Ϙ ϟ koppa (κόππα) piercing-the-veil pronounce: k
The letter Ϙ means “piercing-the-veil.”
It follows the letter "Pi." Similarly, the letter Q follows the letter "P" in the English alphabet.
The “veil” may pertain to fabric, a veil of ignorance, a veil of separateness, a veil of land, the veil of the sky, the veil of night, or the veil of virginity (the hymen).
A NEEDLE
Ϙ is equated with the Phoenician letter , which is described by some scholars as meaning needle-head, or the eye-of-the-needle.
Ϙ is equated with the Hebrew letter ק which is also interpreted as meaning eye-of-the-needle.
Ancient needles circa 17,000-14,000 BCE.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Aiguille_os_246.1_Global.jpg
A needle for hand sewing has a hole, called the eye, at the blunt end to carry thread or cord through the fabric after the pointed end pierces it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewing_needle
QUESTIONS
Questions pierce the veil of ignorance.
The letter Ϙ is transliterated into Latin as the letter Q.
Q is the first letter in many Latin words that have to do with queries and explanations. The Latin quo is defined by Cassell’s as meaning where? to what place? whither? how far? to what extent? to what end? because, whereby.
(Cassel’s Latin and English Dictionary, compiled by D. P. Simpson (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1963, 1987) 189.)
Consistent with Q having to do with queries, one version of the Greek letter Ϙ resembles a backward question mark (?).
WINE CUP
The only word in the Lexicon featuring the letter Ϙ is kuliks (κύλιξ), also spelled quluiks ([ϟ]ύλυιξ), which means cup, especially a wine-cup.
Devotees of the immortal God Dionysos/Bacchos believed that drinking wine helped pierce the veil that separated them from the deity.
QORINTHIAN ISTHMUS
Interestingly, no other words are offered in the Lexicon that begin with the letter Ϙ , even though Ϙ is the well-documented first letter in the archaic spelling of Corinth, Qorinthos (Ϙόρινθος), a major port city in Greece and the location of the isthmus of Corinth, a thin stretch of land separating two seas. A famous overland passage helped ships pierce-the-veil of the Corinthian isthmus.
Corinth. http://8170.pbworks.com/w/page/37864131/Corinth
The Diolkos (Δίολκος, from the Greek διά, dia "across" and ὁλκός, holkos "portage") was a paved trackway near Corinth in Ancient Greece which enabled boats to be moved overland across—piercing the veil of--the Isthmus of Corinth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diolkos
Today, ships traverse the isthmus via a canal.
Canal of Corinth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diolkos
Isthmus of Qorinth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Isthmus_of_Corinth.svg
QORINTHIAN COINS: ATHENA, PEGASUS, MEDUSA, SQUARE
The letter Ϙ is featured on many archaic Qorinthian coins (circa 550 BCE) beneath an image of the flying horse, Peegasos (Πήγᾰσος), Pegasus, with Athena on the other side. Pausanias says that Athena broke in and bridled Pegasos.
“For Athena, they say, was the divinity who gave most help to Bellerophontes [king of Corinth], and she delivered to him Pegasus, having herself broken in and bridled him.”
(Pausanias. Description of Greece 2.4.1, translated by W. H. S. Jones and H. A. Omerod, Loeb Classical Library (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1918.) http://www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias2A.html#4
This vase fragment depicts the winged horse Pegasos by the Peirene spring of Korinthos. Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, USA Catalogue Number: Tampa 86.104, Apulian Red Figure Bell krater, circa 360 - 350 BCE. http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/P29.1.html
Peegasos (Πήγᾰσος) is associated with springs of inspiration. Note that peegee (πηγή), the basis for the name Peegasos, means fount, source, origin, spring. The word inspiration (in-spire) is a good example of the concept of piercing-the-veil.
“Now the summit (of Acrocorinthus) has a small temple of Aphrodite; and below the summit is the spring Peirene, which, although it has no overflow, is always full of transparent, potable water . . . And here, they say, Pegasus, a winged horse which sprang from the neck of the Gorgon Medusa when her head was cut off, was caught while drinking by Bellerophon. And the same horse, it is said, caused Hippucrene (“Horse’s Spring”) to spring up on Helicon when he struck with his hoof the rock that lay below that mountain.”
(Strabo. The Geography of Strabo Vol. 4 (8. 6. 20), translated by Horace Leonard Jones (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1924) 195.)
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0198:book=8:chapter=6&highlight=pegasus )
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/8F*.html
A Gorgon is a monster sometimes featured on Corinthian coins instead of Athena. The Gorgon is symbolic of Athena and appears on the Goddess’s shield. Pegasus is said to have emerged from the neck of the beheaded Gorgon, Medusa.
Note the letters Τ−Π−Ι−Η on the Gorgon side, literally “stretch/extend unified divine-power center.”
Sometimes, instead of Athena, a “quadripartite incuse square” is featured on Corinthian coins. Quadripartite means divided into or consisting of four parts. Incuse means hammered or stamped in (image).
The meaning of the four-part square is not clear, however, squares consist of 90-degree angles and the letter Ϙ is the numeral 90. (A 90-degree angle is a right-angle.)
Several Latin words beginning with the letter Q pertain to the number four, as in quad-.
Note the four different directions indicated within the four sections of the square: up, right, down, left.
Note the four-part squared symbol.
Coins are featured on the website: CoinProject.com
http://coinproject.com/search_city_result.php?city=Corinth®ion=CORINTHIA&
CONSTELLATION PEGASOS, EQUINOX, APHRODITE, ANKH
The constellation Pegasus is best visible during the month of October, the month immediately following the fall equinox, when nighttime hours first exceed daylight hours, enabling better viewing of the stars which pierce-the-veil of the night sky.
http://www.topastronomer.com/StarCharts/Constellations/Pegasus.php
It is of interest to note that the symbol for the constellation Libra/The Balance, (September-October), which coincides with the appearance of the constellation Pegasus (and coincides with or follows the autumn equinox), is somewhat similar in appearance to the letter Ϙ.
Symbol for the constellation Libra/The Balance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Libra.svg
The constellation Libra is ruled by the planet Venus (Aphrodite), whose symbol is also similar to the letter Ϙ. Note that Aphrodite is the immortal Goddess associated with sexual intercourse, piercing-the-veil of the hymen.
Symbol for the planet Venus (Aphrodite) resembles the letter Ϙ . http://www.universetoday.com/66485/venus-planet-symbol/
Also resembling the letter Ϙ, the symbol for Venus/Aphrodite is very similar to the ankh, the Egyptian hieroglyph for life. One explanation for the meaning of the ankh is the union of the female (the top circular portion) with the male (the lower linear portion.)
Ankh, Egyptian hieroglyph for life resembles the letter Ϙ.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankh
The letter Ϙ means “piercing-the-veil.”
It follows the letter "Pi." Similarly, the letter Q follows the letter "P" in the English alphabet.
The “veil” may pertain to fabric, a veil of ignorance, a veil of separateness, a veil of land, the veil of the sky, the veil of night, or the veil of virginity (the hymen).
A NEEDLE
Ϙ is equated with the Phoenician letter , which is described by some scholars as meaning needle-head, or the eye-of-the-needle.
Ϙ is equated with the Hebrew letter ק which is also interpreted as meaning eye-of-the-needle.
Ancient needles circa 17,000-14,000 BCE.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Aiguille_os_246.1_Global.jpg
A needle for hand sewing has a hole, called the eye, at the blunt end to carry thread or cord through the fabric after the pointed end pierces it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewing_needle
QUESTIONS
Questions pierce the veil of ignorance.
The letter Ϙ is transliterated into Latin as the letter Q.
Q is the first letter in many Latin words that have to do with queries and explanations. The Latin quo is defined by Cassell’s as meaning where? to what place? whither? how far? to what extent? to what end? because, whereby.
(Cassel’s Latin and English Dictionary, compiled by D. P. Simpson (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1963, 1987) 189.)
Consistent with Q having to do with queries, one version of the Greek letter Ϙ resembles a backward question mark (?).
WINE CUP
The only word in the Lexicon featuring the letter Ϙ is kuliks (κύλιξ), also spelled quluiks ([ϟ]ύλυιξ), which means cup, especially a wine-cup.
Devotees of the immortal God Dionysos/Bacchos believed that drinking wine helped pierce the veil that separated them from the deity.
QORINTHIAN ISTHMUS
Interestingly, no other words are offered in the Lexicon that begin with the letter Ϙ , even though Ϙ is the well-documented first letter in the archaic spelling of Corinth, Qorinthos (Ϙόρινθος), a major port city in Greece and the location of the isthmus of Corinth, a thin stretch of land separating two seas. A famous overland passage helped ships pierce-the-veil of the Corinthian isthmus.
Corinth. http://8170.pbworks.com/w/page/37864131/Corinth
The Diolkos (Δίολκος, from the Greek διά, dia "across" and ὁλκός, holkos "portage") was a paved trackway near Corinth in Ancient Greece which enabled boats to be moved overland across—piercing the veil of--the Isthmus of Corinth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diolkos
Today, ships traverse the isthmus via a canal.
Canal of Corinth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diolkos
Isthmus of Qorinth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Isthmus_of_Corinth.svg
QORINTHIAN COINS: ATHENA, PEGASUS, MEDUSA, SQUARE
The letter Ϙ is featured on many archaic Qorinthian coins (circa 550 BCE) beneath an image of the flying horse, Peegasos (Πήγᾰσος), Pegasus, with Athena on the other side. Pausanias says that Athena broke in and bridled Pegasos.
“For Athena, they say, was the divinity who gave most help to Bellerophontes [king of Corinth], and she delivered to him Pegasus, having herself broken in and bridled him.”
(Pausanias. Description of Greece 2.4.1, translated by W. H. S. Jones and H. A. Omerod, Loeb Classical Library (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1918.) http://www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias2A.html#4
This vase fragment depicts the winged horse Pegasos by the Peirene spring of Korinthos. Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, USA Catalogue Number: Tampa 86.104, Apulian Red Figure Bell krater, circa 360 - 350 BCE. http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/P29.1.html
Peegasos (Πήγᾰσος) is associated with springs of inspiration. Note that peegee (πηγή), the basis for the name Peegasos, means fount, source, origin, spring. The word inspiration (in-spire) is a good example of the concept of piercing-the-veil.
“Now the summit (of Acrocorinthus) has a small temple of Aphrodite; and below the summit is the spring Peirene, which, although it has no overflow, is always full of transparent, potable water . . . And here, they say, Pegasus, a winged horse which sprang from the neck of the Gorgon Medusa when her head was cut off, was caught while drinking by Bellerophon. And the same horse, it is said, caused Hippucrene (“Horse’s Spring”) to spring up on Helicon when he struck with his hoof the rock that lay below that mountain.”
(Strabo. The Geography of Strabo Vol. 4 (8. 6. 20), translated by Horace Leonard Jones (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1924) 195.)
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0198:book=8:chapter=6&highlight=pegasus )
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/8F*.html
A Gorgon is a monster sometimes featured on Corinthian coins instead of Athena. The Gorgon is symbolic of Athena and appears on the Goddess’s shield. Pegasus is said to have emerged from the neck of the beheaded Gorgon, Medusa.
Note the letters Τ−Π−Ι−Η on the Gorgon side, literally “stretch/extend unified divine-power center.”
Sometimes, instead of Athena, a “quadripartite incuse square” is featured on Corinthian coins. Quadripartite means divided into or consisting of four parts. Incuse means hammered or stamped in (image).
The meaning of the four-part square is not clear, however, squares consist of 90-degree angles and the letter Ϙ is the numeral 90. (A 90-degree angle is a right-angle.)
Several Latin words beginning with the letter Q pertain to the number four, as in quad-.
Note the four different directions indicated within the four sections of the square: up, right, down, left.
Note the four-part squared symbol.
Coins are featured on the website: CoinProject.com
http://coinproject.com/search_city_result.php?city=Corinth®ion=CORINTHIA&
CONSTELLATION PEGASOS, EQUINOX, APHRODITE, ANKH
The constellation Pegasus is best visible during the month of October, the month immediately following the fall equinox, when nighttime hours first exceed daylight hours, enabling better viewing of the stars which pierce-the-veil of the night sky.
http://www.topastronomer.com/StarCharts/Constellations/Pegasus.php
It is of interest to note that the symbol for the constellation Libra/The Balance, (September-October), which coincides with the appearance of the constellation Pegasus (and coincides with or follows the autumn equinox), is somewhat similar in appearance to the letter Ϙ.
Symbol for the constellation Libra/The Balance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Libra.svg
The constellation Libra is ruled by the planet Venus (Aphrodite), whose symbol is also similar to the letter Ϙ. Note that Aphrodite is the immortal Goddess associated with sexual intercourse, piercing-the-veil of the hymen.
Symbol for the planet Venus (Aphrodite) resembles the letter Ϙ . http://www.universetoday.com/66485/venus-planet-symbol/
Also resembling the letter Ϙ, the symbol for Venus/Aphrodite is very similar to the ankh, the Egyptian hieroglyph for life. One explanation for the meaning of the ankh is the union of the female (the top circular portion) with the male (the lower linear portion.)
Ankh, Egyptian hieroglyph for life resembles the letter Ϙ.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankh
