- In
Homeric Greece, the
islands of
Taphos /ˈteɪˌfɒs/ (Τάφος) lay in the
Ionian Sea off the
coast of
Acarnania in
northwestern Greece, home of
seagoing and...
- monks. The brotherhood's
symbol is the
taphos, a
monogram of the Gr****
letters tau (Τ) and phi (Φ), for the word
taphos (τάφος,
meaning "sepulchre, grave")...
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founded the city
Taphos on the
island of the same name, and was its king. He also gave his name to the Taphians, a
people that
inhabited Taphos and
nearby islands...
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brothers who did not die at the
hands of the sons of King
Pterelaus of
Taphos. When
rancorous Alcmena arrived to Thebes, she
declared that she
would not...
- (epitáphios) 'a
funeral oration'; from ἐπι- (epi-) 'at, over', and τάφος (
táphos) 'tomb') is a
short text
honoring a
deceased person.
Strictly speaking,...
- (Táphioi) - in
Taphos Island and
other Echinades Islands Teleboans (Tēlebóai) -
Originally in the
Mainland (in Acarnania),
after in
Taphos Island and other...
- Crux
simplex Descriptions in
antiquity of the
execution cross Forked cross Taphos symbol (tau plus phi) Merriam-Webster: tau
cross Collins English Dictionary:...
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Dionysus who fled
there from Euboea. Some
scholars have ****erted that
Corfu is
Taphos, the
island of the
Lelegian Taphians.
According to
Strabo (VI, 269), the...
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dwelling for a time on the mainland, the
Teleboans settled on the
island of
Taphos which was po****ted by
their kinsmen. From the
island the two
tribes led...
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morphological combination of two root words: κενός,
kenos meaning "empty" τάφος,
taphos meaning "tomb", from θαπτω, thapto, 'I bury'
Cenotaphs were
common in the...
