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Word: euthemius (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Peter the Athonite came first to Mount Athos in the 9th Century and lived there for 50 years, battling devils and beasts in a cave high above Homer's wine-dark sea. Then came Euthemius and Joseph, who sought eternal bliss by moving about on their hands and knees eating grass. All this was centuries after Xerxes' legions invaded Greece, and, of course, centuries before Nazi Panzer divisions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Flight from Mt. Athos | 7/13/1942 | See Source »

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