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• Apocrypha
  ...ate Latin, neuter plural of ''apocryphus'' [[secret]], not canonical, from Greek ''apokryphos'' obscure, from ''apokryptein'' to hide away, from ''apo''- +
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• Narcissism
  ...g "[[sleep]], numbness," in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek mythology] was a hunter from the territory of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wik ...essay, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Narcissism ''On Narcissism''. In Greek myth, Narcissus was a [[beautiful]] young man who rejected all [[potential]
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• Emphasis
  [[Latin]], from [[Greek]], exposition, emphasis, from emphainein to indicate, from en- + phainein t [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Dialectic
  ...] dialetik, from Anglo-French dialetiqe, from [[Latin]] dialectica, from [[Greek]] dialektikē, from [[feminine]] of dialektikos of [[conversation]], from d ...ki/Sophism Sophists] taught [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arete arête] ([[Greek]]: ἀρετή, [[quality]], excellence) as the highest [[value]], and the
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• Evangelism
  ...e]], and [[Gospel of John|John]] (also known as the Four Evangelists). The Greek word εὐαγγέλιον originally meant a reward for good news given to ...|Mark]] reveal a synonymous relationship between the verb euangelizo and a Greek verb "kerusso" which means "to proclaim"[1].
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• Symbols
  ...English]], from [[Old French]], from [[Latin]], from the [[Greek language|Greek]] σύμβολον (''sýmbolon'') from the root words συν- (''syn-'') m [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Ideograph
  An ideogram or '''ideograph''' (from [[Greek]] ἰδέα idea "[[idea]]" + γράφω grafo "to [[write]]") is a graphic [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Antithesis
  '''Antithesis''' ([[Greek]] for "setting opposite", from ἀντί "against" + θέσις "position") [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Chronicle
  ...nch ''cronicle'', variant of Old French ''cronique'', via [[Latin]] from [[Greek]] ''khronika'' ‘annals,’ from ''khronikos'' A '''chronicle''' (Latin: ''chronica'', from Greek χρονικά, from χρόνος, chronos, "[[time]]") is a historical acc
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• Biblical Apocrypha
  ...ction at the end of his [[Old Testament]], following English tradition. In Greek circles, however, these books are not traditionally called ''Apocrypha'', b ...[[Prayer of Manasses]]. Some Slavic Orthodox Bibles add [[2 Esdras]]; the Greek text of that book did not survive, however.
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• Eloquence
  The [[concept]] of eloquence dates to the ancient [[Greek]]s, [[Calliope]],(one of the nine daughters of [[Zeus]] and [[Mnemosyne]]) [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Pilgrims
  ...cient Egypt, Persia in the Mithraic period, India, China, and Japan. The [[Greek]] and Roman [[customs]] of consulting the gods at local [[oracles]], such a ==Literature==
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• Corpus
  ...Linguae Graecae] (Ancient Greek), * Electronic Text Corpus of [[Sumerian]] Literature, * Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, * Amarna letters, (for [[Akkadian]], E
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• Joke
  ...er Lover) gives us an [[insight]] into [[ancient]] [[humor]]. Written in [[Greek]] by Hierocles and Philagrius, it dates to the third or fourth century AD, [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Autobiography
  From the [[Greek]], αὐτός-''autos'' [[self]] + βίος-''bios'' [[life]] + γράφε [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Dichotomy
  ...plies directly when the term is used in [[mathematics]], [[philosophy]], [[literature]], or [[linguistics]]. For example, if there is a concept A, and it is spli
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• Preface/The Bhagavad Gita
  ...is reckoned as one of the "Five Jewels,"—pancharatnani—of [[Devanagiri]] [[literature]]. In plain but noble [[language]] it unfolds a [[philosophical]] [[system] ...ul recognition of the help derived from their labours, and because English literature would certainly be incomplete without possessing in popular form a poetical
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• Christ as Logos
  ...the conception that '''Christ''' is '''the ''Logos''''' (''λóγος'', the [[Greek]] for "word", "wisdom" or "reason") has been important in establishing the ...rd, and the Word was with [[God]], and the Word was God." In the original Greek, ''Logos'' is used, and in theological [[discourse]], this is often left un
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• Holy Grail
  ...derivative of ''crater'' or ''cratus'' which was, in turn, borrowed from [[Greek]] ''krater'' (a two-handed shallow cup). Alternate suggestions include a de ...ant theme of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthurian_literature Arthurian literature]. A grail, wondrous but not explicitly "[[holy]]," first appears in ''[http
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• Noah
  ...וֹחַ, Modern Noaẖ, Tiberian Nōăḥ; Syriac: Nukh; Arabic: نُوح‎ Nūḥ; Ancient Greek: Νῶε), was the tenth and last of the pre-flood Patriarchs. The story of ...]], 1st Peter and 2nd Peter. He was the subject of much elaboration in the literature of later Abrahamic religions, including the Quran (Sura 71).
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