it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Leo would blast the top of the hill with Greek fire. Maybe, if you guys helped me, I could walk -’ ‘Absolutely not,’ Piper objected. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “But the alethiometer!” she cried, and she sat up fiercely, her face rigid with emotion, like a Greek mask. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A number of noteworthy Greek dramas are even about music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I'm the Greek warrior again, more like a general now, planning my campaign, getting my troops ready for battle. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The early Greeks had believed that the first being was Chaos, corresponding to the phrase in Genesis in the same context, “without form.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Though Alexander had been tutored by Aristotle, and no doubt introduced India to Aristotelian ideas, the Greek philosophy never took hold. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z There’s a life-size sculpture of Zephyr, the Greek god of the west wind brought to life by Francavilla, a crown on his head and one foot on a cloud. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z To the Greek philosopher-mathematicians they were pretty much the same thing. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Unconsciously Milton was adhering to the Greek custom of not shaving after a death in the family. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Part of this involved studying the earliest Greek versions of the Bible rather than translations into Latin. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He separated all the characters and ran comparisons with English, Chinese, Greek, Arabic, and with Cyrillic texts, even with Ogham. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Before going off to war, my father had promised his mother that he’d finally become literate in Greek. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “According to this, her original home was an island called Gozo just north of here. Calypso’s a Greek myth thingie, right?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He didn’t know what an Ancient Greek sea god would be doing at a Georgia aquarium, but he didn’t have any better ideas. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z To the west strives the Trojan prince Hector, his armor stained with the lifeblood of many Greek nobles. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Even the 2,500-year-old Greek idea of an axiomatic geometry—a few self-evident axioms being assumed, and from them the theorems being derived by logic alone—is not being effectively taught in secondary school. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Leonardo and Columbus and Copernicus were inspired by or independently retraced parts of this ancient Greek tradition. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Once we arrived we waited in the back of the school’s assembly hall and watched the acts that went onstage before us, different groups took their turns performing, flamenco dancers, Greek dancers, traditional Zulu musicians. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z NOTE.—The suffix -ac is found only in Latin derivatives of Greek origin. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z They got a thunderous round of applause from both the Greeks and Romans. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “The way Romans saw it, they adopted the Greek stuff and perfected it.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He understood Juno’s plan: Unite the Roman and Greek demigods to create an elite team of heroes, then somehow convince the gods to fight alongside them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z His qualities were those the Greeks in general honored and admired. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In this way the Greeks avoided repeated letters. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A guy in Greek armor drew his sword and charged, but slipped in a puddle of pina colada. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She knew the god in his Greek form, Dionysus—or Mr. D, as they called him back at Camp Half-Blood. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Did you do your Greek for today?” he asked me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The Greek heroes had been bolder, however, or else better swordsmen. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z So say the Greek philosophers, and the crocodiles make sure. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I forgot to finish a project on Greek culture. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘A child of Mars, are you? A praetor of Rome? No true Roman would spare the Greeks. I cannot abide to be split and confused - I cannot think straight! Kill them! Win!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A month before, he’d rigged a Greek firebomb in the bathroom of a tour bus that was carrying a bunch of monsters across country. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Along the way, Copernicus’s dabblings with the planets and stars showed him how complicated the old Greek system of tracking the planets was. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Though he continued to speak Greek to his parents, Milton never succeeded in writing it, and as he got older he began to forget what even the simplest words meant. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And then Milton lifted his chin and said it: “To hell with the Greeks.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then the Greek who had been left behind in the camp discovered himself to them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to Sanskrit he had learned English and French and a little Latin and Greek. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “The Greeks built the Parthenon and the Egyptians built the pyramids back when the Anglo-Saxons were still dressing in animal skins.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I expect things to be better next month, when we’ll get away from the Greeks and Romans and into Mediaeval and Renaissance. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Before we end this gallop through early astronomy, it’s worth asking why the ancient Greeks didn’t achieve more in their study of the heavens. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Hinduism had started off as a polytheistic religion, a set of tales about warrior gods and battles similar in many ways to the Greek mythos. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Perhaps for reasons other than its oniony flavor, then, the plant was in astonishing demand throughout the Greek and the Roman world. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z That’s an ancient Greek saying that translated pretty well into American. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The infinite was not needed in the Greek universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Placed in the city, it would turn her favor to them and away from the Greeks. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Lydia had her baby carrots, pita chips, hummus, and Greek yogurt. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The messenger god was dressed in his classic outfit of white Greek robes, sandals, and helmet. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z In the western doorway, Roman and Greek demigods in full armor fought one another on a hillside under a large pine tree. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Flags were held over the coffin, the Greek flag on one side, the American flag on the other. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Our siege teams have the Greek camp surrounded. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z That infuriated them because they felt he had sided with the Greek without knowing who was at fault. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Carl huddled in a chair, nursing his bony knees, fascinated and bewildered by the grimaces of the big Greek. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I trust your judgment. But for all our sakes, I hope we can keep the peace between our campers and your Greek friends.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was all Poseidon, she said, and indeed the Sea-god had been helping the Greeks contrary to Zeus’s orders, but only because she had begged him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As Greeks, we had our own Easter, which was usually observed anywhere from two to four weeks after what was known in our circle as "the American version." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “We know it leads to something important in Rome, something that might heal the rift between the Romans and Greeks.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Easy to do, I suppose,” Fiona says, turning a sarcastic eye toward the big, bold welcome back banner in the Greek theater. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z A few Greeks, however, such as Democritus, held that matter was inherently grainy and that everything was made up of large numbers of various different kinds of atoms. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His family included all the demigods who fought at his side, Roman and Greek, new friends and old. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I stunk at Greek names, but even I knew the greatest warrior of all time, who had died from a wounded heel. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Then he had returned to Camp Jupiter with his new girlfriend Piper and a whole bunch of Greek friends in a warship. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z ‘Greeks and Romans, we can fight her together!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Often the big Greek would lumber to the closet and pour out drinks of gin. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Ever after his father calls him Cyclops, who is in a Greek story. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Inside the diner, my father heard the well-known cry of Greek waiters, and before he knew what was happening the place was going up like a flaming appetizer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Dodds stood with her arms crossed in front of a big marble frieze of the Greek gods. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Its port ballista fired a massive spear wreathed in Greek fire, which sailed straight through the broken dome of the Senate House and exploded inside, lighting up the building like a jack-o’-lantern. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Later that year, he schemed a perfect way out: he applied for a job to teach mathematics, natural sciences, and elementary Greek at the Znaim High School. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It showed an owl, Athena’s sacred animal, with an olive branch on one side and a Greek inscription on the other. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I did well at Greek, excelled in it, and I even won an award from the Classics department my last year. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Owen was well aware that the creatures were reptilian and had at his disposal a perfectly good Greek word, herpeton, but for some reason chose not to use it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Jacob dreamt of raising the Jews of Paris in a great rebellion, washing over the bridge in waves of righteous anger like the Maccabees washed over the Greeks. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Back at Troy the wise physician of the Greeks healed him, and when at last he went joyfully once again into battle the first man he wounded with his arrows was Paris. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In a way, it’s nice to know there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The Greek was rough going but I had a hangover, too, and I’d been at it so long that the letters didn’t even look like letters but something else, indecipherable, bird footprints on sand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Of course the Greeks too had their roots in the primeval slime. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As he waited for his daily audience with the lord of the South Wind, he tried to decide which of the god’s personalities, Roman or Greek, was worse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In a certain sense, this was why I felt so close to the others in the Greek class. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The evening before my final, I got so frustrated I threw the Cambridge Guide to Greek Mythology across my dorm room. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he found me alone; when he did not he would sit stiffly in my desk chair and pretend, Henrylike, to examine my Greek books until even dimwit Tracy got the hint and left. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z However, from the beginning of their reign, the Ptolemies combined their Greek heritage with Egyptian customs that could be traced back thousands of years. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z And, turning to me: “Now. Let us begin.” or the next several hours of that day I labored over a Greek legal dispute regarding the ownership of twenty-five oxen ravaged by the mange. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Two iracaenae—snake women in Greek armor—leveled their javelins at our chests. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Nor did the kings skimp on eye candy for the home audience of Alexandrian Greeks. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Finally, Achilles killed Memnon in a glorious combat, the Greek hero’s last battle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In the faraway ages when the tales of Greek mythology were taking shape men found the brilliant blossoms of the Greek spring a wonder and a delight. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Again a woman was the reason, Chryseis, daughter of Apollo’s priest, whom the Greeks had carried off and given to Agamemnon. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Jason, she was a Greek demigod, a daughter of Zeus, who led a group of Diana’s... no, Artemis’s followers. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In the Trojan War they fought the Greeks under their Queen, Penthesilea, according to a story not in the Iliad, told by Pausanias. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Egyptian mathematics was famed throughout the Mediterranean, and it is likely that the early Greek mathematicians, masters of geometry like Thales and Pythagoras, studied in Egypt. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A clay jar of Greek fire broke on the floor and began to burn, green flames spreading quickly. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z For the rest, I’ve been thoroughly spoiled and have received a number of lovely presents, including a big book on my favorite subject, Greek and Roman mythology. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Pallas Athena had been exceedingly angry, Sinon said, at the theft of the Palladium, and the Greeks in terror had sent to the oracle to ask how they could appease her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greek word for our library, bibliotheke, is not an exact equivalent but roughly means “bookshelf.” Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z As a result, in Greek mathematics there was no significant distinction between shapes and numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The latter was an unprecedented institution in the Greek world—a place devoted not only to the religious cult of the Muses, but to advancing human knowledge in the broadest sense. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “Let’s just walk to the Greek place. Mom can sleep it off. We’ll bring her back something.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z We know only that in the earliest Greek poets a new point of view dawned, never dreamed of in the world before them, but never to leave the world after them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z On the debit side, the labor pool was of a deeply alien culture, worshipping unfamiliar gods, speaking a language few Greeks understood. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z There is no evidence for large-scale cultivation of apples even in the Fertile Crescent and in Europe until classical Greek times, 8,000 years after the rise of Eurasian food production began. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “But not everyone at camp does. Octavian thinks you’re a spy. He thinks you were sent here by Gaea to find our weaknesses and distract us. He believes the old legends about the Greeks.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The letter wasn’t in Greek but English and Lefty had to translate: Dear folks, This is the last letter I’ll be able to send you. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Greek cook made a ten-gallon cauldron of strong soup and kept it full and kept it strong. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks apparently had some such feeling because in their stories, although they represent these creatures as living beings, they make them unlike any form of life known to man. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A Greek firebomb exploded right on top of him, but he raised his palm and sucked the flames out of the air. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z High-ranking clergymen experimented with the dangerous ideas of the void and the infinite, even though the ideas struck at the core of the ancient Greek philosophy that the church cherished so much. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I didn’t have the resources at fourteen, didn’t know enough, hadn’t been to the Anatolian mountain the Greeks call Olympus and the Turks Uludag, just like the soft drink. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He has two eyes in his head and he’s not a Greek. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z These words are Milton’s, but they express with precision what the Greeks thought lay back of the very first beginning of things. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Mexican countermen, dishwashers, and busboys also started their breaks, while the Greek waiters took care of the last few diners. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Clever modernizations of old Colonial manses, extensions in Victorian wood, capacious Greek Revival temples lined the street, as impressive and just as forbid ding as ever. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet Zeno’s paradox was so powerful that the Greeks tried over and over to explain away his infinities. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I discovered Annabeth was right about my dyslexia: Ancient Greek wasn’t that hard for me to read At least, no harder than English. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “He was wandering around the desert, in a hundred and twenty degrees, in full Greek armor, babbling about string.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I was planning to sign up for Greek again, as it was the only language at which I was at all proficient. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Before the two, the god and the hero, the Greeks were like a flock of frightened sheep driven by mountain lions. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z On the Greek side, with Achilles gone, the two greatest champions were Ajax and Diomedes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Another girl in Greek armor was kneeling next to her. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, not just through the Mist This is different I’ve been drawing pictures, writing lines—” “In Ancient Greek,” I said. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She had been serving the goddess thus for many years when a Greek galley put in at the inhospitable shore, not under stern necessity, storm-driven, but voluntarily. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard it and the words were even more enticing than the melody, at least to a Greek. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks were a people who saw facts very clearly. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As she fell, Annabeth thought about Hesiod, the old Greek poet who’d speculated it would take nine days to fall from earth to Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The church modes, like their Greek forerunners, were ascribed certain moods, and a great deal of theoretical energy was expended over hundreds of years describing their effect and their best possible application. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z As in the Pantheon, the domed roof was a waffle pattern of recessed square panels, but here each panel was a stela—a grave marker with Ancient Greek inscriptions. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The Romans liked Mars better than the Greeks liked Ares. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “You asked me what I wanted. And the Greek place doesn’t deliver.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z A Greek poet would never have thought of an elegant dress and coiffure for the wood nymph. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When a Greek Orthodox church in Flint burned down, Milton drove up and salvaged one of the surviving stained glass windows. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Well, let’s go back to the Greek, and maybe you will learn the first thing you need to know about the word ‘demagogue.’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Therefore when he had fallen by a Trojan spear the Greeks paid him honors as though he were divine and the gods, too, greatly distinguished him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone knows that the Ancient Greeks invented the Olympic Games; for the Greeks, though, it wasn't just running, nude wrestling and hurling the javelin that were important. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I figured it out, Jason. I don’t blame you. But if we manage to save the statue, Greek and Romans together...Don’t you see? It could heal the rift.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The next day, the second since the battle, Romans and Greeks worked side by side to clean up the warzone and tend the wounded. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Because of the wicked way they had treated Cassandra, Athena had been angry at all the Greeks indiscriminately, but before that, during the Trojan War, she had especially favored Odysseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A space-time in which events have imaginary values of the time coordinate is said to be Euclidean, after the ancient Greek Euclid, who founded the study of the geometry of two-dimensional surfaces. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Sigma is one of the letters of the Greek alphabet which is used frequently in mathematics to indicate the sum of various parts. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Cicero was literate in both Latin and Greek—a mark of cultivation and an entry to Roman high society. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Greek theorists called the orbiting motions they observed in the night sky ‘the music of the spheres’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z There was a word for it in Greek: omophagia. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was now Greek troops who occupied Bursa. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But Grandma couldn't help him because it was "all Greek" to her. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I remembered him tucking me in, and us listening to a person speaking Greek on the shortwave radio, and him telling me a story about New York’s sixth borough. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He would have dragged him to the Greeks victoriously if it had not been for Aphrodite. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greek would be lazily unpacking a case of peaches or melons, or perhaps looking at the funny paper in the kitchen behind the store where he cooked. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The Greeks had direct exposure to these Asian libraries after Alexander’s conquest of Mesopotamia; that they were a direct inspiration for Ptolemy’s foundation, however, can only be a surmise. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z If Latin offered no perfect solution, what about Greek? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Fortunately, Champollion had available to him an obelisk, which had been excavated at Philae, that included the hieroglyphic equivalent of the Greek name Cleopatra. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ancient Greek and Roman civilisations became something of an ideal to which people might aspire. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z ‘But we don’t want one side or the other to win. We’ve got to get the Greeks and Romans on the same team.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Greek mythology begins with Homer, generally believed to be not earlier than a thousand years before Christ. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z For a decade he and his Greek soldiers have been battling their way across the known world, defeating even the mighty Persians, rulers of Asia. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Zeno’s logical puzzle baffled Greek philosophers—as well as the philosophers who came after them. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “If you let Gaea drive our camps apart,” Annabeth said, “the giants have already won. They’ll destroy the Romans, the Greeks, the gods, the whole mortal world.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He glanced at Percy, as if to say: like mysterious Greeks, for instance. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He was seized and dragged to Priam, weeping and protesting that he no longer wished to be a Greek. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Then you know Gaia is the real enemy. We need your help to defeat her. The war isn’t between the Greeks and Romans.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Pur: that one word contains for me the secret, the bright, terrible clarity of ancient Greek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The Greek was still busy when they arrived. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I think when everybody started going Greek, he kind of pulled back from his old friends and got more heavily into himself.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Iliad and Odyssey were composed and transmitted by nonliterate bards for nonliterate listeners, and not committed to writing until the development of the Greek alphabet hundreds of years later. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A real Greek might end on this tragic note. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Except for Aeschylus’ Persians, written to celebrate the victory of the Greeks over the Persians at Salamis, all the plays have mythological subjects. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the corpus of writings in classical Nahuatl, the language of the Alliance, is even larger than the corpus of texts in classical Greek. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z That was not a Hebrew idea, it was Greek. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But what all this chant had in common was that it was one memorised, meandering tune with no accompaniment and no harmonising, the Greek term for which is monophonic: one voice. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Ancient Greek parents were no more prone to call their sons “Crow” than modern ones—and would anyone called “Crow” have the brass neck to teach the art of public speaking for a living? Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The only way my father could think of to instill in me a sense of my heritage was to take me to dubbed Italian versions of the ancient Greek myths. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Ares is my Greek form. But to these followers, to the children of Rome, I am Mars—patron of the empire, divine father of Romulus and Remus.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “One should be allowed to dance if one wishes to. And read Greek poetry, and make use of human excrement for the beautification of God’s earth.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z That Greek jokes fell flat on Latin ears should not surprise us; Shakespeare’s jokes don’t cause most modern audiences to fall about either. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The Greek Pausanias, an ardent traveler, the author of the first guidebook ever written, has a good deal to say about the mythological events reported to have happened in the places he visited. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She described how their team of Greeks and Romans had come together, and how Hercules had thrown a temper tantrum when he found out Hera was behind it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Instead, doctors based their medical thinking on the 2,500-year-old Greek humoral theory. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Ephialtes lay charred and groaning on the arena floor, the sand around him seared into a halo of glass by the heat of the Greek fire. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Everybody in the Greek world—god, monster, or Titan—was related to one another somehow. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z They would sail around the Greek mainland, following the routes that Greek heroes had taken in the ancient times. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “The omens are horrible\\ This is a trick, a deception. Beware Greeks bearing gifts!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z His aim was to produce nothing less than a modern equivalent of the drama of the Ancient Greeks. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z To many traditionalists, Plato included, the age of the written word necessarily meant the end of a craft of oral transmission that had long nourished the Greek mind. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z I had a vague memory of the boar plowing down several Greek cities before Hercules managed to subdue it. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Because ratios were the keys to understanding nature, the Pythagoreans and later Greek mathematicians spent much of their energy investigating their properties. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z That the Ptolemies maintained a public library suggests that literacy was relatively widespread in the capital, at least among the Greeks. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Over by the spotlight was a bronze box with a bunch of gears and levers and a big Greek letter fita on the side, the mark of Hephaestus. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I saw a boy in a Greek tunic and sandals crouching alone in a massive stone room. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The Greek word ailinon!, meaning “woe for Linus!” grew to mean no more than the English “alas!” and was used in any lament. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Determined to prove she was her brother’s equal, in addition to Greek, Elizabeth began to study Latin and mathematics with a class of older boys at the Johnstown Academy. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z When the Greek soldiers at Aulis came to get Iphigenia where she was waiting for the summons to death, her mother beside her, she forbade Clytemnestra to go with her to the altar. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When Colin was about four, he read a book about Archimedes, the Greek philosopher who’d discovered that volume could be measured by water displacement when he sat down in the bathtub. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z |
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