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- is first known to have been used in ancient Egypt (at least as far back ... The study of ancient literature, correspondence, legal archives, and ...12 KB (1,870 words) - 07:37, 18 November 2022
- Neptune was appropriated from the Greek tradition, and became analogous ... of cross-cultural assimilation in the ancient world where a great deal ...9 KB (1,493 words) - 16:21, 11 November 2022
- inscriptions, and carvings. First used in Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece ... regarding the lives of those who lived in ancient times. Often decorated with ...12 KB (1,915 words) - 02:26, 21 April 2023
- The term traces to the Ancient Greek word entelecheia, from the combination of the Greek words enteles (complete), telos (end, purpose, completion ...6 KB (836 words) - 18:57, 13 February 2024
- Eclecticism (from Greek eklektikos, “selective,” or “choosing ... century B.C.E. to refer to a group of ancient philosophers, including ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- In Greek mythology, a nymph, from the Latin word nympha, is any member ... Worshiped by the ancient Greeks and said to come from the earth, they ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 19:37, 17 November 2022
- The name “Lyceum” comes from a gymnasium near Athens in ancient ... ==Ancient Greek Lyceum (word origins)== The Lyceum (Λύκειον ...14 KB (2,070 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- Thales (in Greek: Θαλης) of Miletus (ca. 624 – 546 b.c.e.) ... Contrary to polytheistic Greek mythology, which ascribed social and ...7 KB (978 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- figures, Saturn was appropriated from the Greek tradition, and his mythology ... clear. While numerous authors both ancient and modern have suggested ...11 KB (1,785 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- Galen (Greek: Γαληνός, Latin: Claudius Galenus of Pergamum; ... Ancient medicine practitioners disagreed over whether a doctor should ...12 KB (1,806 words) - 03:50, 18 April 2024
- Aesop (also spelled Æsop, from the Greek Αἴσωπος of fables identified with his name. A Greek contemporary of Croesus and ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- different traditions of Latin, Arab and Greek commentary on Aristotle. ... including John of Jandun; and above all the Greek commentators. Renaissance ...8 KB (1,200 words) - 06:47, 16 June 2023
- indoor sports and exercise. Originating in Ancient Greece, where they included ... In that sense, the original purpose of the ancient Greek gymnasium continues ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 06:47, 28 July 2023
- was one of two principal dramatic forms of ancient Greek theater. Athenian ... and above all the elegance of the Attic language, but used for the purpose ...16 KB (2,442 words) - 19:24, 26 July 2023
- ornamental stone. The name comes from the Greek words a (not) and methuskein ... Amethyst was used as a gemstone by the ancient Egyptians and was largely ...8 KB (1,216 words) - 06:54, 25 July 2023
- allowed precise measurement and dating of ancient monuments. His particular ... introducing him to the Hebrew, Latin, and Greek languages. ...13 KB (1,892 words) - 16:43, 13 May 2024
- comparado, Portuguese: direito comparado, Greek: Συγκριτικό Δίκαιο ... He is famous for the thesis, outlined in Ancient Law (1861) that law ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 08:07, 14 January 2023
- The name "topaz" is derived from the Greek topazos, "to seek," which was the name of an island in the Red Sea that was difficult ...5 KB (639 words) - 04:01, 1 May 2023
- The Caduceus, also known as the wand of Hermes, was a symbol of the ... Correspondingly, in ancient Rome, Livy referred to the caduceator ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 10:15, 25 November 2023
- religious and naturalistic symbolism in ancient Egypt, to a secular symbol ... The earliest representation of the phoenix is found in the ancient ...14 KB (2,311 words) - 14:23, 19 March 2024
