in the ancient world
2006-09-15 15:38:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The "Seven Seas" was a commonplace phrase in many ancient literatures before it was taken up by the Greeks and Romans; it appears in a translation of one of Enheduanna's hymns to Inanna (Hymn 8), written about 2300 BC in Sumer (Meador 2001). The number seven has ancient magic of its own in many traditions, informing many groupings of seven. "Seven" as an indefinite number remains for a long time synonymous with "several", as in the Greek Seven Seas", Hopkins 1923.
2006-09-15 15:45:16 · answer #1 · answered by Nickname 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some folks will tell you the seven seas are the Arctic, the Antarctic, the North and South Pacific, the North and the South Atlantic and the Indian Ocean. But the term was never meant to be taken literally.
The phrase was popularized by Rudyard Kipling who used it as the title of a volume of poems first published in 1896. Kipling himself said the term might be regarded as referring to the seven oceans (named above) even though it was a very old figurative name for all the waters of the world.
2006-09-15 15:42:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sinbad
2006-09-15 16:04:21 · answer #3 · answered by IthinkFramptonisstillahottie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sinbad the Sailor.
2006-09-15 15:49:24 · answer #4 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Several differnt people across the ages. Each individually and specialy named for it's personality.
2006-09-15 15:40:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
the guy who made that salad dressing
2006-09-15 16:53:35 · answer #6 · answered by hipichick777 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is certain not me.
2006-09-15 15:47:38 · answer #7 · answered by snyl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋