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Eudaimonia. Eudaimonia ( / juːdɪˈmoʊniə /; Ancient Greek: εὐδαιμονία [eu̯dai̯moníaː] ), sometimes anglicized as eudaemonia or eudemonia, is a Greek word literally translating to the state or condition of 'good spirit', and which is commonly translated as ' happiness ' or ' welfare '. In the works of Aristotle, eudaimonia was ...
Eudaemon (mythology) Winged daemon depicted in ancient Corinthian plate. The eudaemon, eudaimon, or eudemon ( Greek: εὐδαίμων) in Greek mythology was a type of daemon or genius (deity), which in turn was a kind of spirit. [1] A eudaemon was regarded as a good spirit or angel, and the evil cacodaemon was its opposing spirit.
Tamralipta. Tamralipta or Tamralipti ( Pali: Tāmaliti) was an ancient port city and capital of Suhma Kingdom in ancient India, located on the coast of the Bay of Bengal. [ 1] The Tamluk town in present-day Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, is generally identified as the site of Tamralipti. [ 2]
After Eudaemon, Arabia (present day Aden) there is a continuous length of coast, and by extending 2000 stadia or more, along which there are nomads and Fish Eaters living in villages; just beyond the cape projecting from this bay there is another market town by the shore, Cana, of the Kingdom of Eliazus, the frankincense country; and facing it ...
Egypt. Venerated in. Coptic Orthodoxy. Feast. 18 Mesori (Coptic church) Saint Wdamun (also Wadamoun, Wdamon, Wdammon, Wdamen, Eudaemon ( Coptic: ⲉⲩⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ) [1] or Saint Wadamoun El Armanty ( Coptic: ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲃⲁϯⲙⲱⲛ ⲡⲓⲣⲉⲙⲉⲣⲙⲟⲛⲧ, Arabic: القديس ودامون) is the first Coptic Christian ...
Archaeologists discovered a small, clay tablet covered in cuneiform in the ancient ruins of Alalah, a major Bronze Age-era city located in present-day Turkey. Researchers have deciphered parts of ...
Gaius Valerius Eudaemon. Gaius Valerius Eudaemon was a Roman eques who held a number of military and civilian positions during the reigns of the Emperors Hadrian and Antoninus Pius, which includes praefectus of Roman Egypt. He is known as a close friend of the emperor Hadrian.
Etymology. The Latin term Arabia Felix was the Roman translation of the earlier Hellenistic Greek: Εὐδαίμων Ἀραβία, romanized : Eudaimon Arabia, attributed to Eratosthenes of Cyrene. [ 4][ 5] Felix has the meanings of both "fecund, fertile" and "happy, fortunate, blessed", this area being the best irrigated of the Arabian peninsula.