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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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