Ancient literature suggests that the figures represent the androgynous Cypriot deity Aphroditus ( possibly a form of Astarte ), whose cult was introduced into mainland Greece between the 5th 4th century BCE . The revealed phallus was believed to have apotropaic magical powers, averting the evil eye or " invidia " and bestowing good luck.
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Deodric contra illum Urbgen cum filiis dimicabat fortiter-- in illo autem tempore aliquando hostes, nunc cives vincebantur-- et ipse conclusit eos tribus diebus et noctibus in insula Metcaud et, dum erat in expeditione, iugulatus est, Morcante destinante pro invidia, quia in ipso prae omnibus regibus virtus maxima erat instauratione belli.
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One has to be blind to perceive the emptiness, of course, but that's what envy is, a selective blindness . " Invidia ", Latin for envy, translates as " nonsight, " and Dante had the envious plodding along under cloaks of lead, their eyes sewn shut with leaden wire.
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LIX-508 ( " De tranquillitate animi; De virtute et vitio; De virtute morali; An virtus doceri possit; Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus; Animine an corporis affectiones sint peiores; De vitioso pudore; De cohibenda ira; De garrulitate; De curiositate; De invidia et odio; De cupiditate divitiarum ")
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Cluentius, from Larinum in Molise, was accused in 66 BC by his mother of having poisoned his stepfather, Oppianicus the elder; Cluentius was very unpopular in Rome because of rumors that he had corrupted the judges in a process against this same Oppianicus; this unpopularity ( Latin : " invidia " ) reflected on the senators, suspected to buy and sell processes.
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However, I do know that Liban80 appealed to have his block overturned, but his request was declined since he impersonated an administrator : he added a fake template to his talk page claiming that his request to be unblocked had been granted, and that it was handled by one'absit invidia'( his other handle mentioned above ) . talk ) 00 : 12, 15 June 2009 ( UTC)
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Currently, Azalin has commissioned the services of a scholar to travel and research the domains of Ravenloft . Speculation indicates that he is still searching for a method to escape Ravenloft . According to several products released recently, his current plan to escape Ravenloft seems to involve discovering a method to undo the magical bonds tying the Dukkar, Malocchio Aderre, to the domain of Invidia and also involve the other children of the fiend gentleman caller.
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During the years 1961 to 1965 Ionescu found himself to be progressively and severely constrained, not only by the lack of surgical material which could not be imported from abroard, but mainly by the increasingly complicated communist dictatorial Romanian political situation and by what his distant Roman ancestors would have called'invidia medicorum pessima'. Finally frustrated by all these impediments and mainly by increasing political pressure, the Ionescus decided to make the bold and dangerous move to escape'illegally'from Romania to the west.
