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- begins roughly with the earliest-recorded Greek poetry of Homer (eighth-seventh ... Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history lasting for close to ...12 KB (1,804 words) - 10:51, 19 December 2023
- and Latinist who promoted the revival of ancient Roman classics and the traditions ... Laetus tried to emulate the lives of the ancient Romans, and around ...9 KB (1,365 words) - 21:15, 4 October 2022
- Sappho (Attic Greek Σαπφώ Sapphô, Aeolic Greek Ψάπφα Psappha ... with a clarity of image and sparseness of language unprecedented in ancient ...13 KB (2,038 words) - 03:24, 23 December 2022
- was an English philologist and student of ancient India. He is particularly ... Jones was a linguistic prodigy, learning Greek, Latin, Persian, Arabic, ...9 KB (1,304 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- not included within the Tanakh canon of ancient Judaism. Nevertheless, it ... to Tobit's son, Tobiah or Tobiyah (Greek: Tobias), who is sent by ...8 KB (1,317 words) - 15:33, 30 January 2024
- visitors to have an experience of life in ancient times. ... After graduation, Evans traveled to Bosnia and Macedonia to study ...10 KB (1,447 words) - 12:20, 7 November 2021
- of Olympia, the most sacred place of ancient Greece. Curtius was a serious ... beautiful pieces of artwork preserved from ancient times, all of which remained ...7 KB (1,047 words) - 19:34, 13 February 2024
- doxographer who compiled biographies of ancient Greek philosphers in his ... come from the town of Laerte in Cilicia (ancient Turkey) or from the Roman ...7 KB (941 words) - 15:25, 29 January 2024
- Anaximander (Greek: Αναξίμανδρος) (c. 609 – 547 b.c ... form of inquiry in a society where Greek mythology was the primary ...7 KB (1,099 words) - 19:08, 26 July 2023
- Alpha and Omega (Greek: Αλφα and Ω) is an appellation of God ... art, often in combination with the Greek letters Chi and Rho, the ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- The word epigraphy comes from the Greek language|Greek epigraphē ... The first to practice epigraphy were the ancient Greek scholars Thucydides ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:07, 13 February 2024
- may have evolved into Linear B, a written language that replaced Linear A around ... British archaeologist Arthur Evans, inspired by ancient Greek mythology ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 07:40, 9 March 2023
- In Greek mythology, Uranus is the personification of the sky and the ... ), the Greek word for "sky." The most probable etymology ...9 KB (1,482 words) - 13:41, 3 May 2023
- The Rosetta Stone is an ancient stele inscribed with the same passage ... Egypt as part of the family of Alexander. Greek language and culture flourished ...13 KB (1,999 words) - 19:17, 16 December 2022
- In Greek mythology the Sirens or Seirenes (Greek Σειρήνες ... Sailing was a very important part of ancient Greek life, but the waters ...10 KB (1,575 words) - 22:34, 29 January 2023
- the mythical creatures called Harpies in Greek mythology, winged-beasts ... Harpyia, which in turn derives from the Greek Άρπυια, or Harpuia ...9 KB (1,453 words) - 22:03, 14 December 2022
- Anacreon (Greek: Ἀνακρέων ) (born c. 570 B.C.E.) was a Greek lyric poet, notable for his songs ...9 KB (1,478 words) - 18:41, 26 July 2023
- and Jews. It was renowned throughout the ancient world as an international ... structures on Earth for many centuries. Ancient writers identified it as ...10 KB (1,528 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- the translation of the Old Persian language. Grotefend succeeded in ... He continued his career mostly working on Latin and Italian language ...9 KB (1,297 words) - 06:55, 18 April 2024
- Commonly regarded as a Greek specialty, baklava is available in a ... although the dish is often thought to be of Greek origin. The history of baklava ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 05:50, 26 August 2023
