[[themes]] *** > HERO'S *FIRST*-of-all [PIE [*per-](root-per-first.md)] DEED > [superlative initial] Eng./germanic: *First* | *For* one thing... | *former*, *fore-*, *before* | *foremost* feats Eng./romance: *paramount* | *premier* | *primary*, *prime* *primeaval*, *primogenitor*, *primordial*, *principle* ## Branches ### Greek > θηρός, ὃν **πάμπρωτον** [*per-] ἄθλων **κτεῖνά** ποτ᾽ ἐν Νεμέᾳ Of the beast that, **first**-of-all my labors, **I slew** long ago in Nemea {[[isthmian]]6.48} ### Indic > *yā́ni cakā́ra práthamāni* [*per-] which first(-est) he (Indra) did [[rv1.32.1]] ### Celtic > *é-seo dano cetgnim Aichil iarna geinemuin* This is moreover the first manly deed of Achilles after his birth {[[irish-achilleid]]§6} See also the Irish phrase *niacgnima* ("boyhood-deeds")