- 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")...
- 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...
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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...
- engraving) (Attic ἀλειφω aleiphô smear, rub) ἄλευρον
aleuron grave (Attic τάφος
taphos )(leuros smooth, level, even )(Attic ἄλευρον
wheat flour) ἄλουα
aloua gardens...
- (epitáphios) 'a
funeral oration'; from ἐπι- (epi-) 'at, over' and τάφος (
táphos) 'tomb') is a
short text
honoring a
deceased person.
Strictly speaking,...
-
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...
-
decomposition is
generally referred to as
taphonomy from the Gr**** word
taphos,
meaning tomb.
Decomposition begins at the
moment of death,
caused by two...
-
preserved in the
paleontological record. The term
taphonomy (from Gr****
táphos, τάφος 'burial' and nomos, νόμος 'law') was
introduced to
paleontology in...
-
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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tholos tomb (plural tholoi; from Gr****: θολωτός τάφος, romanized: tholotós
táphos, θολωτοί τάφοι
tholotoi táphoi, "domed tomb(s)"), is a
burial structure...