The Banquet of the Rich Glutton name "Epulone" has been attached in Italy to the rich man, but also generically refers to a "feaster" (with pejorative gluttonous suggestion). The etymology of the word comes from a banquet sometime prepared in honor of the gods. The painting depicts a rich man after completion of his meal, with empty plates, surrounded by servants, while in the background, is the beggar Lazarus. The painting was purchased in 1895 from a Monte di Pietà, where such a painting would have resonated as both a "memento mori" and counsel towards charity. The painting would have been thematically antithetical to the still
Jesus (name) Jesus (name) Jesus (IPA: ) is a masculine given name derived from the name Iēsous (Greek: ), the Greek form of the Hebrew name Yeshua (Hebrew: ). As its roots lie in the name Yeshua, it is etymologically related to another biblical name, Joshua. "Jesus" remains extremely rare as a given name among the English-speaking world, even while it has had longstanding popularity among people with other language background, such as the Spanish Jesús or the Arabic Isa. The name Jesus is a Greco-Roman derivation of the Hebrew name Yeshua, which is based on the Semitic root "y-š-ʕ" (Hebrew: ),