“What is your age?” …in Greek
we ask: “Ποια είναι η ηλικία σου;” the word ‘ηλικία‘ is a composite noun from ‘ήλιος‘ (sun) and the verb ‘κίω‘ which means to wind, to meander, to
wrap/twist around…
we ask: “Ποια είναι η ηλικία σου;” the word ‘ηλικία‘ is a composite noun from ‘ήλιος‘ (sun) and the verb ‘κίω‘ which means to wind, to meander, to
wrap/twist around…
One sees clearly how our beautiful Greek
language embeds Hellenic wisdom… we knew, (even before the Pythagorean
philosopher Philolaos of Magna Grecia – Grande Ellade did state the
heliocentric system), that the earth is not the center of the world, it
revolves around the sun and we knew how long it takes… there are many
references from the Greeks who use words like ‘έλιξ–έλικας‘ (helix), ‘ελικοειδής‘ (spiral) etc to describe celestial objects’ motion
and ‘ελικιά‘ (περιέλιξις, “winding”) for age that became
‘ηλικία‘ today,
to describe how many spires are there in one ‘s spiral movement around the sun…
language embeds Hellenic wisdom… we knew, (even before the Pythagorean
philosopher Philolaos of Magna Grecia – Grande Ellade did state the
heliocentric system), that the earth is not the center of the world, it
revolves around the sun and we knew how long it takes… there are many
references from the Greeks who use words like ‘έλιξ–έλικας‘ (helix), ‘ελικοειδής‘ (spiral) etc to describe celestial objects’ motion
and ‘ελικιά‘ (περιέλιξις, “winding”) for age that became
‘ηλικία‘ today,
to describe how many spires are there in one ‘s spiral movement around the sun…
“Τὴ γλῶσσα μοῦ ἔδωσαν ἑλληνική… τὸ σπίτι, φτωχικὸ, στὶς ἀμμουδιὲς τοῦ Ὁμήρου…”
As Elytis expresses it in the often quoted lines: “the language, Hellenic,
they gave me; …the house, poor, on Homer’s shores…” (Elytis 1974:
30-1): his home is humble, yet his tongue is Greek; the Greek language and his
humble home on Homer’s shores have been given to him;
As Elytis expresses it in the often quoted lines: “the language, Hellenic,
they gave me; …the house, poor, on Homer’s shores…” (Elytis 1974:
30-1): his home is humble, yet his tongue is Greek; the Greek language and his
humble home on Homer’s shores have been given to him;
…they are his birthright!!!
Μετάφραση: Δημ. Δρες.
ΛΕΞΕΙΣ-ΚΛΕΙΔΙΑ: ΗΛΙΚΙΑ, ΑΣΤΡΟΝΟΜΙΑ, ΗΛΙΟΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΟ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑ, ΗΛΙΟΣ, ΚΙΩ, ΕΛΙΣΣΟΜΑΙ, ΚΙΣΣΟΣ, ΚΙΝΗΣΗ, ΚΙΝΗΤΗΡΑΣ, ΚΙΝΩ, ΚΙΟΝΑΣ, ΚΙΝΗΤΗΡ, ΕΛΙΚΑΣ, ΦΙΛΟΛΑΟΣ, ΠΥΘΑΓΟΡΕΙΟΙ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΙ, ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ, ΙΤΑΛΙΑ, ΠΥΘΑΓΟΡΑΣ, ΠΥΘΑΓΟΡΕΙΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΦΟΦΟΣ, ΜΕΓΑ ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΚΟ ΛΕΞΙΚΟ, ΤΖΙΡΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ, ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΗΣ, ΝΟΝΝΟΣ, ΕΛΙΞ, ΧΡΟΝΟΣ, ΑΡΙΣΤΑΡΧΟΣ, ΣΑΜΟΣ, ΑΡΧΙΜΗΔΗΣ, ΠΛΟΥΤΑΡΧΟΣ, ΕΛΙΓΜΟΣ, ΟΡΦΙΚΑ, ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝΙΟΣ, ΟΜΗΡΟΣ, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΤΟΣ, ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΑΚΑ
