11 September 2018
lamia
[ley-mee-uh]
noun, plural lamias, lamiae [ley-mee-ee]
1. Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
2. a vampire; a female demon.
3. (initial capital letter, italics) a narrative poem (1819) by John Keats.
Origin of lamia
Middle English Latin Greek
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek lámia a female man-eater
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Examples from the Web for lamia
Contemporary Examples
“The uprising has been a big challenge for us…really, the situation is awful,” said lamia Assem, director of marketing.
Winston Churchill’s Egyptian Getaway: The Old Cataract Hotel
Lauren Bohn
December 15, 2013
Historical Examples
But before it falls, a lamia comes to his aid and kills his sister.
Russian Fairy Tales
W. R. S. Ralston
“We had better get the lamia in condition first,” Trask said.
Space Viking
Henry Beam Piper
Suppose Dunnan comes and finds nobody here but Spasso and the lamia ?
Space Viking
Henry Beam Piper
The lamia bore a coiled snake with the head, arms and bust of a woman.
Space Viking
Henry Beam Piper
From the way the Space Scourge and lamia people laughed, it evidently was.
Space Viking
Henry Beam Piper
lamia can separate the elements and give beauty and pleasure unalloyed.
Keats: Poems Published in 1820
John Keats
Ceres was the goddess of harvest, the mother of Proserpine ( lamia, i. 63, note).
Keats: Poems Published in 1820
John Keats
Compare this conception of melancholy with the passage in lamia, i. 190-200.
Keats: Poems Published in 1820
John Keats
lamia struck his imagination, but his heart was given to Isabella.
Keats: Poems Published in 1820
John Keats
Today’s quote
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.
– Mahatma Gandhi
On this day
11 September 1297 – William Wallace leads Scottish forces to victory against the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
11 September 1941 – construction of the Pentagon commences in Washington DC. (Completed on 15 January 1943).
11 September 1948 – death of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the father of Pakistan. Leader of the Muslim League calling for the creation of Pakistan. Served as Pakistan’s first Governor-General from 15 August 1947 until his death. In Pakistan, his birthday is a national holiday. Born 25 December 1876.
11 September 1972 – Democratically elected President Salvador Allende of Chilé, is overthrown in a U.S. sponsored coup which brings to power General Augusto Pinochet. The Church Committee, commissioned by the U.S. Department of State to investigate covert C.I.A. operations in Chilé, found that Henry Kissinger had directed the C.I.A. to prevent the socialist Allende from being elected, then to undermine his presidency, before supplying arms to a military junta which succeeded in overthrowing Allendé. Thousands of people died or disappeared under Pinochet’s rule, with approximately 40,000 suffering human rights violations, including torture.
11 September 1987 – death of Peter Tosh, Jamaican reggae singer and musician. From 1963 to 1974, Tosh was a member of Bob Marley and Wailers until going solo. His most famous song is ‘Legalize It’, about legalising marijuana. Tosh’s album, ‘Bush Doctor’, included a duet with Mick Jagger in the song, ‘Don’t Look Back’. Tosh was a Rastafarian. He campaigned against apartheid, which he sang about on his album ‘Equal Rights’. Tosh was murdered on 11 September 1987, after three men broke into his house and tortured him in an effort to extort money. After several hours, one of the men shot Tosh in the head, killing him. Two other friends of Tosh’s were also killed. Born 19 October 1944.
11 September 2001 – 9/11 Terrorist Attacks in which four commercial airliners were hijacked by Al Qaeda terrorists. Two planes hit the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York City, one plane hit the Pentagon in Washington DC and one crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after passengers fought with the hijackers. Approximately, 3,000 people died in the attacks.