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Pitys is mentioned in Longus' Daphnis and Chloe (ii.7 and 39) and by Lucian of Samosata (Dialogues of the Dead, 22.4). [1] Pitys was chased by Pan—as was Syrinx, who was turned into reeds to escape the god who then used her reeds for his panpipes. The flute-notes may have frightened the maenads running from his woodland in a "panic."
In Greek mythology, Pistis (/ ˈ p ɪ s t ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Πίστις) was the personification of good faith, trust and reliability. In Christianity and in the New Testament, pistis is typically translated as "faith".
A number of English translations use the term "phoenix" [4] in this verse, while the King James Version and the German language Luther Bible use "Sand". [5] In the New Revised Standard Version this reads: Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days like the phoenix;
The Bible [a] is a collection of religious texts and scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, and partly in Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. The texts ...
The Masoretic text reads malkam, meaning "their king" in most of these instances. [4] It is likely that the Hebrew text originally read Milcom in at least some of these instances. [7] The Bible attests Milcom as playing the role of the Ammonites' chief state god in parallel to Yahweh's role in Israel or Chemosh's role in Moab.
The name Judith (Hebrew: יְהוּדִית, Modern: Yəhūdīt, Tiberian: Yŭhūḏīṯ), meaning "praised" or "Jewess", [1] is the feminine form of Judah. The surviving manuscripts of Greek translations appear to contain several historical anachronisms , which is why some Protestant scholars now consider the book ahistorical.
Pausanias states that there was an altar in Athens dedicated to Eleos, [2] [1] at which children of Heracles sought refuge from Eurystheus' prosecution. [3] [failed verification] Adrastus also came to this altar after the defeat of the Seven against Thebes, praying that those who died in the battle be buried.
Pitys, a genus of land snail; see Sinployea decorticata Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pitys .