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Point & counterpoint | Foreign language fluency: Jenna A. Robinson — Foreign language studies desirable, ...

Journal Courier 22 Oct 2021

And students read these challenging texts in their original languages — Greek or Latin ... Nobody bothers with Latin anymore, let alone Greek. Instead, there is a generic foreign language requirement ... Students typically must take — or test out of — three semesters of any foreign language they choose.

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Greek writing found on Mosaic floors from the 1500-year-old lost ‘Church of the Apostles’

Greek City Times 22 Oct 2021

The team uncovered a stunning mosaic flooring made of tiny yellow, red and orange tiles that bear two inscriptions written in ancient Greek. Much of the text is missing but the translated part of the ancient language to read ... ancient Greek, apostles, Church of the Apostles, ...

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Philotimo, one Greek word packed with so much meaning, it can’t be defined

Greek City Times 22 Oct 2021

Philotimo, is a special Greek word that even Greeks themselves ... the Greek Word that can’t be translated.” ... Filotimo, Greek culture, Greek definition, Greek history, Greek language, Greek lifestyle, Greek philosophy, Greek word, Greek words, philotimo ... The good old Greek Periptero.

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Ikmah’s ‘open library’ in AlUla offers joy of reading ancient texts

Arab News 22 Oct 2021

The languages in the mountain include Aramaic, Thamudic, Dadanitic, Minaen, Nabatean, Greek, Latin, and Arabic ... Tourists from the Kingdom and international visitors gather for hours to sit in front of the high peaks and observe the delicate techniques of the ancient language that turned into the modern Arabic letters we know today.

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To Leyb Naydus, birthday greetings

The American Israelite 21 Oct 2021

... from the Western canon; and, most pertinent here, he borrowed effortlessly from various Western literary languages, especially Latin and Greek, arguing that Yiddish had the full right to belong to that tradition, to contribute to it, and to take whatever it may want from it.

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Which name should we call, Jesus or Yeshua?

Ghana Web 20 Oct 2021

They transliterated Yeshua into Greek as Iēsous. This was because Greek lacks the “sh” sound found in “Yeshua.” So, the authors used the Greek “s” sound in place of the “sh” in Yeshua and then added a final “s” to the end of the name to make it masculine in line with the rules of the Greek language.

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The phenomenal phrasebook for Ancient Armenians living in Hellenic Egypt

Greek City Times 20 Oct 2021

The language? Ancient Greek ... Instead, it’s lines and lines of Greek ... The text is so important for our knowledge of Greek. By using Armenian letters, its author didn’t have to follow the norms and archaisms of Greek writing – they were free to spell more accurately.

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St. Michael’s Home Receives $2M Distribution from Estate of Suzanne Mados

The National Herald 20 Oct 2021

Michael’s Home is one of the institutions of the Greek Orthodox ... An avid admirer of the Greek language and culture, Ms ... Her strong desire to promote the Greek language/culture and love for her community continues today with the Kallinikeion Foundation which in addition to St.

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Roster diversity, improved team chemistry have Kansas women’s basketball program excited for upcoming season

Lawrence Journal World 20 Oct 2021

“Most of our international players speak multiple languages,” Schneider said ... During the round table portion of Tuesday’s Media Day, Schneider highlighted the fact that 17-year-old freshman Danai Papadopoulou speaks four different languages — Greek, English, Spanish and Russian.

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Thomas M. Antrim Jr.

The Keene Sentinel 19 Oct 2021

Thomas M. “Tim” Antrim Jr., 77, a longtime resident of Roxbury and formerly of Keene, died on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021 ... Tim was born the son of the late Dorothy (Corbin) and Thomas M ... on Oct ... A fascinated philologist, he undertook scholarly language study — particularly in Ancient Greek, Modern Italian, and Tolkien’s Elvish and its antecedents in Finnish ... .

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Point: Foreign language study is desirable, but not essential

Tulsa World 19 Oct 2021

University students of yesteryear read the classics. Aristotle, Euclid, Homer and Plato were part of the regular course of study. And students read these challenging texts in their original languages — Greek or Latin ... .

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VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Rome versus Byzantium

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 18 Oct 2021

... of the old Greek polis of Byzantium ... Unlike the west, the glue that held the east together against centuries of foreign enemies was the revered idea of an ancient and uncompromising Hellenism--the preservation of a common holistic Greek language, religion, culture and history.

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VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Is America becoming Rome versus Byzantium?

Las Vegas Review-Journal 17 Oct 2021

... old Greek polis of Byzantium ... Unlike the West, the glue that held the East together against centuries of foreign enemies, was the revered idea of an ancient and uncompromising Hellenism — the preservation of a common, holistic Greek language, religion, culture and history.

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Weather: NJ's cool season begins Sunday, here's how crisp and cool it will be

Atlantic City 17 Oct 2021

In early 2021, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) decided to end the use of Greek names, after the original Atlantic hurricane list was exhausted. Instead, a supplemental list of tropical cyclone names will be used, going in Latin or Roman alphabetical order (which the English, French and Spanish languages uses).

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When the West Was Itchin’ to Go to China, by Pepe Escobar

The Unz Review 16 Oct 2021

The most efficient “Roman” traders were in fact Greeks from the Eastern Mediterranean. Scholar JN Robert has shown how, since Alexander, Greek was a sort of universal language – like English today – from Rome to the Pamir mountains, from Egypt to kingdoms that were born out of the Persian Empire.