Word origins

• epodeThe after song; the part of a lyric or choral ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe.
• epogdoonA number equal to another plus an eighth thereof; a number 1.125 times another.
• epopteiaThe final initiation rite in the Eleusinian Mysteries.
• epyllionA "little epic".
• ErechtheionAn ancient Greek Ionic temple-telesterion on the north side of the Acropolis, dedicated to the goddess Athena.
• ErganeAn epithet of Athena, as the patron goddess of craftsmen and artisans.
• ErinyesThe Furies; the goddesses of vengeance against serious moral offence (such as oath-breaking), latterly known as protectors of Athens, of pre-Olympian origin and variously described as having sprung from the spilled blood of Uranus or as daughters of Nyx; identified with the Roman Dirae.
• ErinysOne of the female personifications of vengeance, particularly wrong or immoral deeds on behalf of the victims.
• eriometerAn optical device used to measure the diameters of fibres such as wool
• erioniteA zeolite mineral with a molecular structure similar to chabazite, usually found in weathered volcanic ash.
• EriphyleThe daughter of King Talaus of Argos and Lysimache, who — in exchange for the Necklace of Harmonia given to her by Polynices — persuaded her husband Amphiaraus to join the doomed expedition of the Seven against Thebes. She was then slain by her son Alcmaeon.
• eristicProvoking strife, controversy or discord.
• ErmoupoliA town and former municipality on the island of Syros in the Cyclades, Greece.
• EteoclusThe son of Iphis, who participated in the war on Thebes.
• eteosticA chronogram.
• ethopoeiaA rhetorical technique in which the speaker or author presents an imaginary speech by a real person, portraying that person's known characteristics and propensities.
• etymonThe original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a foreign language.
• EuantheA goddess sometimes listed as the mother of the Graces.
• euchymyA good state of the blood and other fluids of the body.
• eucrasiaA condition of harmony or balance among the basic components or humours.
• eucrasisbalance; equilibrium
• eudaemonA good or benevolent spirit.
• eudaemonicOf or pertaining to a eudaemon.
• eudaemonismA philosophical notion, or system of ethics, which measures happiness in relation to morality.
• euergesyA good deed, an act of public benefaction by a wealthy individual.
• euergeteA benefactor.
• euergetesAn epithet given to various benefactors, including a number of Hellenistic monarchs.
• eumolpida member of the hereditary priesthood of the Eleusinian Mysteries in Ancient Greece
• EumolpusThe son of Poseidon and Chione, who became one of the first priests of Demeter and one of the founders of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
• eupatheiaGood feeling; positive emotion.
• EupatridIn Ancient Greece, a member of the noble Attic landowning class.
• euphrasyThe eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis.
• eupraxiaPositive skills related to movement.
• euthynteriaIn classical Greek architecture, the uppermost course of a building's foundations, partly emerging from the groundline.
• eutrapelyconversational wit, one of the moral virtues proposed by Aristotle
• exegetistSynonym of exegete, one skilled in exegesis.
• exodosA final scene or departure in a play, especially a tragedy.
• exomisA sleeveless Ancient Greek tunic worn by workers and light infantry.
• exomologesisThe rite of confession and repentance.
• -gamyUsed to form nouns describing forms of marriage.
• gastraphetesA hand-held crossbow used by the Ancient Greeks.
• geisonThe part of the entablature that projects outward from the top of the frieze, frieze course, or architrave.
• -genyproduction
• geomorilandowners
• GlauceAny of a number of characters in Greek mythology.
• gnatho-Jaw.
• -gonForms the names of plane figures containing a given number of internal angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons).
• gongylidiumA hyphal swelling of fungus which is cultivated by certain ants.
• gonysthe lower ridge of the lower mandible of a bird's beak, located at the junction of the bone's two rami (lateral plates)
• GorillaiA tribe of hairy women described by Hanno the Navigator.
• GraeaeThree sisters, old women with grey hair — Deino (or Dino), Enyo, and Pemphredo (or Pephredo) — who shared a single eye and a single tooth. They were daughters of the sea-deities Phorcys and Ceto.
• gryllosA caricatural creature found in ancient and medieval art, typically featuring a human head with mostly bizarre, animal anatomy.
• gynandrousHaving stamens and pistils together in a column.
• gynotikolobomassophileA person who enjoys nibbling the earlobes of women.
• Hagia SophiaA mosque in Istanbul, Turkey
• HarpocratesThe god of silence, secrets and confidentiality.
• HathyrThe third month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the third month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Hathyr has been in roughly November.
• heautoscopyA hallucination in which one sees one's own body from a distance.
• HebdomumA suburb of Constantinople.
• hebeticOf or related to youth or to puberty.
• HebraizeTo convert (something) into a Hebrew/Hebraic form.
• HecatombaeonA town of ancient Achaea in the territory of Dyme, between that city and the frontiers of Elis.
• -hedralForms adjectives referring to solid figures bounded by a certain number of planes (polyhedra).
• HekatompedonThe Temple of Athena upon the Acropolis, formerly in the location of the present Parthenon.
• HellanodikasA judge of the Olympic Games.
• HellenismosSynonym of Hellenism.
• helo-Forms words related to marshes.
• hemeralDaily; circadian; cyclical, with a period of 24 hours
• hemiektonAn ancient Attic dry measure of capacity, equivalent to 4.36 litres.
• hemoclysmA violent and bloody conflict, a bloodbath; specifically (chiefly with capital initial), the period of the mid-twentieth century encompassing both world wars.
• hendiatrisA figure of speech or literary device in which three words are used to express one idea.
• HenotikonA Christological document issued by the Byzantine emperor Zeno in 482, in an unsuccessful attempt to reconcile the differences between the supporters of the Council of Chalcedon and the council's opponents.
• hepta-Seven.
• hermeneutA practitioner of hermeneutics, someone who interprets a text, especially a holy text.
• hermeo-Relating to Mercury
• HermippeOne of the moons of Jupiter.
• hesychasmThe religious practices of the Hesychasts.
• hetaeraA highly cultivated hired female companion who would entertain upper-class male clients and might perform sex acts for them.
• hetairosA companion of an ancient Greek king, as a member of the aristocracy and later elite cavalry.
• hexaplaA text presented in six parallel versions, especially (historical) the version of the Old Testament presented in such a fashion by Origen.
• hexapterousHaving six wing-like processes or extensions
• HierakonpolisA city of ancient Egypt, the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of Prehistoric Egypt (c. 3200–3100 BC) and probably also during the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3100–2686 BC).
• HieroclesA male given name from Ancient Greek.
• hierographySacred writing.
• hieromnemonThe sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister.
• hierurgyA sacred performance.
• himationA rectangular cloak of linen or wool, worn in Ancient Greece, usually over a chiton.
• HimerosThe Greek god of uncontrollable desire, often depicted as a winged child attendant to Aphrodite.
• HippomenesA Boeotian prince, the son of Megareus. He married Atalanta, the virginal runner, after defeating her in a footrace with the help of Aphrodite.
• hippopedeA plane curve defined by the equation (x²+y²)²=cx²+dy², where it is assumed that c>0 and c>d.
• histo-tissue
• hodo-Road; path; travel.
• homeo-similar
• homeomorphMaterial that exhibits similarity in crystalline structure.
• hoplitodromosAn ancient footrace, part of the Olympic Games and the other Panhellenic Games, run while wearing a hoplite's heavy armour and shield.
• hormesisA phenomenon in which an environmental agent or stressor produces a stimulatory or beneficial effect at low doses and an inhibitory or harmful effect at higher doses, corresponding to a biphasic dose-response relationship.
• horo-time
• HoromazesAhura Mazda, the divinity exalted by Zoroaster as the highest God.
• horosA stone marking a boundary in Ancient Greece.
• hupaithricRoofless; open to the sky.