Headache and dizziness (1)

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A Greek word for headache and dizziness, attested since Aristotelian Problems is karos, which has no Greek etymology. The word has a quite simple sequence of phonemes, but in Akkadian kâru means “to be dizzy,” and in Aramaic karah, “to be ill”. One can imagine that the term came to the Greeks with the eastern banqueting fashions, especially the introduction of couches on which to recline (klinai) in place of chairs, which is distinctive of the Greek symposium since the end of the seventh century.

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Amar Annus

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