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• Marathon
  ...news of which was carried to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens] by a long-distance runner. :a : a footrace run on an open [[course]] usually of 26 miles 385 yards (42.2 kilometers)
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• Archon
  Latin, from Greek archōn, from present participle of archein *1: a chief magistrate in ancient Athens
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• Plato's Symposium
  ...symposion or drinking party at the house of the tragedian [[Agathon]] at [[Athens]]. ...alogue]] has been used as a source by historians exploring Athenian social history (particularly the symposium as an institution) and sexual behaviour.
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• Nonresistance
  ...ity]] even when unjust or [[oppressive]]; also : the principle or practice of not resisting [[violence]] by [[force]] ...sistance may refuse to retaliate against an [[opponent]] or offer any form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-defense self-defense]. In the modern ti
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• Citadel
  Middle French citadelle, from Old Italian cittadella, diminutive of cittade [[city]], from Medieval Latin civitat-, civitas — more at [[city] ...nation's citadel of [[health]] [[research]] — Constance Holden> <a citadel of higher education>
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• Sophism
  ...ng]] someone. In Ancient Greece, the sophists were a group of [[teachers]] of [[philosophy]] and [[rhetoric]]. ...meaning]] "wise-ist, one who does wisdom, one who makes a [[business]] out of wisdom" and σοφός, sophós means "wise man".
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• Byzantine
  ...Byzantine” period is traditionally dated from 1204 (or 1261, the recovery of Constantinople by the Byz.) to 1453, when Constantinople fell to the Turks. ==Period of the Late Roman Empire (4th–mid-7th C.)==
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• Breast
  *1 a : the [[human]] chest and especially the front part of the chest <hugged the child to his bosom> *2 a : the chest conceived of as the seat of the [[emotions]] and [[intimate]] [[feelings]] <a story you will take to yo
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• Classics
  ...tudy in the humanities. The word "Classics" also refers to the literature of that period. ...he eastern Mediterranean—the ancient [[Persian Empire]] and the [[kingdoms of ancient India]]—are termed [[Orientalists]].
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• Philosophy
  ...s in philosophy be accounted for historically? What drives the development of thought in its historical context? To what degree can philosophical texts ...es arrived at through observation), and even through [[leap of faith|leaps of faith]], hope and inheritance (such as the [[supernatural|supernaturalist]]
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• Childhood
  ...ldhood''' (being a child) is a broad term usually applied to the [[phase]] of [[development]] in [[humans]] between infancy and adulthood. ==Age definition of a child==
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• Knight
  ...ines on horseback. Old English ''cnihthād'' ("knighthood") had the meaning of [[adolescence]] (i.e. the period between [[childhood]] and manhood) by 1300 ..., the word "knighthood" shifted from "adolescence" to "rank or [[dignity]] of a knight".
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• Philanthropy
  ...thropy''' is the [[work|effort]] or inclination to increase the well-being of [[humankind]], as by charitable aid or donations. ...s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan Titan] whose name meant “forethought,” out of his "philanthropos tropos" or “humanity-[[love|loving]] [[character]]”
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• Intimacy
  ...obe one may never have seen.[https://herrylaw.blogspot.com/2007/04/history-of-intimacy.html] <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Intimacy''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=
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• Jurors
  ...a sworn body of people convened to render an impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a pe ...w]]. A trial without a jury (in which both questions of fact and questions of law are decided by a judge) is known as a bench trial.
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• Chance
  ...of effects that happen incidentally, but differentiated in the second book of Aristotle's Physics as follows: *[[Automaton]] (or "chance") operates in the realm of [[nature]].
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• Constitution
  [[Image:Magna_carta_thumb.jpg|right|"Magna Carta to which King John of England agreed in 1215"]] ...ething up, or establishing something; the [[composition]] or [[structure]] of such a thing; its [[makeup]].
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• Oracle of Delphi
  '''Oracle of Delphi''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Δελφοί}}, [ðe̞lˈfi]) ...le]] in the classical Greek world, and it was a major site for the worship of the god [[Apollo]]. His sacred precinct in Delphi was a Panhellenic sanctua
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• Democracy
  [[Image:lighterstill.jpg]][[Image:Goddess-of-democracy,-tiane_2.jpg|right|frame]] ...emocracy is people who rule the government directly.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/greekdemocracy_01.shtml]
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• Atlantis
  ...|right|frame|<center>[https://www.discoveryofatlantis.com/index.html Image of Atlantis</center>]]] ...]], Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος}, "island of [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]]") is the name of a legendary island first mentioned in [[Plato]]'s dialogues ''[[Timaeus (di
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