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Epitaphios (Sergiev Posad, 15th C)
Epitaphios or epitaphius may refer to: * Epitaphios (liturgical) or ''epitaphion'', a cloth icon used during Holy Week in churches that follow the Byzantine rite * Funeral oration (ancient Greece) or ''epitaphios logos'' ** Gorgias#Epitaphios (or the Athenian funeral oration), Gorgias' text on the same See also * ''Epitafios'', an Argentine TV series {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epitaphios (liturgical)
The Epitaphios (Greek language, Greek: Ἐπιτάφιος, ''epitáphios'', or Ἐπιτάφιον, ''epitáphion'', meaning "upon the tomb"; Church Slavonic language, Slavonic: Плащаница, ''plashchanitsa''; Arabic: نعش, ''naash'') is a Christian Church, Christian religious icon, typically consisting of a large, embroidered and often richly adorned cloth, bearing an image of the dead body of Christ, often accompanied by his mother and other figures, following the Gospel account. It is used during the liturgical services of Holy Saturday in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite, Byzantine Eastern Catholic Churches, Catholic churches. The Epitaphios is also a common short form of the ''Epitáphios Thrēnos'', the "Lamentation upon the Grave" in Greek language, Greek, which is a major part of the service of the Matins of Holy Saturday (now typically performed the evening of Good Friday). Some Oriental Orthodox Churches (such as the Armenian A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorgias
Gorgias ( ; ; – ) was an ancient Greek sophist, pre-Socratic philosopher, and rhetorician who was a native of Leontinoi in Sicily. Several doxographers report that he was a pupil of Empedocles, although he would only have been a few years younger. W. K. C. Guthrie writes that "Like other Sophists, he was an itinerant that practiced in various cities and giving public exhibitions of his skill at the great pan-Hellenic centers of Olympia and Delphi, and charged fees for his instruction and performances. A special feature of his displays was to ask miscellaneous questions from the audience and give impromptu replies." W. K. C. Guthrie, ''The Sophists'' (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1971), p. 270. He has been called "Gorgias the Nihilist", although the degree to which this epithet adequately describes his philosophy is controversial.Rosenkrantz, G. (2002). The Possibility of Metaphysics: Substance, Identity, and Time*. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 64(3), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
