Falsafa

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

    The Atlas·Places

    Samothrace

    place · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages

    wooded Samothrace

    in the texts

    On the Nature of the GodsHellenistic · Latin

    Aegean island associated with secret mystery cults.

    I leave aside Samothrace and those mysteries of Lemnos, "approached by night, in secret worship, thick-set with woodland hedges" — which, when unfolded and brought back to a rational account, teach us rather the nature of things than the nature of the gods.
    book 1

    IliadClassical · Greek

    Island from which Poseidon watches the battle before descending to intervene.

    he had been looking admiringly on the battle from his seat on the topmost crests of wooded Samothrace, whence he could see all Ida, with the city of Priam and the ships of the Achaeans.
    book 13

    HellenicaClassical · Greek

    Island from which Athenian generals gather.

    Then the generals of the Athenians gathered together from Samothrace, Thasos, and the places in that region, and set out to aid the people of Tenedos.
    book 5