"Latro"

David Stockhoff · 21 Apr 2015, 22:38 · from 2015-April.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 18:38:17 -0400
Subject: (urth) "Latro"
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I just encountered a new word---that is, a word that's new to me. Not, 
I'm sure, to this forum. The Greek root is only part of it, though its 
similarity to "Latro" is new to me too.

I'll just quote from the Wiki and let people draw their own conclusions 
about Latro's name in the context of Wolfe's theories about gods and God.

*Monolatrism or monolatry* (Greek: ????? (monos) = single, and ??????? 
(latreia) = worship) is the recognition of the existence of many gods, 
but with the consistent worship of only one deity.

An example given is Akhenaten's heresy, Atenism.

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