Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    The Atlas·Ideas

    Athlos

    “labor/ordeal”

    idea · 2 works · 4 mentions · 6 anchored passages

    athlos · athloi · competition · tournament

    in the texts

    OdysseyClassical · Greek

    The Greek concept of athlos/athloi, a contest or labor, explicitly glossed both for the armor dispute and Herakles's labors.

    I was son of Zeus, but I went through an infinity of suffering, for I became bondsman to one who was far beneath me - a lowly man who set me all manner of labors [ athloi].
    chapter 11
    Would that I had never gained the day in such a contest [ athlos], for it cost the life of Ajax, who was foremost of all the Danaans after the son of Peleus, alike in stature and prowess.
    de sollertia animalium
    but we were over there, fighting hard [ athlos] at Troy, and Aigisthos who was taking his ease quietly in the heart of Argos, cajoled Agamemnon's wife Clytemnestra with incessant flattery.
    chapter 3

    IliadClassical · Greek

    The Greek term for a competitive contest, used to measure the distance of the Trojan retreat as if it were a javelin-throw in competition.

    As far as a man can throw a javelin in competition [ athlos] for some prize, or even in battle - so far did the Trojans now retreat before the Achaeans.
    chapter 16