Search results for "Characters in the Iliad" - New World Encyclopedia
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- [[Image:Homer_British_Museum.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Bust of Homer in ... early Greek poet traditionally credited with the composition of the epic poems ...27 KB (4,051 words) - 17:08, 14 November 2021
- August 3, 1964) was an American author, born in Savannah, Georgia. She is generally ... The Southern Gothic author usually avoids perpetuating Antebellum ...24 KB (3,778 words) - 17:36, 28 March 2024
- ), a form of ritual dance drama, originated in the Southern Indian ... when cultural influences were eroding the adherence of the people to ...22 KB (3,203 words) - 19:53, 4 June 2024
- , Aidēs) refers to both the ancient Greek underworld and to the deity ... The term Hades, in its cosmological sense, has sometimes been used ...23 KB (3,693 words) - 16:36, 21 January 2024
- Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek ... In addition to history and philosophy, Ancient Greek literature is ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
- one set of criteria specifies material held in common by a group of people ... In a general sense, "oral tradition" refers to the transmission ...37 KB (5,219 words) - 00:59, 18 November 2022
- The term Greek mythology refers to the collection of tales belonging ... Greek mythology has exercised an extensive and profound influence ...45 KB (6,635 words) - 21:33, 28 May 2024
- Ukrainian heritage and upbringing, he wrote in the Russian language and his ... Gogol is seen by most critics as the first Russian realist. His biting ...15 KB (2,434 words) - 04:07, 15 November 2022
- Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 B.C.E. – 19 B.C.E.), known ... Virgil was born in the village of Andes, near Mantua in Cisalpine ...15 KB (2,361 words) - 20:33, 3 May 2023
- The Kalevala is considered to be the national epic of Finland and ... The central plot of the epic traces the journeys of the bardic hero ...26 KB (4,066 words) - 17:10, 14 May 2024
- poet best known for his songs and libretti. In his heyday, Metastasio's ... that Metastasio's legacy may lie more in the realm of music than in ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 05:29, 24 November 2022
- Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations ... how gender has been constructed, and even if in most societies men have claimed ...21 KB (3,303 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- who is now widely recognized as one of the most influential and widely ... Lovecraft was born on August 20, 1890, in Providence, Rhode Island ...17 KB (2,651 words) - 18:23, 29 July 2023
- Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music ... As the world is increasingly globalized, preservation of traditional ...24 KB (3,693 words) - 06:15, 1 April 2024
- poetry, and particularly her work written in close association with the ... embrace H.D.'s prolific reading of the Latin and Greek classics, ...19 KB (3,002 words) - 20:24, 24 December 2017
- In Hinduism, the Rāmāyaṇa is an ancient Sanskrit epic attributed ... The Rāmāyaṇa consists of 24,000 verses About 480,000 words, or ...37 KB (6,200 words) - 00:33, 8 December 2022
- Poetry (from the Greek " ποίησις or "creating") is a form of art in which language is used for ...69 KB (10,532 words) - 00:11, 5 March 2023
- nation first mentioned and described by the classical Greek philosopher ... Plato's account of Atlantis, believed to be the first, is found ...22 KB (3,236 words) - 06:23, 21 August 2023
- Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two unarmed persons ... Physical techniques which embody the style of wrestling are clinching ...26 KB (4,025 words) - 01:00, 17 April 2023
- In Hinduism, the Mahābhārata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics ... prose passages, or some 1.8 million words in total, it is the longest epic ...33 KB (5,198 words) - 10:54, 9 March 2023