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• Theoi Greek Mythology
  ==[https://www.theoi.com/ Theoi Greek Mythology]== ...rits (daimones), fabulous [[creatures]] (theres) and [[heroes]] of ancient Greek mythology and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_Religion religio
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• Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
  ...in AD 1453. Its goal is to create a comprehensive digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era . Full access vailable only from three sp Canon of Greek Authors and Works.
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• Litany
  ...]; Anglo-French, from Late Latin litania, from Late Greek litaneia, from [[Greek]], entreaty, from litanos supplicant ...e Ancient Greek: λιτανεία (''litaneía''), which in turn comes from Ancient Greek: λιτή (''litê''), [[meaning]] "supplication".
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• Abyss
  ...os'', adjective, bottomless, from a- + ''byssos'' depth; perhaps akin to [[Greek]] ''bathys'' deep ...[[apocalyptic]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbala kabbalistic] [[literature]] and in the [[New Testament]] for [[hell]]; the place of punishment; in th
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• Didactic
  [[Greek]] ''didaktikos'', from ''didaskein'' to [[teach]] ...its [[origin]] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek Ancient Greek] word διδακτικός (''didaktikos''), "related to [[education]]/[[te
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• Melodrama
  modification of French mélodrame, from [[Greek]] melos song + French drame [[drama]], from Late [[Latin]] drama :b : the genre of dramatic [[literature]] constituted by such works
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• Dragons
  ....09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''torht'' bright, Greek ''derkesthai'' to see, look at ...derived from European [[folk]] [[traditions]] and ultimately related to [[Greek]] and Middle Eastern mythologies, and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch
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• Agape
  Late Latin, from [[Greek]] ''agapē'', [[literally]], [[love]] or ‘[[selfless]] love.’ ...[[ancient]] sources, including biblical authors and Christian [[authors]]. Greek philosophers at the time of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Plato] and
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• Parody
  [[Latin]] ''parodia'', from [[Greek]] ''parōidia'', from ''para''- + ''aidein'' to [[sing]] ...counter, or against) and -ode ([[song]], as in an ode). Thus, the original Greek word ''parodia'' has sometimes been taken to mean counter-song, an [[imitat
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• Oxford Classical Dictionary
  ...the Dictionary provides coverage of [[Greek]] and [[Roman]] [[history]], [[literature]], [[myth]], [[religion]], [[linguistics]], [[philosophy]], [[law]], [[scie ...]]. The [[text]] is written in an accessible style and all [[Latin]] and [[Greek]] [[words]] have been translated.
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• Prosopopoeia
  ...her person or object. The term literally derives from the [[Greek language|Greek]] roots meaning "a face, a person, to make". [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
  ...[morals]]; [[law]] and punishment; social and family life; [[language]], [[literature]], and [[art]]; [[religion]] and [[mythology]]; [[technology]], [[science]]
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• Who's Who in the Classical World
  ...graphy]], covering [[Greek]] and [[Roman]] [[history]] and [[politics]], [[literature]], [[philosophy]], [[science]], and [[art]]. Shorter entries provide lucid
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• Epistle
  ...Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] ''epistula'', ''epistola'' [[letter]], from [[Greek]] ''epistolē'' [[message]], letter, from ''epistellein'' to send to, from An '''epistle''', [[Greek]] ἐπιστολή, ''epistolē'', 'letter') is a [[writing]] directed or
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• Orphan
  ...HE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Late Latin orphanus, from [[Greek]] orphanos; akin to Old High German erbi inheritance, [[Latin]] orbus orpha An '''orphan''' (from the Greek ὀρφανός) is a [[child]] permanently bereaved of his or her [[parent
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• Agnosticism
  [[Greek]] ''agnōstos'' [[unknown]], unknowable, from ''a''- + ''gnōstos'' known, ...[mystical]] [[knowledge]]. Early [[Christian]] church [[leaders]] used the Greek word ''gnosis'' (knowledge) to describe "[[spiritual]] [[knowledge]]." Agno
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• Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
  ...]. The dictionary covers key aspects of ancient Greek and Roman life and [[literature]], such as [[science]], social structure, [[philosophy]], and [[religion]],
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• Anthology
  New Latin ''anthologia'' collection of epigrams, from Middle Greek, from [[Greek]], flower gathering, from ''anthos'' flower + ''logia'' collecting, from '' ...hat has become known as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Anthology Greek Anthology].
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• Anathema
  Late Latin anathemat-, anathema, from [[Greek]], thing [[devoted]] to [[evil]], [[curse]], from anatithenai to set up, [[ ...the Hebrew word herem in such [[contexts]]. Thus, the [[meaning]] of the Greek word, under the [[influence]] of the [[Hebrew]] word, was eventually taken
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• Parnassus
  ...d countryside. According to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek mythology], this mountain was sacred to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apol .... There the survivors built another city, and called it Lykoreia, which in Greek means "the howling of the wolves." While [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orp
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• Aphorism
  Middle French ''aphorisme'', from Late Latin ''aphorismus'', from [[Greek]] ''aphorismos'' definition, aphorism, from ''aphorizein'' to define, from An '''aphorism''' (from [[Greek]] ἀφορισμός aphorismos, "delimitation") is a terse saying, [[expr
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• Phoenix
  ...om Classical Latin ''phoenīx''. The Classical Latin ''phoenīx'' represents Greek φοῖνιξ phoinīx. ...o be derived from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenaean_Greek Mycenaean Greek] ''po-ni-ke'', itself open to a variety of [[interpretations]].
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• Utopian
  ...by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Thomas_More Sir Thomas More], from [[Greek]] ou not, no + topos place ...reate an [[ideal]] [[society]], and [[fiction]]al societies portrayed in [[literature]]. It has spawned other [[concepts]], most prominently [https://en.wikipedi
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• Utopia
  ...y]] and [[ideal]] country in ''Utopia'' (1516) by Sir Thomas More, from [[Greek]] ou not, no + topos place ...listically [[possible]]. The English homophone Eutopia, derived from the [[Greek]] εὖ, "good" or "well", and τόπος, "place", signifies a double [[me
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• Anthropomorphism
  ...[[reason]] and [[converse]]. The term derives from the combination of the Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos), "human" and μορφή (morphē), "shape" ...ess human characteristics such as [[jealousy]], hatred, or [[love]]. The [[Greek]] gods, such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus Zeus] and [https://en.w
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• Syntax
  ...ate Latin; Middle French ''sintaxe'', from Late Latin ''syntaxis'', from [[Greek]], from ''syntassein'' to arrange [[together]], from ''syn''- + ''tassein'' ...], '''syntax''' (from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek Ancient Greek] σύνταξις "arrangement" from σύν ''syn'', "together", and τάξ
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• Alphabet
  ..._PERIOD Middle English] alphabete, from Late [[Latin]] alphabetum, from [[Greek]] alphabētos, from alpha + bēta beta * the same way as consonants, as in [[Greek]] (true alphabet)
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• Mimesis
  [[Mimesis]] (Ancient [[Greek]]: μίμησις from μιμεîσθαι) is a [[critical]] and [[philosop [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Satire
  ...origin (''satura tota nostra est''). He was [[aware]] of and commented on Greek satire, but at the time did not label it as such, although today the [[orig ...derivation of satire from ''satura'' properly has nothing to do with the [[Greek]] [[mythological]] figure [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyr satyr]. To Q
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• Pathos
  [[Greek]], [[suffering]], [[experience]], [[emotion]], from paschein (aor. pathein ...[[dramatic]] [[fashion]] that fails and ends up becoming comedy. Within [[literature]] and [[film]], pathetic occurrences in a plot are not to be confused with
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• Biography
  Late Greek ''biographia'', from [[Greek]] ''bi''- + -''graphia'' -''graphy'' ...l coverage is called [[legacy]] writing. Works in diverse [[media]]—from [[literature]] to [[film]]—form the genre known as biography.
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• Bathos
  [[Greek]], [[literally]], depth ...is overt, it may be described as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlesque_(literature) Burlesque] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock-heroic mock-heroic]. It
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• Orthodox
  ...doxe, from Late [[Latin]] orthodoxus, from Late [[Greek]] orthodoxos, from Greek orth- + doxa [[opinion]] The word '''orthodox''', from [[Greek]] orthodoxos "having the right [[opinion]]", from orthos ("right", "true",
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• Satyrs
  ..._MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] ''satyrus'', from [[Greek]] ''satyros'' ...ed : a sylvan [[deity]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek mythology] having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Di
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• Comedy
  ...in ''comoedia'', from [[Latin]], [[drama]] with a [[happy]] ending, from [[Greek]] kōmōidia, from kōmos revel + aeidein to [[sing]] ...ed from κώμη, and originally meant a village revel. The adjective "comic" (Greek κωμικός kōmikós), which strictly means that which relates to comed
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• Dissertation
  The [[word]] "thesis" comes from the [[Greek]] θέσις, meaning "position", and refers to an [[intellectual]] [[propo ...) [[analysing]] the findings and discussing them in the [[context]] of the literature reviewed.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissertation]
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• Plagiarism
  ...]] ''plagiarius'' ‘kidnapper’ (from ''plagium'' ‘a [[kidnapping]],’ from [[Greek]] ''plagion'') + -[[ism]]. ...pean_root Indo-European root] *-''plak'', "to weave" (seen for instance in Greek ''plekein'', Bulgarian "плета" ''pleta'', Latin ''plectere'', all mean
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• Lament
  ...M. Austin, "The Lament and the Rhetoric of the Sublime" Nineteenth-Century Literature 53.3 (December 1998:279-306) traces the literary rhetoric evoking a voice c # Margaret Alexiou, Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition (Cambridge University Press) 1974
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• Archetype
  [[Latin]] archetypum, from [[Greek]] archetypon, from neuter of archetypos archetypal, from archein + typos ...ible [[things]] or types. Archetypes can be found in nearly all forms of [[literature]], with their motifs being predominantly rooted in [https://www.wikipedia.o
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• Allegory
  '''Allegory''' (from Greek: αλλος, allos, "other", and αγορευειν, agoreuein, "to speak i ...ries of modern [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_(literature) paradox literature]. In this [[perspective]], the characters in a "naive" allegory are not ful
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• Archaic
  French or [[Greek]]; French archaïque, from Greek archaïkos, from archaios ...to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Greece classical period of Greek culture]
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• Idiom
  ...te Latin ''idioma'' [[individual]] [[peculiarity]] of [[language]], from [[Greek]] ''idiōmat''-, ''idiōma'', from ''idiousthai'' to appropriate, from ''id ...f. [[Greek]]: ἰδίωμα – ''idiōma'', "special feature, special phrasing", f. Greek: ἴδιος – ''idios'', "one’s own") is an [[expression]], [[word]],
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• Silva Rhetorica
  ...rest (the big picture) of rhetoric because of the trees (the hundreds of [[Greek]] and [[Latin]] terms naming figures of speech, etc.) within rhetoric. [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Dialect
  Middle French dialecte, from [[Latin]] dialectus, from [[Greek]] dialektos conversation, dialect, from dialegesthai to converse — more a ...g [[together]] with them a single language <the Doric dialect of ancient [[Greek]]>
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• Classics
  ...field of study in the humanities. The word "Classics" also refers to the literature of that period. ...ranking their cultural work. The word they used was ''[[canon]]''; ancient Greek for a carpenter's rule. Moreover, early [[Christianity|Christian]] Church F
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• Thesis
  The term "thesis" comes from the [[Greek]] θέσις, [[meaning]] "something put forth", and refers to an [[intelle ...of a foot, [[literally]], act of laying down; in other senses, Latin, from Greek, literally, act of laying down, from ''tithenai'' to put, lay down
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• Nymph
  ...le English]: from Old French ''nimphe'', from [[Latin]] ''nympha'', from [[Greek]] ''numphē'' ‘nymph, bride’; related to Latin ''nubere'' ‘be the [[w The Greek word νύμφη has "bride" and "veiled" among its [[meanings]]: hence a ma
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• Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
  neuter plural of Greek pseudepigraphos ‘with false title’ ...r attributed it to a figure of the past. The word pseudepigrapha (from the Greek: ψευδής, pseudes, "false" and ἐπιγραφή, epigraphē, "name" o
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• Dilemma
  A '''dilemma''' (Greek δί-λημμα "double proposition") is a problem offering at least two so '''Scylla''' and '''Charybdis''' are two sea monsters of [[Greek]] [[mythology]] who were situated on opposite sides of the [[Strait of Mess
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• Sarcasm
  French or Late Latin; French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmos, from [[Greek]] sarkasmos, from sarkazein to tear [[flesh]], bite the lips in [[rage]], s ...'to tear flesh, gnash the teeth, speak bitterly'.[9] However, the ancient Greek word for the rhetorical concept of taunting was instead χλευασμός
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• New Testament
  ...The New Testament is sometimes called the '''Greek New Testament''' or '''Greek Scriptures''', or the ''New Covenant''. ...ks Aramaic in it, the New Testament (including the Gospels) was written in Greek because that was the [[lingua franca]] of the eastern half of the Roman Emp
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• King James Bible
  ...e. The intention was to provide a single English language Bible founded on Greek and Hebrew originals which would be used throughout the whole Church. It is [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Scribes
  ...om [[Latin]] scriba official [[writer]], from scribere to write; akin to [[Greek]] skariphasthai to scratch an [[outline]] [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Vulnerable
  ...ound, from vulner-, vulnus wound; probably akin to Latin vellere to pluck, Greek oulē wound ...found in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_management risk management] [[literature]] (Peacock and Ragsdale 1997; Anderson and Woodrow 1998; Alwang, Siegel et
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• Paraphrase
  Middle French, from [[Latin]] ''paraphrasis'', from [[Greek]], from ''paraphrazein'' to paraphrase, from ''para''- + ''phrazein'' to [[ .... The term "paraphrase" derives via the [[Latin]] "paraphrasis" from the [[Greek]] <<παράφραση>>, meaning "additional [[manner]] of [[expression]]"
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• Obsession
  In 19th century psychiatry, '''monomania''' (from Greek monos, one, and mania, mania) is a single pathological preoccupation in an ...is used often in the description of disorders, and is employed widely in [[literature]] and everyday [[English]].
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• Triad
  Latin triad-, trias, from [[Greek]], from treis [[three]] *4. In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh-language_literature Welsh literature]: A [[form]] of [[composition]] characterized by an arrangement of subjects
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• Phonaesthetics
  '''Phonaesthetics''' (from the Greek: φωνή, phōnē, "[[voice]]-[[sound]]"; and αἰσθητική, aisthē [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Tone
  ==Literature== ...one of a piece of work can be found in many ways. Without tone, a piece of literature would evoke no emotion, and may seem very dull. It would likely be an offic
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• Sanskrit
  ...culture]]s of South]] and Southeast Asia] is akin to that of [[Latin]] and Greek in Europe and it has significantly influenced most modern languages of Nepa The corpus of Sanskrit [[literature]] encompasses a rich tradition of poetry and drama as well as scientific, t
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• Tragedy
  ...ual]] events. Goats were traditionally sacrificed, and as a precursor, the Greek Chorus would sing a song of sacrifice-- a "Goat Song". This may also refer ...s a cry of horror or a yearning lament at some irredeemable loss. In those Greek festivals there erupts what one might call a sentimental tendency in [[natu
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• Epic
  [[Latin]] epicus, from [[Greek]] epikos, from epos [[word]], [[speech]], [[poem]] — more at [[voice]] An epic (from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek Ancient Greek] adjective ἐπικός (epikos), from ἔπος (epos) "[[word]], [[story
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• Topography
  ...H_PERIOD Middle English] topographie, from Late Latin topographia, from [[Greek]], from topographein to describe a place, from topos place + graphein to [ ...]] τόπος (topos, place) and γραφία (graphia, writing). In [[classical]] [[literature]] this refers to [[writing]] about a place or places, what is now largely c
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• Macrocosm and Microcosm
  '''Macrocosm and microcosm''' is an ancient [[Greek philosophy|Greek]] schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the [[cos ...3bc;&#x03b9;&#x03ba;&#x03c1;&#x03bf;- "Micro-", which are [[Greek language|Greek]] respectively for "large" and "small", and the word [[Cosmos|&#x03ba;&#x1f
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• Socratic
  '''Socratic''' [[dialogue]] (Greek Σωκρατικός λόγος or Σωκρατικός διάλογος) i [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Public speaking
  ...ce of orators in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece ancient Greek] city-states. In classical Greece and Rome, the main component was [[rhetor ...s taught. Though Greece [[eventually]] lost political [[sovereignty]], the Greek culture of [[training]] in public speaking was adopted virtually wholesale
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• Theme
  ...eme, from Anglo-French & [[Latin]]; Anglo-French, from Latin thema, from [[Greek]], [[literally]], something laid down, from tithenai to place The term theme may be used in the same way to refer to works of [[literature]]. A theme is the main [[idea]], or [[message]], of an essay, paragraph, or
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• Theognis
  '''Theognis of Megara''' (fl. 6th century BC) was an ancient Greek [[poet]]. More than half of the extant [[elegiac]] poetry of Greece before ...asis'') and all it implied in the tense [[city-state]] life of the ancient Greek.
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• Latin
  ...hed to word stems. The Latin alphabet, derived from the [[Etruscan]] and [[Greek]] [[alphabets]] (''each of which is derived from the earlier [[Phoenician]] ...grammar, and secondary schools throughout the world, often combined with [[Greek]] in the study of [[Classics]]; but its role has diminished since the early
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• Myth
  '''Myth''' is derived from the [[Greek]] word ''mythos'', which means "word of mouth." [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Cain and Abel
  ...bic: قابيل) and Habil (Arabic: هابيل) are used in other sources of Islamic literature. In the [[Greek]] [[New Testament]], Cain is referred to as εκ του πονηρου. [3]
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• Anecdote
  French, from [[Greek]] ''anekdota'' unpublished items, from neuter plural of ''anekdotos'' unpub The word 'anecdote'is an amusing short story (in Greek: "unpublished", [[literally]] "not given out") comes from [https://en.wikip
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• 195:0 After Pentecost
  ...aul]] carried the [[Christian]] [[message]] to the [[gentiles]], and the [[Greek]] [[believers]] carried it to the whole [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma ...the [[inheritance]] of great accomplishments in [[philosophy]], [[art]], [[literature]], and [[political]] [[progress]]. But with all these achievements they had
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• Corpora
  * Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (Ancient Greek) * Electronic Text Corpus of [[Sumerian]] Literature
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• Aesthetics
  ...from the German ästhetisch or the French esthétique, both derived from the Greek αισθητικός (aisthetikos) "esthetic-sensitive-sentient", from αί ...have rightly noticed that only the eighteenth century produced a type of [[literature]] in which [[The Arts|the various arts]] were compared with each other and
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• Primary Corpus
  #[https://www.indigenouspeople.net/ '''''Indigenous People's Literature'''''] ...ampbelld/amlit/nativebib.htm '''''Selected Bibliography of Native American Literature''''']
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• Hermit
  Often, both in religious and [[secular]] [[literature]], the term "hermit" is also used loosely for any Christian living a seclud
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• Papyrus
  ...1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], via [[Latin]] from Greek ''papuros'' — see also [[paper]] ...los] said to derive from the name of the Phoenician city of Byblos). The [[Greek]] writer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophrastus Theophrastus], who flo
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• Rhyme
  ...atively, the Old French words may derive from [[Latin]] ''rhythmus'', from Greek ῥυθμός (''rhythmos'', [[rhythm]]). [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Sin
  ...o miss the target" which was also used in Old English archery.[4] In Koine Greek, which was spoken in the time of the New Testament, however, this translati # Liddell and Scott: Greek-English Lexicon 9th ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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• Hypocrisy
  ...English] ypocrisie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from [[Greek]] hypokrisis [[act]] of playing a part on the [[stage]], hypocrisy, from hy ...ting out", "coward" or "dissembling". The word ''hypocrite'' is from the [[Greek]] word ὑποκρίτης (hypokrites), the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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• The Arts
  Ancient Greek art saw a veneration of the human form and the development of equivalent sk * [[Language]], [[Literature]], [[Music]], [[Opera]], [[Painting]], [[Photography]], [[Poetry]], [[Sculp
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• Exoticism
  via [[Latin]] from [[Greek]] ''exōtikos'' ‘foreign,’ from ''exō'' ‘outside.’ ...pedia.org/wiki/Alden_Jones Alden Jones] defines exoticism in [[art]] and [[literature]] as the representation of one [[culture]] for consumption by another. Vict
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• Equanimity
  ...y]] (mudita). This list is identical to the four immeasurables in Buddhist literature. The Upeksha Yoga school foregrounds equanimity as the most important tenet *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatheia Apatheia] ([[Greek]]: ἀπάθεια) in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism Stoic philos
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• Fame
  ...else but is itself often symbolized in distinctive conventional ways in [[literature]]. ...iki/Indo-European_languages Indo-European] root kleu-, which also yields [[Greek]] kluo, “I hear,” klutos, “heard-of, famous,” Kleio (whence [[Latin
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• Hubris
  ==Ancient Greek origin== ...their [[laws]], especially in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_tragedy Greek tragedy], resulting in the protagonist's downfall.
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• 130:3 At Alexandria
  ...]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint Hebrew scriptures into Greek] at this place. And they [[discussed]] again and again all the religions of ...[[discover]] that the best of the [[authors]] of the world's [[sacred]] [[literature]] all more or less clearly recognized the [[existence]] of an [[eternal]] [
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• Art
  Ancient Greek art saw a veneration of the human form and the development of equivalent sk * [[Language]], [[Literature]], [[Music]], [[Opera]], [[Painting]], [[Photography]], [[Poetry]], [[Sculp
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• Euphemism
  [[Greek]] ''euphēmismos'', from ''euphēmos'' [[auspicious]], sounding [[good]], f [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Letter
  ...he [[time]] of ancient India, ancient Egypt and Sumer, through [[Rome]], [[Greek|Greece]] and China, up to the present day. Letters make up several of the [ [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Idiot
  ...o-French ''ydiote'', from [[Latin]] ''idiota'' [[ignorant]] person, from [[Greek]] ''idiōtēs'' one in a private station, layman, ignorant person, from ''i '''Idiot''' as a word derived from the [[Greek]] ἰδιώτης, idiōtēs ("person lacking [[professional]] [[skill]]",
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• Semitic
  modern Latin Sēmīta, < late [[Latin]] Sēm, [[Greek]] Σήμ Shem ...Noah in the Bible (Genesis 5.32, 6.10, 10.21), or more precisely from the Greek derivative of that name, namely Σημ (Sēm); the noun form referring to a
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• Phraseology
  New Latin ''phraseologia'', irregular from [[Greek]] ''phrasis'' + -''logia'' -logy ...] with partially or fully transferred [[meanings]] ("to kick the bucket", “Greek gift”, “drink till all's blue”, “drunk as a fiddler (drunk as a lor
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• Pseudepigrapha
  ...ibuted it to a figure of the past."[1] The word "pseudepigrapha" (from the Greek: ψευδής, pseudēs, "false" and ἐπιγραφή, epigraphē, "inscri ...a almost from the [[invention]] of full [[writing]]. For example ancient [[Greek]] [[authors]] often refer to [[texts]] which claimed to be by Orpheus or hi
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• Stasis
  New [[Latin]], from [[Greek]], act or condition of standing, stopping, from histasthai to stand The term '''stasis''' (from [[Greek]] στάσις "a standing still") may refer to a [[state]] of [[stability]
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• Destiny
  ...[[Theseus]] to be among the youths to be sacrificed to the Minotaur. Many Greek legends and tales teach the futility of trying to outmaneuver an inexorable ==Destiny in literature and popular culture==
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• Idolatry
  ...s. It is also not found in Greek literature. In the [[New Testament]], the Greek word is found only in the letters of Paul, 1 Peter, 1 John, and Revelation,
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• Zion
  ...tine]] which was the [[nucleus]] of [[Jerusalem]], from Late Latin, from [[Greek]] Seiōn, from [[Hebrew]] Ṣīyōn ...z is always pronounced [t͡s] (e.g. "zog" [t͡soːk]), hence Tsion in German literature. A tz would only be used if the preceding vowel is short, and hence use of
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• Commentary
  * Cameron, Alan. Greek Mythography in the Roman World. Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0195171 ...rome, Apology for Himself against the Books of Rufinus 1.16; Alan Cameron, Greek Mythography in the Roman World (Oxford University Press, 2004), p. 3.
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• Criticism
  The [[word]] '''critic''' comes from the Greek κριτικός (kritikós), "able to discern", which in turn derives from ...tic," used without qualification, most frequently refers to a [[scholar of literature|Philology]] or another [[art]] form. In other contexts, the term describes
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