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  • The bottom line says "theoi de toi olbia doien": "May the gods give thee blessings".

    Archive 2009-05-01 James F. McGrath 2009

  • The top line is a quote from the Odyssey: "Soi de theoi tosa doien osa fresi sesi menoinas": "And for thyself, may the gods grant thee all that thy heart desires".

    LOST: What Lies in the Shadow of the Season 5 Finale? James F. McGrath 2009

  • The top line is a quote from the Odyssey: "Soi de theoi tosa doien osa fresi sesi menoinas": "And for thyself, may the gods grant thee all that thy heart desires".

    Archive 2009-05-01 James F. McGrath 2009

  • The bottom line says "theoi de toi olbia doien": "May the gods give thee blessings".

    LOST: What Lies in the Shadow of the Season 5 Finale? James F. McGrath 2009

  • N.B. — in reference to this definition of Piety, the question is never raised poion ti esti nomos; nor yet poioi tines eisin oi theoi; but clearly there is a growth in ta nomima.

    Memorabilia 2007

  • Yet however many lines he may have spun, Aeschylus kept returning to one verse in particular: theoi polin soizousi Pallados theas.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • Yet however many lines he may have spun, Aeschylus kept returning to one verse in particular: theoi polin soizousi Pallados theas.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • * Hoi de theoi par Zeni kathemenoi egoroonto: [5720] 1

    ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

  • Theos (“God”) as a proper name for this supreme being in a way which sounds familiar to those brought up in the Judeo-Christian tradition, but is not in accord - ance with earlier Greek usage; they of course recognize the existence of many other theoi and daimones, gods and spirits subordinate to and dependent on the su - preme Intelligence.

    NEO-PLATONISM A. HILARY ARMSTRONG 1968

  • Jupiter (Baal), identified with the Sun, with whom were associated Venus and Mercury as [Greek: sumbômoi theoi].

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

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