If I recall my classics coursews correctly,"hybris" was chosen as a
spelling because the "y" approximates the Greek upsilon.

John Dendy

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From: Bernard L. Fontana
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George:  You'll find entries for "hybris," with sources and dates
attached, in the Oxford English Dictionary.  One of these givesd the
original Greek version as well.
    B. Fontana

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From: George  <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Myers
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Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 1:40 PM
Subject: dactyl Hercules and brave Achilles

I've come across this a number of times and I noticed that that list
servers are at "hubris" Interenet address and in the interest of having
read it spelled "hybris" in a Harvard University publication (and every
time I see a virus with it's name) here is a poem:

APOLLO

"On the temple of his sacred precinct at Delphi were inscribed the
precepts of Apollo:

Curb thy spirit.
Observe the limit.
Hate hybris.
Keep a reverent tongue.
Fear authority.
Bow before the devine.
Glory not in strength.
Keep woman under rule."

"Purposes of Art" - "Chapter 3 'Images of Gods," - pps. 39-40, Albert E.
Elsen, Indiana University, Library of Congress Number :67-10266.

Has anyone else seen the alternative spellings of "hubris" and can
explain why it used sometimes both ways?

(Britannica states Dactyl Hercules (not the famous one) a gnome or
wizard started the Olympics at the end of the "Hercules" entry. Perhaps
he came from one of those submerged cities out off the delta of the Nile
that collapsed in an earthquake.)

George Myers