Difference between revisions of "Wave of roary"
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| + | * '''north''' (these four waves generally correspond to four animal commands in the directions of the compass, although this one is a bit unclear, it should correspond to north or “up”) | ||
* '''hoary:''' The ancients often spoke of the sea as “hoary” (white- or grey- haired) | * '''hoary:''' The ancients often spoke of the sea as “hoary” (white- or grey- haired) | ||
Latest revision as of 00:15, 10 March 2020
- the Four Waves of Ireland → The Four Old Men (X)
- Tonn Rudraige: the Wave of Rory, one of the Four Waves of Ireland → Dundrum Bay in County Down
- roar
- north (these four waves generally correspond to four animal commands in the directions of the compass, although this one is a bit unclear, it should correspond to north or “up”)
- hoary: The ancients often spoke of the sea as “hoary” (white- or grey- haired)
- Job 41:32 (“One would think the deep to be hoary”)
- Homer πολιὴν θάλασσαν poliēn thalassan - "the hoary sea."
- Apollonius, Lib. i.:545: - μακραὶ δ ̓ αἰὲν ἐλευκαίνοντο κέλευθοι - makrai d' aien eleukainonto keleuthoi - "The long paths were always white"
- Catullus, in Epith. Pelei: Totaque remigio spumis incanuit unda.
- Ovid, Epis. Oeno: remis eruta canet aqua.
