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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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• 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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• Knight
  ...ver more idealistic and eventually giving rise to a new form of realism in literature popularised by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes Miguel de .../en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furusiyya furusiyya]'' in the Muslim world, and the Greek ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippeus hippeus]'' (ιππεύς) and the
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• Poetry
  '''Poetry''' (from the [[Greek]] "ποίησις", poiesis, a "making") is a [[form]] of [[literary]] [[ar [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Teleportation
  ...ch he suggested may be connected. As in the earlier usage, he joined the [[Greek]] prefix tele- (meaning "distant") to the root of the [[Latin]] verb ''port ...ical [[space]] between them. It is a common subject in [[science fiction]] literature, film, video games, and television.
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• Wyrd rhetoric
  ...transmission strategies, both complementary and orthogonal to deliberative/Greek rhetoric, become increasingly available and germane to compositional practi ...m as rhythms – the generation and interruption of patterns in time. In the Greek tradition, we find that music and rhetoric acquire consistency and practica
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• Climax
  Late [[Latin]], from [[Greek]] klimax, literally, ladder, from klinein to lean The climax of the [[greek]] plot line is when everything comes out. All the [[conflicts]] are at thei
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• Persona
  ...in the vein of "that through which the actor speaks", i.e. a mask (early [[Greek]] actors wore masks). ==In literature==
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• Etymology
  ...ish] ''ethimologie'', from Anglo-French, from Latin ''etymologia'', from [[Greek]], from ''etymon'' + -''logia'' -logy. From ''etumon'', neuter singular of ...who in 1782 observed the [[genetic]] relationship between [[Sanskrit]], [[Greek]] and [[Latin]]. Jones published his ''The Sanscrit Language'' in 1786, lay
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• Hope
  '''Hope''' was personified in Greek mythology as [[Elpis]]. When [[Pandora]] opened Pandora's Box, she let out ...ural, geographical utopias, and in multiple works of [[art]] ([[opera]], [[literature]], [[music]], [[dance]], [[film]]). For Bloch hope permeates everyday life
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• Real time
  ...limactic structure of classical [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_drama Greek drama]. [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Symbol
  ...uage by way of Middle English, from Old French, from [[Latin]], from the [[Greek]] σύμβολον (''sýmbolon'') from the root words συν- (''syn-'') m [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Galaxy
  ...s galaktikos, meaning "milky [[circle]]" for its appearance in the sky. In Greek [[mythology]], Zeus places his son born by a [[mortal]] woman, the infant H In the astronomical [[literature]], the capitalized word 'Galaxy' is used to refer to our galaxy, the [[Milk
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• Phrase
  [[Latin]] phrasis, from [[Greek]], from phrazein to point out, [[explain]], tell [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Dialogue
  ...]. The [[Etymology|etymological]] origins of the word (in [[Greek language|Greek]] διά (diá,through) + λόγος (logos,word,speech) concepts like ''fl ...a form of literature used by the [[Greek literature|Greeks]] and [[Indian literature|Indians]] for purposes of [[rhetoric]]al entertainment and instruction. Thi
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• Philology
  ...ctors are important as well. The term is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] terms ''philos'' (Φιλος) meaning love and ''logos'' (λογος) mea ...the term "philology" describes the study of a language together with its [[literature]] and the historical and cultural contexts that are indispensable for an un
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• Breakdown
  ...erred to as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taphonomy taphonomy] from the [[Greek]] word ''taphos'', meaning [[tomb]]. ...SM-IV DSM-IV] or ICD-10, and are nearly absent from current [[scientific]] literature regarding mental illness. Although "nervous breakdown" does not necessarily
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• Hebrew Bible
  ...the confessional terms Old Testament and Tanakh.The [[Society of Biblical Literature]]'s ''Handbook of Style'', which is the standard for major academic journal ...nt'', in Latin ''Vetus Testamentum'' (like ''Vetus Latina'' Old Latin), in Greek ''hē palaia diathēkē'' ( Παλαιὰ Διαθήκη, ''palaios'' gives
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• Decomposition Laya
  ...ributed [[consciousness]] of avatar-awareness. In wiki, the repetitions of Greek compositional theory (Aristedes' “art of combining rhythmic patterns,” ...twine on this warp and woof. Lewis Rowell (1979) suggests that in Indian [[literature]], cosmogenies also proceed cyclically (LINK TO REPETIOUS HISTORY/PERENNIAL
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• Reference
  In academic [[literature]], a reference is a previously published written work within academic [[pub ...r) and "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus Phosphorus]" (an ancient Greek name for the morning star) both refer to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ven
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• Literary theory
  ...literature]] and [[literary criticism]]. Its history begins with classical Greek [[poetics]] and [[rhetoric]] and includes, since the [[18th century]], [[ae ==Literary theory and literature==
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• Canon
  ...nonical''''' is an adjective derived from canon. ''Canon'' comes from the Greek word ''kanon'' "rule" (perhaps originally from ''kanna'' "reed", cognate to ==Literature and art==
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• Sophism
  The term sophism originated from [[Greek]] σόφισμα, sophisma, from σοφίζω, sophizo "I am [[wise]]"; con ..., [[ethics]], or household [[management]]). This was the term given to the Greek [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sages_of_Greece Seven Sages] of 7th an
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• New Testament Apocrypha
  The word "apocrypha" means "hidden writings" and comes from the [[Greek]] through [[Latin]]. The general term is usually applied to the books that [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Humanities
  ...ly the humanities include [[Languages|ancient and modern languages]] and [[literature]], [[history]], [[philosophy]], [[religion]], [[visual arts|visual]] and ...ess, the influence of classical ideas in humanities such as philosophy and literature remain strong.
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• Esotericism
  ...eksô'' meaning «the outside things». The probable first appearance of the Greek [[adjective]] ''esôterikos'' is in [[Lucian of Samosata]]'s "The Auction o ...uted its own esoteric imagery, notably the [[Holy Grail]] from [[Arthurian literature]].
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• Amen
  ...guages. According to a standard dictionary etymology, ''amen'' passed from Greek into Late Latin, and thence into English.[https://www.bartleby.com/61/75/A0 ...n the sayings of [[Jesus]]. These initial Amens are unparalleled in Hebrew literature, according to Friedrich Delitzsch, because they do not refer to the [[words
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• Dinosaurs
  ...tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Owen Richard Owen], and derives from [[Greek]] δεινός (deinos) "terrible, [[powerful]], wondrous" + σαῦρος ...popular preoccupation with dinosaurs has ensured their [[appearance]] in [[literature]], [[film]] and other [[media]]. Beginning in 1852 with a passing mention i
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• Theory
  ...assume from the outset that a given use of the term "theory" in academic [[literature]] or discourse is a [[reference]] to a scientific or empirically-based theo ...ory' is generally considered to derive from Greek θεωρία theoria (Jerome), Greek "contemplation, speculation", from θεωρός "[[Spectacle|spectator]]",
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• Parable
  ...e" comes from the Greek "''παραβολή''" (''parabolē''), the name given by [[Greek]] [[Rhetoric|rhetorician]]s to any fictive illustration in the form of a br [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Metaphor
  ...enhance the description of the first. This device is known for usage in [[literature]], especially in [[poetry]], where with few words, emotions and association ...hor" is sometimes used as a euphemism for knowing little about rhetoric or literature. Of course, someone truly versed in rhetoric understands that there is very
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• Astrology
  # David Frawley. "The Vedic Literature of Ancient India and Its Many Secrets". Retrieved April 13, 2009.
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• Gilgamesh
  ...er in the ''[[Epic of Gilgamesh]]'' - one of the best known works of early literature, which says that his mother was [[Ninsun]] (whom some call Rimat Ninsun), a ...otagonist in the ''Epic of Gilgamesh''. The name Gilgamesh appears once in Greek, as "Gilgamos". The story is a variant of the [[Perseus]] myth: The King of
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• Darkness
  ...emotion]]al response to an absence of light has inspired [[metaphor]] in [[literature]], [[symbolism]] in [[art]], and emphasis. ...t are doomed to “burning despair and ice-cold darkness.” (Nab 78.25)[4] In Greek Mythology, three layers of night surround Tartarus,[5] a place for the wors
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• Oral Tradition
  ...s without a [[writing system]]. An example that combined aspects of [[oral literature]] and [[oral history]], before eventually being set down in writing, is the ...al [[musical composition|composition]]-in-performance. "The meaning of the Greek term 'rhapsodize', ''rhapsoidein'', 'to stitch song together' became ominou
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• Guilt
  ...y. The [[Latin]] word for guilt is culpa, a word sometimes seen in [[law]] literature, for instance in mea culpa meaning "my fault (guilt)". ==In literature==
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• Essence
  ...retain its identity. The concept originates with Aristotle, who used the Greek expression ''to ti ên einai'', literally 'the what it was to be', or somet ...se'', "to be") by ancient Roman scholars in order to translate the Ancient Greek phrase ''to ti ēn einai'' (literally, "what it is for a thing to be"), coi
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• Humanity
  ...ly the humanities include [[Languages|ancient and modern languages]] and [[literature]], [[history]], [[philosophy]], [[religion]], [[visual arts|visual]] and ...ure]], as well as performing arts such as [[theatre]] and [[dance]], and [[literature]]. Other humanities such as language are sometimes considered to be part o
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• Intellectual
  ===Greek usage of the expression=== ...to a more specialised meaning, as one who made his living by writing about literature - usually not creative writers as such, but rather [[essay]]ists, [[journal
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• English
  ...ceful and prosperous kingdom. Encourages [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[culture]] and [[literature]]. Even marries Aethelred's widow Emma, brought over from Normandy ...ter a while, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is no longer kept up. Authors write literature in French, not English. For all practical purposes English is no longer a w
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• Gender
  ...'[[genre]]'' (type, kind, also '':fr:genre sexuel'') and is related to the Greek root ''gen-'' (to produce), appearing in ''[[gene]]'', ''[[genesis]]'', and ...assumed to be of the feminine '''gender''' — [[Henry James]], ''Essays on Literature''.
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• Languages and Literature
  ...the world and which has hundreds of songs sung in it, and a vast amount of literature written in it. [[The Stone City]], for example, was originally written in E ==Literature==
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• Mythology
  The [[word]] '''''mythology''''' (from Greek ''μυθολογία'' From the Ancient Greek μυθολογία ''mythología'', [[meaning]] "a story-telling, a legenda ...e Christian era, the Greco-Roman world had started to use the term "myth" (Greek μῦθος, ''muthos'') to mean "fable, fiction, lie"; as a result, early
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• Satan
  ...Tiberian Hebrew, סטנא ''Sāṭānā'' in Aramaic, Σατανάς ''Satanás'' in Koine Greek, شيطان ''Šeytân'' in Persian, شيطان ''Šayṭān'' in Arabic,'S In the [[apocryphal]] [[literature]], Satan rules over a host of angels.Mastema, who induced God to test Abrah
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• Pedagogy
  ...s://pedagogy.dukejournals.org/ ''Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, Culture'']
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• Narrative
  ...portant aspect of [[culture]]. Many works of [[art]], and most works of [[literature]], tell stories; indeed, most of the [[humanities]] involve stories. Stories are of ancient origin, existing in ancient Egyptian, Greek, Chinese and Indian [[culture]]s. Stories are also a ubiquitous component
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• Chance
  ==Ancient Greek== To many earlier Greek philosophers chance did not exist. One of the surviving fragments of Leucip
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• Heart
  ...and wings of a dove, which was associated with [[Aphrodite]], the ancient Greek goddess of love. [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Sincerity
  ...n [[idea]] reflected in [[manner]]isms, hairstyles, women's dress, and the literature of the time. ...f wax, which they offered up as tribute. These promptly melted in the warm Greek sun."[6]
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• Scripture
  * [https://www.helding.net/greeklatinaudio/greek/] MP3 Greek New Testament [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Semiotics
  The term, which was spelled semiotics (Greek: σημειωτικός, semeiotikos, an interpreter of signs), was first u ...ogy, and hence of general psychology. We shall call it semiology (from the Greek semeîon, 'sign'). It would investigate the nature of signs and the laws go
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• Tribe
  The [[English]] [[word]] tribe occurs in 13th century Middle English [[literature]] as referring to one of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Tribes_o ...and 31 "Rural Tribes"). The Latin word as used in the Bible translates as Greek [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyle phyle] "race, tribe, clan" and ultimat
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• Security
  The [[word]] security is derived from the Ancient [[Greek]] "Se-Cura" and literally translates to "without fear". 'Security' is there There is an immense [[literature]] on the [[analysis]] and categorisation of security. Part of the reason fo
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• Theology
  ...]] in The [[Republic]] (book ii, chap 18). The term is compounded from two Greek words <i>theos</i> (god) and <i>logos</i> (rational utterance). It has been ...ek]] origins, but was slowly given new senses when it was taken up in both Greek and [[Latin]] forms by Christian authors. It is the subsequent history of
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• Names
  ...[English]] (OE) nama; akin to Old High German (OHG) namo, Latin nomen, and Greek ὄνομα (onoma), possibly from the Proto-Indo-European language (PIE): *Matthews, Elaine; Hornblower, Simon; Fraser, Peter Marshall, Greek Personal Names: Their Value as Evidence, Proceedings of The British Academy
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• Allah
  ...her and the Son and the Holy Spirit, One God." The Syriac, [[Latin]] and [[Greek]] invocations do not have the words "One God" at the end. This addition was # Islam in Luce López Baralt, Spanish Literature: From the Middle Ages to the Present, Brill, 1992, p.25
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• Jealousy
  ...and further from Low [[Latin]] zelosus (full of zeal), in turn from the [[Greek]] word ζήλος (zēlos), sometimes "jealousy", but more often in a [[goo ...as not until the postclassical era that Latin borrowed the late and poetic Greek word ''zelotypia'' and the associated adjective ''zelosus''. It is from thi
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• Hermeneutics
  ...he interpretation of written [[texts]], especially texts in the areas of [[literature]], [[religion]] and [[law]]. Contemporary or modern hermeneutics encompasse ...sted that the Greek word root is etymologically related to the name of the Greek mythological deity Hermes, which is also of uncertain origin[8], but may be
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• Philistine
  ...from Old French ''Philistin'', from Late Latin ''Philistinus'', from Late Greek ''Philistinoi'', ...ionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. New York: Judaica Press, 1989., p.1185)
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• Chapter 1 - On the Way to Rome
  ====The Greek Worker and the Roman Foreman==== ...heaven was interested in the welfare of his children on earth, this young Greek, Anaxand, said:
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• Alchemy
  ...the root chem is not yet satisfactorily explained. In Chinese, Indian, and Greek texts alchemy is referred to as "the Art," or by terms indicating radical a ...ating of the liquid. Now, while sulphur is mentioned hundreds of times [in Greek alchemical texts], there is no allusion to any of its characteristic proper
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• Western Philosophy
  ...he sense of [[knowledge]] and the courage to act accordingly). The ancient Greek word for [[wisdom]] was probably related to ideas about [[universal proposi ...ction of the terms "philosopher" and "philosophy" has been ascribed to the Greek thinker [[Pythagoras]] (see [[Diogenes Laertius]]: "De vita et moribus phil
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• Anonymous
  '''Anonymity''' is derived from the [[Greek]] [[word]] ανωνυμία, [[meaning]] "without a name" or "namelessness" ...essary to create a type of pseudo-identification for that [[person]]. In [[literature]], the most common way to state that the identity of an author is unknown i
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• The Book of Revelation
  ...e]]. It is the only biblical book that is wholly composed of [[apocalyptic literature]]. ...lypse'' is often rendered as ''revelation'' and the literal meaning of the Greek word is "unveiling".) The former is found in [[Codex Sinaiticus]] and [[Cod
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• Gesture
  ...y are ubiquitous. Gestures have been documented in the [[arts]] such as in Greek vase paintings, Indian Miniatures or European [[paintings]]. [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Analogy
  In ancient [[Greek language|Greek]] the word ''αναλογια'' (''analogia'') originally meant [[Proportio Greek philosophers such as [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]] actually used a wider noti
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• The Sciences
  ...kin to [[Sanskrit]] {{transl|sa|''chyati''}}, he cuts off, [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] {{transl|grc|''schizein''}}, to split, Latin {{lang|la|''scindere''}}, to == Scientific literature ==
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• Telepathy
  '''Telepathy''', from the [[Greek language|Greek]] τελε, ''tele'' meaning "distant" and πάθεια, ''patheia'' meanin ===Literature===
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• African Philosophy
  ...hics|moral philosophy]], and [[political philosophy]], a great deal of the literature is taken up with a debate concerning the nature of African philosophy itsel ...a written language: “thousands of Socrates could never have given birth to Greek philosophy... so thousands of philosophers without written works could neve
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• Atlantis
  '''Atlantis''' (in [[Ancient Greek|Greek]], Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος}, "island of [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]] ...n ''Critias'' &mdash; would have made the strategy of the [[Ancient Greece|Greek civilization]] during their conflict with the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persians]
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• Art History
  .../ref> Whereas the analysis of historical trends in, for example, politics, literature, and the sciences, benefits from the clarity and portability of the written ...From them it is possible to trace the ideas of [[Xenokrates of Sicyon]], a Greek sculptor who was perhaps the first art historian. As a result, Pliny's wor
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• Intellectual History
  ...d in various ways, such as attacks on the merits of science, education, or literature. ...itary]] group as their position depended on their knowledge of writing and literature. After 200 B.C. the system of selection of candidates was influenced by [[C
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• Science
  ...to separate, akin to [[Sanskrit]] ''chyati'', he cuts off, [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] ''schizein'', to split, Latin ''scindere'', to split. [https://www.etymon == Scientific literature ==
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• Translation
  The [[art]] of translation is as old as written [[literature]]. Parts of the Sumerian [[Epic of Gilgamesh]], among the oldest known lite ...tion)—as contrasted with "paraphrase" ("a saying in other words," from the Greek "paraphrasis").[3] "Metaphrase" corresponds, in one of the more recent term
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• Eugenics
  The word ''eugenics'' derives from the Greek word ''eu'' (''good'' or ''well'') and the suffix ''-genēs'' (''born''), a ...ures overview of eugenics history and annotated bibliography of historical literature
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• Orality
  ...in the [[Iliad]] and the [[Odyssey]] had been ‘packaged’ by oral [[Greece|Greek]] society to meet its [[information management]] needs. These insights fir ...onro E. Edmonson. ''Lore: An Introduction to the Science of Folklore and Literature''. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, 1971, pp. 323, 332. While literacy
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• Adolf von Harnack
  ...He considered that from its earliest origins, [[Christian]] [[faith]] and Greek [[philosophy]] were so closely intermingled that the resultant system inclu ...continued writing. In 1893 he published a history of early [[Christian]] [[literature]] down to Eusebius of Caesarea, ''Geschichte der altkirchlichen Literatur b
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• Chakra
  There is a wide range of [[literature]] on the [[history]] and [[philosophy]] of chakras and, beside the traditio In [[Buddha|Buddhist]] literature the Sanskrit term ''cakra'' (Pali ''cakka'') is used in a different sense o
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• Novel
  ...of [[Heliodorus of Emesa|Heliodorus]] and [[Longus]] et al.). The ancient Greek romance was revived by [[Byzantine novel]]ists of the twelfth century. All ...to determine how much the early "romance" owed to [[ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] models and how much to northern folkloric verse epics such as [[Beowulf]]
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• Islamic philosophy
  ...centered around reconciling religion and reason, the latter exemplified by Greek philosophy. ...Islamic Philosophy#Falsafa|Falsafa]], that was founded on the reception of Greek thought.
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• History
  The word '''history''' is derived from the [[Ancient Greek]] ἱστορία, ''historía'', meaning "a learning or knowing by inquiry ...w, and that the human world was the result of the actions of human beings. Greek historians also viewed history as [[cyclical]], with events regularly reocc
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• Heresy
  ..., and [[Christians]] (see Acts 5:17, 24:5, 24:14, 26:5, 28:22). Neither in Greek nor in Hellenistic Jewish usage does the word have a negative, derogatory s ...ily to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnostics gnostics] but also to [[Greek]] and [[Jewish]] "sects." (The older meaning of "doctrinal opinion, receive
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• Paper 130 - On the Way to Rome
  ...While there he had labored much of the [[time]] on [[translations]] from [[Greek]] into one of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_languages languages ...which could seat twenty thousand persons, and that night they went to a [[Greek]] play at the [[theater]]. These were the first exhibitions of this sort Ga
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• Materialism
  ...invisible from the perspective of basic [[physics]]. A lot of vigorous [[literature]] has grown up around the relation between these views. Ancient [[Greek philosophy|Greek philosophers]] like Thales, [[Parmenides]], Anaxagoras, [[Democritus]], Epi
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• Irony
  '''Irony''' (from the Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία ''eironeía'', meaning hypocrisy, deception, or feigned i Ancient Greek [[drama]] was especially characterized by tragic irony because the audience
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• Social Sciences
  ...in the lore of other nations. J. T. Walbridge (1998). "Explaining Away the Greek Gods in Islam", ''Journal of the History of Ideas'' '''59''' (3), p. 389-40 ...[Ethnography]]. The word anthropos (άνθρωπος) is from the [[Greek language|Greek]] for "human being" or "person." [[Eric Wolf]] described sociocultural anth
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• Paper 195 - 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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• Happiness
  ...as an [[emotion]]. Happiness in this older sense was used to translate the Greek Eudaimonia, and is still used in [[virtue]] [[ethics]]. ...imate end of human existence consists in felicity (Latin equivalent to the Greek eudaimonia), or "blessed happiness", described by the thirteenth-century ph
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• Difference
  ...lready caught up in sensible [[metaphor]]s ("[[theory]]," for instance, in Greek, means "to [[vision|see]]"). [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Metaphysics
  The word derives from the Greek words ''μετά (metá)'' (meaning "beyond" or "after") and ''φυσικά ...m/index.php?term=metaphysics |title=Online Etymology Dictionary] While its Greek and Latin origins are clear, various dictionaries trace its first appearanc
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• Nazareth
  ...ted prior to 1931 in the Franciscan venerated area revealed "no trace of a Greek or Roman settlement" there,(R. Tonneau, ''Revue Biblique'' XL (1931), p. 55 ...r Nazareth is not spelled with the "z" sound (as one would expect from the Greek gospels but with the Hebrew [[tsade]] (thus "Nasareth" or "Natsareth").(M.
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• Heinrich Heine-Bk.1
  ...man language as the series of articles “On the History of More Recent Fine Literature in Germany.” The demands of the periodical press, its fiscal problems, th ...Church, you see nothing but dogmatic hair-splitting, a renewal of ancient Greek Sophism; in the latter, the history of the Occidental Church, you see nothi
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• Creativity
  Although popularly associated with [[art]] and [[literature]], it is also an essential part of innovation and invention and is importan ...n 60 different definitions of creativity can be found in the psychological literature, and it is beyond the scope of this article to list them all.
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• Nature
  ...s.fas.harvard.edu/pollux Greek Lexicon]''.) For later but still very early Greek uses of the term, see related below. The concept of nature as a whole, the ...d and celebrated by so much [[art]], [[photography]], [[poetry]] and other literature shows the strength with which many people associate nature and beauty. Why
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• Perfection
  ...rfectio" or the modern "perfection." To avoid the latter associations, the Greek term has generally been translated as "completeness" rather than "perfectio ...that number constitutes unity; a third is two; a half — three; two-thirds (Greek: dimoiron) is four; five-sixths (pentamoiron) is five; six is the perfect w
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• Prophecy
  ...[prophet]], and it has cognates in most European languages. The indigenous Greek prophētēs was a cultic functionary who "spoke for" a god; that is, the pr ...inology applied to intermediaries is often ambiguous or vague, as with the Greek term prophētēs, which at times denotes the oracular mouthpiece for divine
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• Thoughts & Comments: Paper 105
  ...own answers. It was not until 1,000 BC, that the best known work of Vedic Literature, the Satapatha-Brahmana, appeared in India. It contained the first "specula ...ny." Their tool was pure reason based upon observation; the results became Greek philosophy, of which, Frederick Copleston was to say, "This philosophy of t
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• Vision
  There were two major ancient Greek schools, providing a primitive explanation of how vision is carried out in For religious visions as a literary form, see [[apocalyptic literature]].
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• Oxford English Dictionary
  ...ronunciation, and etymology. It embraces not only the standard language of literature and conversation, whether current at the moment, or obsolete, or archaic, b ...netic Alphabet]]. Unlike the earlier edition, all foreign alphabets except Greek were transliterated.
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• Desire
  ...that desire for the mother creates neuroses in their sons. Freud used the Greek myth of Oedipus to argue that people desire incest and must repress that de ...e Subversion of the English Novel in E.M. Forster's Fiction (Sexuality and Literature) by Parminder Kaur Bakshi
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• Self Esteem
  ...teem has become the third most frequently occurring theme in psychological literature: as of 2003 over 25,000 articles, chapters, and [[books]] referred to the t ...teem and the advantages of more humility since at least the development of Greek tragedy, which typically showed the results of hubris.
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• Prayer
  ...''Typology of Prayer'' which lists six types of prayer: primitive, ritual, Greek cultural, philosophical, mystical and prophetic. (Christian theology ISBN 0 ...ble]], the [[New Testament]], most of the Church writings, and in rabbinic literature such as the [[Talmud]].
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• Atheism
  ...also ἀθεότης|ἀθεότης (atheotēs), "atheism". [[Cicero]] transliterated the Greek word into the [[Latin]] atheos. The term found frequent use in the debate b ...''negative'' and ''positive'' atheism have been used in the philosophical literature and (in a slightly different sense) in Catholic apologetics.[https://www.nd
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• Genesis
  '''Genesis''' בְּרֵאשִׁית, Greek: Γένεσις, meaning "birth", "creation", "cause", "beginning", "source ...phrase at Genesis 5:24 was the subject of much discussion in later Jewish literature, being taken by the rabbinic commentators to mean that Enoch did not die.
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• Urantia Book Etymology & Human Languages
  ...m-Paul, rise to universe status (Saul is Hebraic, of course, and Paul, the Greek form of the Latin Paulus). Indeed, all names and descriptions, no matter ho ...ps://archive.org/details/cyclopaediabibl07whitgoog Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature], Arno Press, NY 1969
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• Chapter 3/Amnesia Factor
  same thing as described in Eastern literature as the 'monad: or is From the Greek Agape it is learned that this is a Divine Love
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• Creation
  ...[universe]], or about how [[reality]] came to be. The word comes from the Greek ''κοσμογονία'' (or ''κοσμογενία''), from ''κόσμος ====Greek (Classical)====
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• Romance
  ...d as attachment, fascination, or enthusiasm for something or someone, in [[literature]] similar exaggerated [[narrative|narration]] is called romance. Greek philosophers and authors had many theories of love, some of which are prese
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• Books
  ...the first century BC with Latin literature that had been influenced by the Greek. ...ive compendium octo orationis partium, probably the first book entirely in Greek by Constantine Lascaris
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• Paper 95 - The Melchizedek Teachings in the Levant
  ...the Mesopotamian [[religious]] [[culture]] found its way into [[Hebrew]] [[literature]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgy liturgy] by way of [https://en ...phy]] of the [[Old Testament]] [[Book of Proverbs]]. [[Translated]] into [[Greek]], they gave color to all subsequent [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helleni
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• Reincarnation
  ...d Shaivism) and Jainism. The [[idea]] was also entertained by some ancient Greek philosophers. Many modern Neopagans also believe in reincarnation as do som ...particularly in the older Upanishads, in early Buddhism, and in some later literature."
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• Magic
  ...epticus 12'') who curses the Magians and others for their "impious rites." Greek ''magikos'' is attested from the 1st century [[Plutarch]], typically appear ...components, and in Egypt, a large number of magical [[Papyrus|papyri]], in Greek, [[Coptic]], and Demotic, have been recovered. These sources contain early
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• Books/Secondary Corpus
  ...exts, ranging from Confucius to Plato and Aristotle, from classical Jewish literature to the New Testament. He also considers medieval, Reformation, and modern t ...-provoking mysteries, puzzles, and problems on topics ranging from ancient Greek astronomy to Armageddon. A playground for computer hobbyists, an inspiring
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• Samuel Johnson
  ...ubject of "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature": [[James Boswell]]'s ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=b-8cONT4lHIC&pri ...effect on literary criticism, and even as the only great critic of English literature.
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• Sacrifice
  ...ce has turned up in almost all [[culture]]s, from the [[Hebrew]]s to the [[Greek]]s and [[Roman]]s (particularly the purifying ceremony Lustratio) , Ancient ...acrifice (the former meanings prevailing in Veda, the latter in post-Vedic literature", Monier-Williams.
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• Evolution
  ...onary thought was further developed by other early thinkers, including the Greek philosopher [[Empedocles]], the [[History of Western philosophy|Roman philo ...through the mechanism of natural selection is standard in the [[scientific literature]]. For an overview of the philosophical, religious, and cosmological contro
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• Scientific Method
  ..., from the [[Chaldea]]n, [[India]]n, [[Persian Empire|Persia]]n, [[Greece|Greek]], [[Arab]]ic and [[European]] astronomers, to record the motion of planet ...ious errors, and generally otherwise improve the quality of the scientific literature. Work announced in the popular press before going through this process is g
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• Emotion
  Theories about emotions stretch back at least as far as the Ancient Greek [[Stoicism|Stoics]], as well as [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]]. We also see so ...thors of historical documents is one of the tools of interpretation. In [[literature]] and film-making, the expression of emotion is the cornerstone of genres s
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• History of the Concept of Mind, v.1-Chap.4
  *Contents: Ancient Hebrew and Homeric Greek life-force; Plato, Aristotle and Hellenistic thought; From the New Testamen writer and doctrine-collector, whose work covered almost the whole field of Greek
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• 2011-04-17-Mission Report
  ...Fresno, California. This is the most outstanding and astounding piece of literature to bring faith brothers of the Christian mainline churches to the position There are ancient examples in the Greek and Roman cultures, and other cultures, where it is necessary that politica
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• Paper 96 - Yahweh - God of the Hebrews
  .../en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Libya Libyan] thrust from the south and a [[Greek]] naval [[invasion]] from the north, this intrepid [[organizer]] led his co ...ul if, in the perusal of this [[wonderful]] collection of [[worshipful]] [[literature]], [[consideration]] could be given to the [[source]] and chronology of eac
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• Garden of Eden
  ...d, with literary Hellenistic influences observed by numerous scholars. The Greek [[Hesperides|Garden of the Hesperides]] was somewhat similar to the Christi
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• Anthropology
  '''Anthropology''' (from Greek: ἀνθρωπος, ''anthropos'', "human being"; and λόγος, ''logos'' ...nities]]'' generally study local traditions, through their [[history]], [[literature]], [[music]], and [[art]]s, with an emphasis on understanding particular in
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• Algorithm
  ...method". The intrusive "th" is most likely due to a false cognate with the Greek ἀριθμός (''arithmos'') meaning "number". The work of the ancient Greek geometers, Persian mathematician Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī|Al-Khwa
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• Determinism
  ...ulated in both Eastern and non-Eastern [[religion]], [[philosophy]], and [[literature]]. In the West, the Ancient Greek atomists Leucippus and Democritus were the first to anticipate determinism
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• Dream
  ...historically used for healing (as in the asclepieions found in the ancient Greek temples of [[Asclepius]]) as well as for guidance or [[divine]] inspiration [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Paper 148 - Training Evangelists at Bethsaida
  ...[[suffering]]. Have you not [[read]] that [[masterpiece]] of [[Semitic]] [[literature]]—the [[Scripture]] [[story]] of the afflictions of [https://en.wikipedia 148:8.2 The [[Greek]] [[philosopher]] who had been won for [[the kingdom]] on the [https://nord
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• Psychoanalysis
  ...ere thought to have a wandering [[uterus]] (''hysteria'' means "uterus" in Greek), but Freud learned that men could have [[psychosomatic]] symptoms as well. ...Institute of Psychoanalysis] is the foremost publisher of psychoanalytic [[literature]]. The 24-volume Standard Edition of the ''Complete Psychological Works of
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• Ufology
  ...roups undermined serious scientific investiation, stating that a "bizarre "literature" of pseudo-scientific discussion" on "spaceships bringing messengers of ter ...Paul Santorini, a Manhattan Project scientist, publicly stated that a 1947 Greek government investigation that he headed into the European Ghost rockets of
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• 2012-01-06-Conversations with Monjoronson 37
  ...[powers]] of [[darkness]] are scattered and unorganized. In our popular [[literature]] there is a group of [[individuals]] known as the “[[Illuminati]].” T ...h a small “g”. The gods of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek mythology] were god-like, with a small “g”. You must, in this [[proces
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• Thomas Jefferson
  ...ottish minister. At the age of nine, Jefferson began studying [[Latin]], [[Greek]], and [[French]]. In 1757, when he was 14 years old, his father died. Jeff ...the world had ever produced"). He also perfected his French, carried his Greek grammar book wherever he went, practiced the violin, and read [[Tacitus]] a
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• Civilization
  ...make it unique. Civilizations have even more intricate cultures, including literature, professional art, architecture, organized religion, and complex customs as ...n basic plumbing disappeared from the continent for 1,000 years. Similar [[Greek dark ages|Dark Age]] collapses are seen with the Late [[Bronze Age collapse
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