You live the way you greet

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W.B. Stanford, commentary on Homer, Odyssey 5.205:

Note how the Greek greeting wished ‘joy’,

the Roman ‘health’ or ‘strength’ (ave, salve, vale),

the  Jewish ‘peace’ (shalom),

typically of each nation’s history.

via Laudator Temporis Acti.

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2 thoughts on “You live the way you greet”

  2. Muy agudo. ¿Y Heil…? En cierto tiempo se impuso en el Reich alemán, a imitación del saludo romano. El nazismo copió (y aumentó) las versiones agresivas del Imperio romano.

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