http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/greek/ en-us Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:34:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364359/posts An old stone quarry on the Greek island of Crete which has a network of underground tunnels could be the original site of the ancient Labyrinth, the maze that housed the Minotaur of Greek legend, scholars believe. An Anglo-Greek team believes that the site, near the town of Gortyn, has just as much claim to be the place of the Labyrinth as the Minoan palace at Knossos 20 miles away, which has been synonymous with the Minotaur myth since its excavation a century ago. The 600,000 people a year who visit the ruins at Knossos are told the site was... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364359/posts#comment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:34:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2343126/posts What Language(s) Did Jesus Speak and Why Does It Matter? by Rev. Dr. Mark D. Roberts February 2004 (updated 2/2007) Copyright © 2004 by Mark D. Roberts Note: You may download this resource at no cost, for personal use or for use in a Christian ministry, as long as you are not publishing it for sale. All I ask is that you give credit where credit is due. For all other uses, please contact me at mark@markdroberts.com. Thank you. Part 1: Introduction Although responses to Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ movie varied widely, every viewer was struck by... markdroberts.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2343126/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:54:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2313271/posts Inscriptions revealing complaints about high taxes from 1,700 years ago have been found during the excavation of the ancient city of Rhodiapolis in Antalya's Kumluca district. The excavation was started by Professor Nevzat Çevik, head of the archaeology department in Akdeniz University's faculty of science and literature, and led this year by Assistant Professor Ä°sa Kızgut. Kızgut told the Anatolia news agency that they made interesting discoveries concerning the social life of the people of Rhodiapolis. Noting that one of the most interesting discoveries was an inscription, Kızgut said: “In addition to many historical artifacts, we uncovered some relics concerning... Today's Zaman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2313271/posts#comment Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:51:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2310250/posts A 26-year old Greek woman has become an overnight national hero after setting fire to the genitals of a 23-year old drunken Briton who allegedly tried to sexually assault her in a crowded bar. The unidentified woman from the fiercely proud island of Crete won herself even more praise by doing the right legal thing – turning herself over to police and the courts to be put on trial for what she claimed was her "right to self-defence". She will face a magistrate on Friday to see if the case will go to court. She is currently facing an investigating... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2310250/posts#comment Fri, 7 Aug 2009 04:09:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287012/posts More than 800 surviving pages and fragments from the The Codex Sinaiticus, which was written in Greek on parchment leaves in the fourth century, have been reunited. Last year The British Library put The Book of Psalms and St Mark's Gospel online, and now the remaining pages have been made free for public use for the first time. Along with the Codex Vaticanus, the Codex Sinaiticus is considered the oldest known Bible in the world. Originally more than 1,460 pages long and measuring 16in by 14in, it was written by a number of hands around the time of Constantine the... UK Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287012/posts#comment Tue, 7 Jul 2009 03:26:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2279517/posts Since this disk was found in Crete, and the people of Crete today speak Greek, that's a good language to assume was spoken by the maker of the disk. Still, that's a guess, or a hypothesis, not a fact. Besides that, we know that not everybody on Crete spoke Greek in the Bronze Age. The classical Greeks mentioned people they called Eteocretans who did not speak Greek. Further, we know that Linear A, written by the Minoans on Crete before the Mycenean Greeks came, did not represent Greek. Professor Hubert LaMarle considers it to be an early Indo-Iranian language, related... Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2279517/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:16:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2248179/posts On Sunday evening, 10 May 2009, the Holy Father blessed two foundation stones, at Bethany beyond the Jordan, one for a Latin church and one for a Greek Melkite church. The Pope recalled, in addition to the Baptism of Christ, the biblical association of the prophet Elijah with this area. Dear Brother Bishops, Dear friends, It is with great spiritual joy that I come to bless the foundation stones of two Catholic Churches to be built beside the river Jordan, a place marked by many memorable events in biblical history. The prophet Elijah the Tishbite, was from this area, not... EWTN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2248179/posts#comment Sun, 10 May 2009 21:55:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216553/posts WASHINGTON, March 27, 2009 – Two ship seizures in the Indian Ocean in recent days appear to indicate that pirates have broadened their focus beyond the heavily patrolled Gulf of Aden. Pirates hijacked two chemical tankers: the Bahamian-flagged, Norwegian-owned vessel Bowasir on March 25 and the Panamanian-flagged, Greek-owned Nipayia yesterday, a Navy spokesman confirmed. Bowasir and its 23-member crew were operating more than 380 nautical miles southeast of Kismayo, Somalia. Nipayia and its 19 merchant mariners were pirated 490 nautical miles east of Mogadishu, the official said. The seizures were the farthest yet from the Gulf of Aden, where the... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216553/posts#comment Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:00:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207013/posts A GREEK militant group threatened to continue its bombing campaign in a statement published yesterday, and claimed recent attacks against Citibank were in response to the international financial crisis. The weekly newspaper Pontiki published a statement from the Revolutionary Struggle group claiming responsibility for a failed car bomb attack on Citibank offices in Athens on 18 February, and a bomb attack on Monday on a suburban Citibank branch. The Pontiki has been used by the militant group in the past to publish its proclamations. In its latest statement, Revolutionary Struggle argued that the American bank was part of a "criminal... The Scotsman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207013/posts#comment Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:25:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202848/posts Critics of the Bible have often said that the writings of Genesis reflect an “unscientific view” of the universe—one that reflected the cosmology of the ancient world. One of these criticisms centers on the Hebrew word raqia used in the creation account of Genesis 1. Several Bible versions, such as the New King James, translate this word as firmament: Genesis 1:6–8, NJKV Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from... AiG http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202848/posts#comment Mon, 9 Mar 2009 22:50:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157752/posts Crewmen fired high pressure water jets Friday to fight off heavily armed Somali pirates trying to board a Greek oil tanker in the dangerous Gulf of Aden, officials said. It was the fourth pirate attack of the new year. Armed with guns and rocket-propelled grenades, pirates in three speedboats twice tried to board the Greek-flagged Kriti Episkopi but were driven away when the crew turned fire hoses on them and EU aircraft scrambled from a nearby European Union naval flotilla to help, shipping company and Greek government officials said. CNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157752/posts#comment Fri, 2 Jan 2009 19:52:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2148875/posts How low will they go?? As low as laser blinding Greek Police: "A riot policeman is aimed at with a laser light pointer during riots outside the Athens Polytechnic. Small bands of Greek rioters hurling firebombs attacked an environment ministry building, shops and banks in Athens on Saturday during an eighth day of protests following the killing of a teenager by police." And that's not all: "A warning from Serb intelligence about the mobilization of an extremist Islamic organization in Greece has put the Greek authorities on high alert. Several days ago, Serb intelligence briefed a Serb parliamentary Committee that... ThePointRiderRepublican http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2148875/posts#comment Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:47:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2148613/posts The Fall of Athens The Greek government loses the battle of ideas, and then it loses control. When Greece's conservative New Democracy party came to power in March 2004 it promised three things: to "reinvent" the state, to eliminate corruption and to initiate much-needed educational reform. Four years later, the situation remains unchanged: The state is still a tool for bestowing benefits and favors, corruption in the public sector is still rampant, and all attempts at educational reform have quickly fizzled out. Wall Street Journal Europe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2148613/posts#comment Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:40:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146809/posts Greece slipped deeper into turmoil, with a fifth day of clashes between youths and police, plus a general strike, as two police officers were charged in connection with the killing of a teenager that sparked the unrest. Despite a vow by Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis to restore order, demonstrators battled security forces outside the Greek parliament as the nationwide work stoppage halted flights in and out of Greece and closed banks, schools and some hospital services. AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146809/posts#comment Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:57:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2145297/posts Christmas tree torched in Athens riots By Emma Alberici and Helena SmithPosted December 9, 2008 07:13:00Updated December 9, 2008 08:55:00 People flee from a burning Christmas Tree in Syntagma Square in Athens. (AFP: Aris Messinis) Video: Greek protests enter third day (ABC News) Related Story: Fresh rioting hits Greek cities Rioters have torched a large Christmas tree in central Athens at the end of a third day of violent demonstrations in Greece.The tree, in Syntagma Square, was set on fire amid riots in the Greek capital in protest over the death of a 15-year-old boy who was shot by police... ABC/Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2145297/posts#comment Tue, 9 Dec 2008 03:39:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2145291/posts <p>ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's interior minister says the massive protest riots in cities across the country are "unacceptable" but insists that police are doing all they can to protect people's lives and property.</p> <p>Thousands of youths are rampaging through Athens, the northern city of Thessaloniki and several other cities in the third day of riots Monday after police shot and killed a teenager on Saturday.</p> AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2145291/posts#comment Tue, 9 Dec 2008 03:24:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2114449/posts Sometimes dynamic translations do cause unforeseen problems. A Word Study. Folks, some times you have to hand it to Bible translators because in their quest to make the Bible understandable and relevant to today, they in fact may make it too understandable and too relevant. Consider how the New American Bible translates 2 John 1:9: Anyone who is so "progressive" as not to remain in the teaching of the Christ does not have God; whoever remains in the teaching has the Father and the Son.Now the footnote that accompanies this verse explains is as follows: Anyone who is so "progressive":... Vivificat! - News, Opinion, Commentary, Reflections from a Personal Catholic Perspective http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2114449/posts#comment Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:10:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2092033/posts Today, few people are aware of the fact that the Pope has his own particular rite of Mass. Special ceremonies and liturgical customs are present at solemn papal liturgies which are not found in the ordinary rites of the Roman Church. The reason for these special ceremonies lies in the identity of the Bishop of Rome himself: besides being the principal hierarch of the Latin Church (thus, until recently bearing the title Patriarch of the West), the Pope is the Father and Head of the Universal Church. Symbolic of this universal headship is the presence at solemn papal functions of... Annales Ecclesiae Ucrainae blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2092033/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:37:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091060/posts Slavery still stalks the American consciousness, its wounds yet festering in many hearts. If Barack Obama were to set his mind to it, he could heal much of the damage this peculiar institution wrought on our national soul. This great and tragic error that must be given justice. Obama is the best person in the world who can recognize, remember and honor the deaths of 125 million and the enslavement of tens of millions of people. His unique qualifications can be found in his names. Until he was 20 years old, he went by the first name Barry. Then he... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091060/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:09:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069085/posts Reuters reports that “Barack Obama’s big speech on Thursday night will be delivered from an elaborate columned stage resembling a miniature Greek temple.” John McCormack posts a photograph of the stage under construction here. The Political Inquirer visualizes the scene below.Is it no coincedence that Barack’s speech has a tinge of an Ancient Greek theme?First Michelle Obama echo’s Queen Gorgo and now Barack is giving his speech from the set of Gladiator.What next? A townhall meeting at the Parthenons? The Real Democrat Party http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069085/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:47:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069023/posts DENVER (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's big speech on Thursday night will be delivered from an elaborate columned stage resembling a miniature Greek temple. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069023/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:17:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2049184/posts BERLIN - More than 1,600 years after it was written in Greek, one of the oldest copies of the Bible will become globally accessible online for the first time this week. From Thursday, sections of the Codex Sinaiticus, which contains the oldest complete New Testament, will be available on the Internet, said the University of Leipzig, one of the four curators of the ancient text worldwide. High resolution images of the Gospel of Mark, several Old Testament books, and notes on the work made over centuries will appear on www.codex-sinaiticus.net as a first step towards publishing the entire manuscript online... Reuters via MSNBC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2049184/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:45:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040690/posts This audio was played this morning on WMAL's "Grandy & Andy Morning Show" and I was laughing so hard I almost fell over. You will totally enjoy this. Here's the YouTube blurb: "This was sent to me by a friend, its legit... following is the story from him. Okay guys here is the info on this voicemail. One of my friend's from work and her friend were out one night in the SF Marina district and were hanging outside of the bars trying to find a cab. One of the girl's, Olga ends up meeting this guy Dmitri and they... YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040690/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:20:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2037137/posts At first sight, the statistics are positively wine-dark. As part of school education, countries may maintain it in theory but rarely in practice. Portuguese pupils have it as an option in their final year; in Sweden fewer than 100 schoolchildren study it, in Belgium around 800. In Britain, of a mere 241 entrants for Greek A-level (typically taken at 18) in 2007, fully 226 were from independent (private) schools... Though some classics departments in the United States have had to close or merge, the number of students enrolled in Greek has been going up since the 1990s. In 2006 fully... The Economist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2037137/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:49:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036482/posts Greek Style Architecture Found in the Ancient Achaemenid City Achaemenid city of Istakhr in Fars Province Tehran , 25 June 2008: Archaeologists have used geological surveys in the south of Iran to reveal rectangular formations inspired by Greek architecture dating to the Sassanid era. Archeologists have said that the structures located in Fars Province are part of the urban planning of the ancient Achaemenid city of Istakhr during the Sassanid period (226-651 CE). The design is loaned from Hippodamus style of urban planning during a series of armed conflicts with Persias great rival to the west, the Roman Empire, said... Cultural Heritage News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036482/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:43:33 GMT