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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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