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| + | * '''Xanthos''': Greek city in Asia Minor, ancient Lycia (Turkey). Ancient city of culture under Hittites, Lycians, Greeks, Persians, Romans, Byzantines and Turks. Now deserted. | ||
| + | *'''Achilles' horse''': in the ''Iliad,'' Xanthos is the name of Achilles' immortal, talking horse. | ||
* '''Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus''' (''Latin''): Holy, holy, holy. Section of the Ordinary Mass, said at the beginning of the Eucharistic blessing. | * '''Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus''' (''Latin''): Holy, holy, holy. Section of the Ordinary Mass, said at the beginning of the Eucharistic blessing. | ||
* '''shantih, shantih, shantih''' (''Sanskrit''): Peace, peace, peace. Chanted at the end of a prayer or Upanishad in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions. (Also the closing words of T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land") | * '''shantih, shantih, shantih''' (''Sanskrit''): Peace, peace, peace. Chanted at the end of a prayer or Upanishad in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions. (Also the closing words of T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land") | ||
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Revision as of 19:19, 22 July 2018
- Xanthos: Greek city in Asia Minor, ancient Lycia (Turkey). Ancient city of culture under Hittites, Lycians, Greeks, Persians, Romans, Byzantines and Turks. Now deserted.
- Achilles' horse: in the Iliad, Xanthos is the name of Achilles' immortal, talking horse.
- Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus (Latin): Holy, holy, holy. Section of the Ordinary Mass, said at the beginning of the Eucharistic blessing.
- shantih, shantih, shantih (Sanskrit): Peace, peace, peace. Chanted at the end of a prayer or Upanishad in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions. (Also the closing words of T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land")
