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  2. Eris (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Eris (mythology) Eris ( / ˈɪərɪs, ˈɛrɪs /; Greek: Ἔρις Éris, "Strife") is the Greek goddess of strife and discord. Her Roman equivalent is Discordia, which means the same. Eris's Greek opposite is Harmonia, whose Roman counterpart is Concordia, [ 3] though she is also described as opposing Nike, counterpart of the Roman Victoria ...

  3. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    -aj (pronounced AY; meaning “of the" ) It denotes the name of the family, which mostly comes from the male founder of the family, but also from a place, as in, Lash-aj (from the village Lashaj of Kastrat, MM, Shkodër). It is likely that its ancient form, still found in MM, was an [i] in front of the last name, as in ‘Déda i Lékajve ...

  4. Discordianism - Wikipedia

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    Discordianism is a belief system based around Eris, [ 1] the Greek goddess of strife and discord, and variously defined as a religion, [ 2] new religious movement, [ 3] virtual religion, [ 4] or act of social commentary; [ 5] though prior to 2005, some sources categorized it as a parody religion. [ 6] It was founded after the 1963 publication ...

  5. Nereus - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Nereus (/ ˈ n ɪər i ə s / NEER-ee-əs; Ancient Greek: Νηρεύς, romanized: Nēreús) was the eldest son of Pontus (the Sea) and Gaia (), with Pontus himself being a son of Gaia.

  6. The Sacrifice (1986 film) - Wikipedia

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    As Tarkovsky wrote, Alexander is weary of "the pressures of change, the discord in his family, and his instinctive sense of the threat posed by the relentless march of technology"; in fact, he has "grown to hate the emptiness of human speech". [4] The family, Victor, and Otto gather at Alexander's house for the celebration.

  7. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    First, prefixes and suffixes, most of which are derived from ancient Greek or classical Latin, have a droppable vowel, usually -o-. As a general rule, this vowel almost always acts as a joint-stem to connect two consonantal roots (e.g. arthr- + -o- + -logy = arthrology ), but generally, the -o- is dropped when connecting to a vowel-stem (e.g ...

  8. Discord - Wikipedia

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    Discord is an instant messaging and VoIP social platform which allows communication through voice calls, video calls, text messaging, and media. Communication can be ...

  9. 'A long road ahead': Brittany Force shares picture with ... - AOL

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    Brittany Force said her father John has a “long road ahead” while sharing a picture of her family following her dad’s fiery NHRA Funny Car crash two weeks ago. John Force, 75, suffered a ...