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The pous (pl. podes; Greek: πούς, poús) or Greek foot (pl. feet) was a Greek unit of length. It had various subdivisions whose lengths varied by place...

The ancient Olympic Games (Ancient Greek: τὰ Ὀλύμπια, ta Olympia) were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of city-states and were...

that then ruled Judea. These successor states had Greek military settlements with an imported Greek elite, but generally did not over mix with the locals...

stadia, Greek: στάδιον; latinized as stadium), also anglicized as stade, was an ancient Greek unit of length, consisting of 600 Ancient Greek feet (podes)...

Cheshire acre = 10,240 square yards (8,560 m2) Stremma or Greek acre ≈ 10,000 square Greek feet, but now set at exactly 1,000 square metres (a similar unit...

Greek wrestling (Greek: πάλη, translit. pálē), also known as Ancient Greek wrestling and Pále (πάλη), was the most popular organized sport in Ancient Greece...

term "mile". The Byzantine pace (Greek: βῆμα, bḗma) was an adaption of the Roman step, a distance of 2½ Greek feet. The double pace (βῆμα διπλοῦν, bḗma...

telescopic instrument. The term stadia comes from a Greek unit of length Stadion (equal to 600 Greek feet, pous) which was the typical length of a sports...

imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet. Since an international agreement in 1959, the foot is defined as equal to...

new classical dictionary of Greek and Roman biography, mythology, and geography partly based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology...

ancient Greek and Latin poetry. The unit is composed of syllables, and is usually two, three, or four syllables in length. The most common feet in English...

Coroebus of Elis (Greek: Κόροιβος Ἠλεῖος, Kóroibos Ēleîos; Latin: Coroebus Eleus) was a Greek cook, baker, and athlete from Elis. He is remembered as...

pace (Greek: βήμα, bḗma) was an adaption of the Roman step, a distance of 2½ Greek feet. Similarly, the US customary pace is a distance of 2½ feet or 30...

Boy attributed to the Ancient Greek writer Philostratus. The Hindu god Brahma was aroused by the sight of Parvati's feet in the eighth-century text Skanda...

Latin mandatum meaning "command"), or Washing of the Saints' Feet, Washing of the Feet, or Pedelavium or Pedilavium, is a religious rite observed by...

Senior – Move Your Feet" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 10 June 2019. "Top 50 Singles Εβδομάδα 27/05 – 03/06" (in Greek). IFPI. Archived...

The stremma (pl. stremmata; Greek: στρέμμα, strémma) is unit of land area used mainly in Greece and Cyprus, equal to 1,000 square metres or approximately...

Empire, the Roman mile (Greek: μίλιον, mílion) was used beside the native Greek units as equivalent to 8 stadia of 600 Greek feet. The mílion continued...

million may also refer to: A Greek or Byzantine mile (Greek: μίλλιον), composed of 8 stades (furlongs) or 5000 Greek feet For the year 1,000,000 AD see...

arthropods with around 100 feet, or around 1000 feet) In many European languages there are two principal systems, taken from Latin and Greek, each with several...