ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EURIPUS
From Latin, from Greek Euripos the strait between Boeotia and Euboea, from ripē force, rush.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EURIPUS»
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euripus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Roman Circuses: Arenas for Chariot Racing
This euripus existed until AD 63 when Nero filled it in in order to provide separate
seating tiers for the equites who until then had sat in seats not permanently theirs
(p. 101). Its filling-in roughly coincided with a period when frequent animal ...
2
The Roman Garden: Space, Sense, and Society
The second of the two bridges that crossed the euripus in the upper portico
garden led towards a small tetrastyle pavilion adorned with fountains. This
pavilion framed the view from within the indoor triclinium on to the lower euripus
garden.
Katharine T. von Stackelberg, 2009
3
Public Spectacles in Roman and Late Antique Palestine
The turning posts at both ends of the euripus had a semicircular face, sometimes
detached from the main body of the barrier. Three closely set vertical cones (
metae), each crowned by a small object resembling an egg, stood on a podium
or ...
EURIPUS. EUR iJsgrin, from not being able tu account for so unusual • motion of
the water. The atory, however, is devoid of foundation. ( Vtd. Aristoteies.) — From
this rapid movement of the current, the Euripus derived its ancient name (ev, ...
5
Myth, Religion, and Mother Right: Selected Writings of J.J. ...
Cassiodorus connects the Euripus with the dolphins. "The Euripus is a pictorial
representation of a gleaming canal, from which the dolphins swim into the sea."
14 Here Euripus is not meant as a real canal, but rather as the intermetium (
space), ...
Johann Jakob Bachofen, 1992
6
A general dictionary, historical and critical: in which a ...
I allow however, tliat he would scarce have mentioned it, if Aristotle had not so
diligently watched the motions of the Euripus, and studied so intensely the
reason df that Phenomenon, as by such an application both of mind and body to
destroy ...
Pierre Bayle, John Peter Bernard, Thomas Birch, 1735
7
History of Ancient and Modern Greece
Next came Bceotia, a rich vale, abounding in lakes and streams, stretching
across from the Corinthian Gulf to the Euripus, and in other parts inclosed by
mountains, by Parnassus and Helicon on the side of Phocis, Cithffiron and
Parnes on that ...
8
Tides: A Scientific History
Curiously, during his last years, when Aristotle lived at Khalkis, he was said to be
greatly perplexed by his inability to understand the so-called Tide of the Euripus
there - oscillatory currents in the narrows between the long island of Euboea ...
David Edgar Cartwright, 2000
9
Studies in the Topography of Chalcis on Euboea: (a ...
Before I touch on the city itself I shall pay attention to the Acropolis, the Euripus
Fortress , the bridge, the harbour, the cemeteries, the water supply and the
Gymnasium of Heracles. The chapter on the city proper largely bears the
character of a ...
Simon C. Bakhuizen, Machiel Kiel, 1985
10
Memoirs Relating to European and Asiatic Turkey , and Other ...
ON THB SYRINX OF STRABO, AND THE PASSAGE OF THE EURIPUS. [BY MR.
HAWKINS.} In the very short description which Strabo has transmitted to us of the
celebrated Straits of the Euripus, there is an expression which has long ...
earl of Orford Robert Walpole, 1818
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EURIPUS»
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euripus is used in the context of the following news items.
Infectious enthusiasm: Cape Coral teen spelled his way to newfound …
Along the way, he nailed "raconteur," "impasto," "euripus," "harlequinade," "rhadamanthine," "Munchausenism" and "carcharodont" — the ... «Naples Daily News, Jun 14»
See This Spelling Bee Contestant Lose in the Most Confident Way …
Not bad! Williamson previously made it through "harlequinade," "euripus," "rhadamanthine" and "Munchausenism" – words which mean a farce, ... «People Magazine, May 14»
Jacob Williamson finishes top 10 in nation's spelling bee
Harlequinade is a farce, while euripus is defined as a tract of water with ... excitedly told bee pronouncer Jacques Bailly before getting "euripus. «The News-Press, May 14»
A 15-Year-Old's Celebrations Have Made Him Everybody's Favorite …
"Please give me a word I know,". His first word was "Euripus" and when he heard the word he shrieked and exclaimed "I know this!" ... «Business Insider, May 14»
#Speller38 Jacob Williamson at the Scripps National Spelling Bee
Eighth grade home-schooled student Jacob Williamson, 15, of Cape Coral, Fla., pumps his fists after hearing his word, "euripus", during the semifinals of the ... «Naples Daily News, May 14»
Details of £250m tax swindle involving two Welshmen released
The scam was busted by HM Revenue and Customs in a ten-year investigation codenamed Operation Euripus which revealed an intricate ... «WalesOnline, Dec 11»
Gang of 15 jailed for £250m VAT fraud
On 2 July 2003, HMRC officers carried out a series of co-ordinated arrests across the country as part of Operation Euripus. They seized more ... «BBC News, Dec 11»
£250m VAT fraudster is jailed for 10 years
... was one of the principal organisers of the complicated “carousel” scam, which was busted by HM Revenue and Customs' Operation, Euripus. «WalesOnline, Sep 08»
