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2010 May 2010

Hmm. That's what they get for playing with pyr, I suppose.

Burning Down the House Lou Anders 2007

The name pyrophyllite comes from the Greek words pyr meaning fire and phyllon meaning leaf, a reference to the fact that it flakes when heated.

Talc 2008

The use of similar flaming concoctions as weapons and magic tricks (pyr automaton, or self-lighting fire) is described by many ancient authors.

Fiery Finery 1997

[Greek: andras men kteinoysi, polin de te pyr amathynei tekna de t 'alloi agoysi, bathyzônoys te gynaikas.]

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 Various

"[Greek: To pyr to aiônion: -- eis xôên aiônion.]"

The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1884 Various

The name was originally given to the sulphuret of iron, known as iron pyrites, in consequence of its striking fire with steel (from the Greek _pyr_, fire), and it was used for kindling powder in the pans of muskets before gun-flints were introduced.

Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 Various

All three passages are drawn from _Il_ XV 674-746, the description of how Ajax repulsed Hector's attempt to set the Greek ships afire, and in particular from 730-31 '[Greek: enth ar' ho g 'hestêkei dedokêmenos, encheï d' aiei/Trôas amyne neôn, hos tis pheroi akamaton pyr] '.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

It is warm vapour (pneuma), or fire, yet fire distinct from the element of this name; it is primitive fashioning fire (pyr technikon), God.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

It was the technic fire presiding over the genesis of the world; it was the Divine seminal principle from which all things were born (pyr technikon, Logos spermatikos).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913