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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
- Protagoras (in Greek Πρωταγόρας) (c. 481 B.C.E. – c. 420 ... of truth from the sphere of existence to language parallels an orientation ...6 KB (889 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- He published his results with plates of ancient Egyptian inscriptions, maps ... Lepsius and Friedericke Glaser. He studied Greek and Roman archaeology at ...9 KB (1,295 words) - 07:20, 5 October 2022
- Ancient philosophy is philosophy in antiquity, or before the end of ... In the Western tradition, ancient philosophy was developed primarily ...16 KB (2,127 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- The name amphibole (Greek αμφιβολος/amfibolos, meaning "ambiguous ... constituent of greenschists. The name (from Greek ακτις/aktis, a "ray ...6 KB (934 words) - 17:24, 26 July 2023
- the ages, but all come from the creature in Greek mythology known as Pegasus ... Greek poet, Hesiod connects the name Pegasos with the word for "spring” ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 07:12, 23 November 2022
- of the skull") is the English-language name given to the hill on ... 'Hebrew', indicating the 'language of the Hebrews', which ...7 KB (1,139 words) - 18:36, 25 November 2023
- The Griffin (sometimes spelled gryphon or griffen, gryphos in Ancient ... 2001. Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times. Princeton ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 19:20, 31 January 2023
- by the Patriarch of Moscow in 1970. (The Greek Orthodox Church in North ... Kephalos means "head" in Greek. Hence, autocephalous denotes ...9 KB (1,277 words) - 19:40, 22 August 2023
- In Greek mythology, Poseidon (Greek: Ποσειδών ; Latin: Neptūnus ... As with many Greek deities, Poseidon was depicted as a lascivious ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 05:44, 30 November 2022
- Macrocosm/microcosm is a Greek compound of μακρο- "Macro ... throughout the history of thought from ancient times through the renaissance ...11 KB (1,612 words) - 17:28, 9 November 2022
- Cyrene (Greek Κυρήνη, Kurene) was an ancient Greek colony in ... the same history that befell much of the ancient world: one empire conquering ...13 KB (1,919 words) - 18:50, 12 May 2020
- to enter university. Deriving from the Greek idea of a school for both ... The word γυμνάσιον (gymnasion) was used in Ancient Greece ...14 KB (2,013 words) - 07:46, 10 January 2024
- Eratosthenes (Greek Ἐρατοσθένης ; 276 B.C.E. – 194 B.C.E.) was a Greek mathematician, geographer ...10 KB (1,516 words) - 19:18, 13 February 2024
- In Greek mythology, the Gorgons were three vicious female mythical ... The word Gorgon comes from the Greek word γογύς which roughly ...11 KB (1,834 words) - 04:53, 26 December 2022
- Kenosis (from the Greek κένωσις: meaning "emptying" ... The ancient Greek word κένωσις kénōsis means an "emptying ...8 KB (1,166 words) - 17:24, 5 October 2022
- Necromancy (Greek: νεκρομαντία, nekromantía) is a form ... === Ancient necromancy === The act of necromancy was widespread in ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 16:08, 11 November 2022
- In Greek mythology, the centaurs (Greek: Κένταυροι) are a ... and generally uncultured, even in Greek mythology a well-known centaur ...9 KB (1,330 words) - 23:50, 3 December 2023
- In Greek mythology, Lamia was a Queen of Libya who became a child ... Lamia's name derives from the Greek word Laimos ("gullet ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 20:54, 22 October 2022
- In linguistics, syntax (The word originates from the Greek words συν ... goes back in the Western tradition to the Greek grammarian Dionysios Thrax ...11 KB (1,479 words) - 01:58, 27 February 2023
- The word "marble" derives from the Greek marmaros, meaning ... As the favorite medium for Greek and Roman sculptors and architects ...8 KB (1,153 words) - 03:03, 6 November 2022
- 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
- allowed precise measurement and dating of ancient monuments. His particular ... introducing him to the Hebrew, Latin, and Greek languages. ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 10:34, 11 May 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
- 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
- In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a mythical creature that was ... man and part bull. "Minotaur" in Greek (Μινόταυρος, Minótauros ...11 KB (1,767 words) - 18:53, 9 November 2022
- 20, 1971), one of the most important Greek poets of the twentieth century ... Seferis helped to introduce the poetry of Symbolism to the Greek language ...11 KB (1,573 words) - 20:33, 29 August 2021
- the body to prevent or cure diseases. The ancient belief that spirits were ... (from Arabic tilasm; ultimately from Greek telesma or from the Greek ...13 KB (2,101 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- he became a dedicated scholar of the ancient classics and of German history ... Beatus believed that the wisdom of the ancient classical writers with the ...12 KB (1,792 words) - 10:18, 26 September 2023
- Anaximenes (in Greek: Άναξιμένης) of Miletus (c. 585 – ... concept of "ruach" found in the ancient pre-Babylonian Exile Hebraic ...7 KB (1,024 words) - 19:08, 26 July 2023
- translated, revealing much about the most ancient civilizations of human history ... 100 meters up a limestone cliff from an ancient road connecting the capitals ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- ) was an early Greek poet and rhapsode who lived around 700 B.C.E ... in contributing to our understanding of ancient Greek culture, is the Theogony ...12 KB (1,937 words) - 15:44, 25 January 2023
- Although famously associated with the ancient Romans, aqueducts were ... ===Ancient Greek aqueducts=== *The Eupalinian aqueduct on the Greek ...12 KB (1,676 words) - 15:59, 11 August 2023
- With a name derived from the Greek for "joy of the mountain" ... The name oregano and origanum derives from the Greek origanon ...11 KB (1,590 words) - 01:11, 18 November 2022
- In Greek mythology, Atlas (Eng. /'æt ləs/ Gk. Ἄτλας) ... paradigm shift that occurred in the Ancient Near East. Walter Burkert ...15 KB (2,163 words) - 16:42, 23 July 2020
- |languages=Egyptian language |fam1=(Proto-writing) |children=Hieratic ... Egyptian hieroglyphs are a formal writing system used by the ancient ...23 KB (3,348 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
- Legend has it that Taksha, an ancient Indian king who ruled in a kingdom ... * c. 450 B.C.E., Herodotus makes reference to Greek influences in ...18 KB (2,588 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- consul in Constantinople, he studied Greek under John Chrysoloras and ... peers. Everywhere he went, his lectures on Greek and Roman literature attracted ...15 KB (2,444 words) - 04:47, 9 April 2024
- writing system. The term derives from the Greek term for “sacred carving ... human history, the beginnings of written language. While spoken language allows ...20 KB (3,009 words) - 15:47, 25 January 2023
- imagery of Gehenna originates from a ancient real place; thus Gehenna ... The valley forms the southwest border of ancient Jerusalem that stretches ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 06:33, 18 April 2024
- The name "beryl" comes from the Greek word beryllos, referring ... * The druids (the priestly class in ancient Celtic societies) used ...5 KB (674 words) - 17:25, 29 September 2023
- In Greek mythology, Cronus (Ancient Greek: Κρόνος, Krónos) ... Cronus is not necessarily related to the Greek word χρόνος, Chronos ...12 KB (1,860 words) - 20:30, 3 June 2020
- Historically, cumin was used heavily in ancient Roman cuisine. ... Cumin has been in use since ancient times. Seeds, excavated at the ...12 KB (1,736 words) - 19:46, 11 May 2020
- anthropomorphosis. The term comes from two Greek words, άνθρωπος ... Ancient mythologies frequently represented the divine as a god or ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- The Greek philosopher Heraclitus (Greek Ἡράκλειτος Herakleitos ... instead that everything is derived from the Greek classical element fire, rather ...11 KB (1,556 words) - 09:50, 22 January 2024
- generic name Cedrus are derived from the Greek kedros. Ancient Greek and ... * Meiggs, R. 1982. Trees and Timber in the Ancient Mediterranean World ...10 KB (1,494 words) - 23:43, 3 December 2023
- several other related concepts such as: language, logic, consciousness, knowledge ... of reason is connected to the concept of language, as reflected in the meanings ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 01:41, 8 December 2022
- Georgius Gemistos (also Plethon or Pletho; in Greek: Γεώργιος ... in the Peloponnesus, near the site of ancient Sparta. As a youth he studied ...11 KB (1,525 words) - 06:39, 18 April 2024
- character that means life or living. Ancient Egyptian gods are often ... a fish, and therefore known as Ichthys, the Greek word for “fish.” However ...10 KB (1,631 words) - 06:39, 28 July 2023
- "Yona" is a Pali word used in ancient India to designate ... Several references to the Yonas are found in ancient Indian documents ...21 KB (3,106 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. Budge was was ... to hold arguably the best collection of Ancient Near East artifacts in the ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 22:08, 3 May 2023
- Ovid's poetry assimilated the Greek mythology and traditions ... natives of Tomis, writing poems in their language, he still pined for Rome ...14 KB (2,130 words) - 06:01, 18 November 2022
- and preacher who founded Manichaeism, an ancient dualistic religion that ... The teachings of Mani were once widely circulated in the ancient world ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- :For the later Greek writer see Xenophon of Ephesus. [[Image:Xenophon ... Xenophon (Greek, Ξενοφῶν ; c. 427 B.C.E. – 355 B.C.E.), was ...13 KB (2,062 words) - 14:29, 20 May 2023
- "god-spell" translated from Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangelion ... gospels were originally written in Greek.Ibid. The gospels are the ...17 KB (2,705 words) - 18:26, 26 December 2022
- intellectual ability, and learned Latin, Greek, and Hebrew languages. After ... Religion of the Semites, an account of ancient Jewish religious life which ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 10:46, 12 May 2023
- the Kibbutz of Megiddo, the site of the ancient city of Megiddo, and famous ... It comprises 26 layers of the ruins of ancient cities in a strategic location ...12 KB (1,897 words) - 21:46, 28 October 2022
- the name commonly given in the West to the ancient, Koine Greek version of ... The LXX was held with great respect in ancient times; Philo and Josephus ...32 KB (4,408 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- Nestorianism was an ancient Christian heresy associated with Nestorius ... believed that Christ was indeed one person (Greek: prosopon). Opposed by Cyril ...10 KB (1,525 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- Esoteric is an adjective originating in Greece; it comes from the Greek ... that is inner. Its antonym is exoteric, from the Greek ἐξωτερικός ...12 KB (1,732 words) - 21:30, 20 March 2024
- Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek language from the earliest texts, dating back to the early Archaic period ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
- Catharsis (Latin), from the Greek Κάθαρσις Katharsis meaning ... In ancient Greek tradition, catharsis referred to religious rituals ...14 KB (2,260 words) - 00:10, 1 December 2023
- Olympia (Greek: Ολυμπία Olympí'a or Ολύμπια Olýmpia ... the opening celebration at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia. Olympia ...17 KB (2,779 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- Pythagoras (c. 570 B.C.E. – 496 B.C.E., Greek: Πυθαγόρας) was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher, a mystic ...15 KB (2,230 words) - 03:55, 7 December 2022
- home to the most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities in ... of papyrus and coins used in the Ancient world. The numerous pieces ...12 KB (1,932 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- דַּרְיָוֵשׁ (Daryawesh) and the ancient Greek sources call him Dareios ... In similar relations he stood to the Greek sanctuaries (cf. his rescript ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 22:19, 25 January 2024
- The origin of the term goes back to the ancient Greeks. The English ... The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle's account of substance ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 21:25, 26 February 2023
- Euclid (also referred to as Euclid of Alexandria) (Greek: ... ) (c. 325 B.C.E. – c. 265 B.C.E.), a Greek mathematician, who lived ...21 KB (2,999 words) - 04:41, 22 March 2024
- The Grigori (from Greek egrḗgoroi, "The Watchers") are ... in which they are said to come from ancient stellar lore. ...12 KB (1,932 words) - 20:02, 31 January 2023
- Literature in Sanskrit, the classical language of India, represents ... or strongly influenced by Sanskrit, the language and its literature are of ...19 KB (2,849 words) - 03:17, 23 December 2022
- Abydos (Arabic: أبيدوس, Greek Αβυδος), is one of the most ... a viable chronology of the civilization of ancient Egypt. ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 07:07, 14 June 2023
- oldest symbols of the Jewish people. In ancient times, the menorah once ... ==Origin, Description and Ancient use== [[Image:Coin issued by Mattathias ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 16:09, 9 November 2022
- The word "crypt" derives from the Ancient Greek, kruptein ... houses a large number of relics in its ancient crypt. They have been on ...11 KB (1,624 words) - 02:11, 15 January 2023
- Josephus, who introduced himself in Greek as "Iosepos (Ιώσηπος ... It was only in 1544 that a version of the Greek text was made available, ...15 KB (2,242 words) - 17:37, 28 March 2024
- (1547 - 1628), as a compound of "on" (Greek ὤν ... Questions of being are also closely tied to those of language, logic ...15 KB (2,218 words) - 00:43, 18 November 2022
- An academy (Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of higher learning ... of wisdom, outside the city walls of ancient Athens (Thucydides ii:34 ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 07:13, 14 June 2023
- - 127), known in English as Plutarch, (in Greek Πλούταρχος) was ... characters and recounts the noble deeds of Greek and Roman soldiers, legislators ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 08:08, 24 November 2022
- was made between soul and spirit. The Greek word pneuma was translated ... Scandinavian languages and the Chinese language uses the term "breath ...17 KB (2,627 words) - 21:55, 28 October 2020
- Byblos (Βύβλος)is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal ... Byblos (Greek) or Gebal (Phoenician) is located on the Mediterranean ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 19:08, 24 November 2023
- hexameter, a verse form first used by the ancient Greeks which would fall ... compose his first poems in imitation of the ancient Greeks. ...15 KB (2,361 words) - 20:33, 3 May 2023
- he openly mocked the epic style of ancient poetry, criticizing even ... the most important figures in literature of the ancient world. ...12 KB (1,947 words) - 16:18, 3 December 2023
- Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus, was an ancient state, located in eastern ... == Early Greek colonies== The whole district was dotted with Greek ...15 KB (2,433 words) - 19:50, 20 November 2023
- mathematics into Latin, and introducing ancient Greek texts which had only ... Arabic past. He then visited Cilicia (an ancient district of southern Anatolia ...13 KB (1,951 words) - 05:50, 15 June 2023
- Oxyrhynchus (Greek: Οξύρρυγχος; "sharp-snouted or sharp ... Approximately 70 percent of all the ancient Egyptian literary papyri ...19 KB (2,886 words) - 06:03, 18 November 2022
- Romanticism. His study of literature, Greek antiquity, art and philosophy ... Schlegel’s Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier (On the Language ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 07:21, 5 October 2022
- ; Greek Ἥφαιστος Hêphaistos) was the Greek god of fire, metals and metallurgy, and ...15 KB (2,287 words) - 13:45, 9 February 2022
- were largely appropriated from the Greek tradition, Venus is very ... Ishtar of the Mesopotamians, Hathor in Ancient Egypt, Astarte of the Syro ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 19:28, 14 November 2022
- if there is no common theoretical language that can be used to compare ... questions regarding translation. Each language is configured and structured ...17 KB (2,394 words) - 00:08, 8 January 2024
- Hesychasm (from Greek: ἡσυχασμός hesychasmos, meaning "stillness ... Rooted in the ancient tradition of Christian asceticism and contemplation ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 11:44, 22 January 2024
- Pharaoh is the title given in modern parlance to the ancient Egyptian ... As with many ancient kings, the pharaoh was seen as the preserver ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
- Greek philosophers did not explicitly elaborate on the absolute, but ... of human cognition, understanding, and language. Thomas Aquinas discussed ...15 KB (2,179 words) - 06:35, 14 June 2023
- interest in the culture and mythology of ancient Greece. ... he received basic education in Latin and Greek. He graduated from Barmer ...11 KB (1,693 words) - 10:38, 5 May 2023
- Ancient writers referred to Carneades as the founder of the “third” ... Carneades was born in Cyrene (a Greek city in North Africa) c. 214 ...11 KB (1,736 words) - 00:29, 29 November 2023
- monks decided to start translating the works of Greek philosophers into the vernacular, following in the footsteps of the Muslims who did that 500 ...7 KB (1,087 words) - 08:47, 24 November 2022
- The word axiom comes from the Greek word (axios), meaning worthy. Among the ancient Greek philosophers an axiom ...16 KB (2,424 words) - 07:20, 23 August 2023
- Aeschylus (525 B.C.E. – 456 B.C.E.; Greek: Α ἰ σχύλος) was a playwright of ancient Greece, and the earliest ...18 KB (2,989 words) - 05:50, 16 June 2023
- In Greek mythology, Zeus was the highest ranking god among the pantheon ... god. The similarity between Zeus' Greek title and those for the celestial ...16 KB (2,635 words) - 05:54, 13 June 2023
- Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra near Latakia, Syria) was an ancient cosmopolitan ... Age libraries of clay tablets in various ancient languages. The most significant ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Έλευσίνια Μυστήρια ... Of all the mysteries celebrated in ancient Mediterranean world, these ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- Delphi (Greek Δελφοί ) was one of the most important religious sites in ancient Greece ...21 KB (3,318 words) - 09:23, 28 January 2024
- The book was originally written in Rome, in the Greek language, but ... slave. The text makes use of allegorical language to present its religious ...12 KB (1,907 words) - 14:09, 27 January 2023
- Those who wrote in Greek are called the Greek (Church) Fathers. Famous ... important intellectual centers. He united Greek philosophical traditions ...21 KB (3,112 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- there is now no known text in Latin or Greek, similarities between the ... was seen, by this literature, and the ancient kabbalah of Jewish mysticism ...11 KB (1,772 words) - 11:37, 5 February 2022
- The Latin word came from abakos, the Greek genitive form of abax ("calculating ... The use of the abacus in ancient Egypt is mentioned by the Greek historian ...17 KB (2,684 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- helped to update information regarding the ancient city of Byzantine. Two manuscripts ... and his pro-Scandinavian party and disliked Greek influence in Kiev. ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 03:56, 27 February 2023
- In Greek mythology, Daedalus (Latin, also Hellenized Latin Daedalos ... him Athenian-born, the grandson of the ancient king Erechtheus, who fled ...11 KB (1,708 words) - 07:41, 12 January 2024
- to the absurd," traceable back to the Greek ἡ εις άτοπον ... called 'early' dialogues of the Greek philosopher Plato are believed ...7 KB (1,079 words) - 02:58, 8 December 2022
- Sea and is built partially atop the famed ancient city. Ancient Alexandria was a thriving Greco-Roman city, one of the most ...24 KB (3,570 words) - 06:37, 20 July 2023
- Pan (Greek Πάν , genitive Πανός ) is the Greek god of nature who watches over shepherds and their ...15 KB (2,404 words) - 06:26, 18 November 2022
- It was a common practice in the ancient world that extended from ... the practice of giving a tithe. In English, Greek, and Hebrew, the word “tithe” ...12 KB (1,965 words) - 08:19, 23 July 2023
- was instrumental in transmitting classical Greek logic to medieval Latin scholars ... studied in Athens, because he was fluent in Greek and well acquainted with ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 06:07, 28 July 2023
- In linguistics, the grammar of a natural language is its set of structural ... The word grammar is derived from Greek grc|γραμματικὴ τέχνη ...25 KB (3,469 words) - 22:17, 30 March 2023
- Ancient Western philosophy is marked by the formation and development ... Ancient Western philosophy is generally divided into three periods ...29 KB (4,278 words) - 04:19, 31 January 2023
- as some cultures of Asia Minor such as the ancient Persian Empire, were more ... The word "dragon" has etymological roots as far back as ...20 KB (3,239 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- by European scholars of classical Latin and Greek texts. As a reaction against ... rediscovery by European scholars of many Greek and Roman texts. Its focus ...16 KB (2,260 words) - 19:10, 19 August 2023
- The term anatomy comes from the Greek ἀνατομία ... tied to a conceptual framework. Galen, the Greek anatomist whose anatomical ...14 KB (2,224 words) - 19:02, 26 July 2023
- Longinus (Greek: Λογγίνος) is the conventional name of the ... ΥΨΟΥΣ) is one of the most important ancient treatises on aesthetics ...20 KB (2,950 words) - 21:04, 3 November 2022
- A stele, often Anglicized as stela, plural stelae (from the Greek ... of the customs, beliefs, and laws of ancient cultures as many contain ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 22:31, 23 September 2022
- Cybele (Greek Κυβέλη) was a Phrygian goddess originating in ... Cybele's origins are debated by scholars. Ancient texts and inscriptions ...16 KB (2,551 words) - 06:50, 12 January 2024
- Dacia, in ancient history and geography was the land of the Dacians ... between rival civilizations. The legacy of ancient Dacians and of their successors ...22 KB (3,335 words) - 07:37, 12 January 2024
- The term chalcedony is derived from the name of the ancient Greek town Chalkedon in Asia Minor, in modern English usually spelled Chalcedon, ...7 KB (962 words) - 01:14, 4 December 2023
- In a figurative sense, a tragedy (from Classical Greek τραγωδία ... translated as a mistake (since the original Greek etymology traces back to ...26 KB (4,004 words) - 17:24, 6 March 2023
- Troy (Greek: Τροία, Troia, also Ίλιον, Ilion; Turkish Truva ... According to mythology, the Trojans were the ancient citizens of the ...26 KB (4,181 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- to form new cultural practices. Being Greek, Plato argued that such practices ... culture. For example, the Chinese written language Hanzi was taken, with various ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 01:13, 10 April 2021
- linked with such similar creatures as the Greek Sirens or the European Mermaids; ... from a common origin, namely the ancient belief in a water goddess ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- Odysseas Elytis (Greek: Οδυσσέας Ελύτης) (November 2 ... . His entry inaugurated a new era in Greek poetry and its subsequent ...12 KB (1,487 words) - 23:55, 17 November 2022
- small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs sound a definite ... which is the latinisation of the Greek word grc|κύμβαλον ...15 KB (2,396 words) - 20:32, 28 December 2023
- for the humanist desire to reform language and education. His extensive ... professor, Leonardo Bruni (Aretino), and Greek under Giovanni Aurispa. ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 02:43, 4 November 2022
- English poetry by adapting the English language to ancient Greek and Latin ... is almost always clear, writing in language that is at times almost ...8 KB (1,326 words) - 05:06, 15 December 2022
- Knossos, also spelled Knossus, Cnossus, Gnossus (in traditional Greek ... for it differs sharply from a traditional Greek column in that it was made ...13 KB (2,102 words) - 03:56, 4 March 2023
- of the text of the Septuagint and the Greek New Testament. Basing his ... According to the Suidas, a massive tenth century Byzantine Greek historical ...17 KB (2,576 words) - 04:19, 4 November 2022
- Empire, which had ruled most of the Greek-speaking world for over 1100 ... London and decided to recognize a sovereign Greek state. Many were enthusiastic ...23 KB (3,403 words) - 05:56, 18 November 2022
- material, but there are a few exceptions in Greek art and in the decorative ... human form was most commonly used in the Greek and Roman classic reliefs ...15 KB (2,307 words) - 03:37, 8 December 2022
- and culture goes back as far as the Ancient Greeks. Fascination with ... Egyptology investigates the range of Ancient Egyptian culture (language ...16 KB (2,384 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
- the Great, when the country was part of the Greek Seleucid Empire. It tells ... , the book was included as scripture in the Greek Septuagint translation of ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 06:32, 13 June 2023
- by Constantine I on the site of an earlier Greek city, it later served as ... The name Bosporus comes from the Greek word Bosporos (Βόσπορος ...18 KB (2,647 words) - 14:59, 9 February 2022
- Hades (from Greek ᾍδης , Haidēs, originally Ἅιδης ... , Aidēs) refers to both the ancient Greek underworld and to the deity ...23 KB (3,693 words) - 16:36, 21 January 2024
- in what is now northern Sudan. While the ancient kingdoms of Nubia had changing ... historical research into the Nubian language group has indicated that ...24 KB (3,779 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- The word "Eucharist" comes from the Greek noun ... * "Eucharist" (from Greek Εὐχαριστία ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 04:40, 22 March 2024
- (basic significant sounds) of the spoken language. This is in contrast to ... A true alphabet has letters for the vowels of a language as well as ...44 KB (6,641 words) - 08:32, 23 July 2023
- Asclepius (Greek Άσκληπιός was the god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek mythology. Asclepius ...21 KB (3,342 words) - 03:52, 18 August 2023
- Arabic translations of the works of the Greek philosophers, and his commentaries ... and kalam (speculative theology), and the Greek and Syraic languages. He ...12 KB (1,748 words) - 04:13, 17 June 2023
- Ptolemy I Soter (Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Σωτήρ ... library, sadly destroyed. The synthesis of Greek and Egyptian customs, beliefs ...22 KB (3,249 words) - 23:34, 2 December 2022
- name when in liturgical use. In everyday language, the word Hashem ("The ... seven names for the deity over which the ancient scribes were instructed ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 01:12, 11 November 2022
- The word coffin is derived from the Greek word kophinos meaning “basket ... sealed their dead in clay containers. Ancient Egyptian practices used ...11 KB (1,709 words) - 22:26, 7 January 2024
- Aeschines Socraticus (c. 425 – c. 350 B.C.E.) (Greek: ... this dialogue that had been lost since ancient times. In the dialogue, ...10 KB (1,495 words) - 05:49, 16 June 2023
- Many figures in the ancient world used the phrase "Son of God ... In Greek, the term huios theou was applied to both. Marcus J. Borg ...22 KB (3,158 words) - 15:11, 27 April 2023
- the Lesser Genesis (Leptogenesis), is an ancient Jewish religious work that ... of Jubilees were fragmentary quotations in Greek (in a work by Epiphanius ...13 KB (2,033 words) - 20:40, 4 October 2022
- Calligraphy (from the Greek meaning κάλλος kallos "beauty" + ... the world and whose origins date back to ancient times. A contemporary definition ...19 KB (2,750 words) - 18:29, 25 November 2023
- The Latin term together with Greek τύρσις was loaned from a ... to the Mesopotamian god Marduk in the ancient city of Babylon. ...15 KB (2,136 words) - 16:19, 29 April 2024
- The Wisdom of Ben Sira was translated into Greek by Jesus ben Sira's ... Septuagint, the second century B.C.E. Greek version of the Jewish scriptures ...16 KB (2,553 words) - 09:06, 27 September 2023
- The book is believed to have been written in Greek, but in a style ... as Ramban attests. That it was known to ancient Jews as well is also true ...11 KB (1,829 words) - 18:44, 20 November 2023
- vegetation, with various Hittite, Phrygian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman ... however, many finely preserved remains of Greek, Roman and Byzantine architecture ...15 KB (2,370 words) - 06:36, 28 July 2023
- e. – August 12, 30 b.c.e.) was queen of Ancient Egypt, the last member of ... power for her own sake but to protect the ancient autonomy of her state. As ...20 KB (3,144 words) - 22:04, 7 January 2024
- and related structures in the mouth is an ancient one, with writing references ... *Endodontics. Endodontics, from the Greek endo (inside) and odons ...16 KB (2,245 words) - 16:53, 26 September 2020
- Psalms (Greek: Psalmoi) is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian ... Psalms in their current form could be that ancient. They represent widely varied ...21 KB (3,276 words) - 00:29, 19 November 2023
- The term sophists originally meant “wise men” in Ancient Greece ... The meaning of the word sophist (greek sophistes meaning "wise ...11 KB (1,583 words) - 01:17, 4 February 2023
- Hypatia of Alexandria (in Greek: Υπατία) (c. 370 C.E. – 415 ... The Suda, a tenth-century Byzantine Greek encyclopedia of the ancient ...11 KB (1,782 words) - 16:39, 10 February 2024
- The alleged existence of an ancient text, dubbed the "Q Document ... called the Synoptic Gospels (from Greek synoptic, meaning "seeing ...19 KB (2,974 words) - 03:59, 7 December 2022
- short time, Isidore mastered Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. It is not known ... had been in full control of Spain, and the ancient institutions and classic ...18 KB (2,717 words) - 06:05, 8 March 2024
- opinion. The term paradox comes from the Greek para ("contrary to" ... in the late Latin paradoxum and the related Greek παράδοξος paradoxos ...14 KB (2,272 words) - 07:43, 18 November 2022
- Gandhāra is the name of an ancient, extinct kingdom once located ... Gandhara became renowned for its fusion of Greek and Buddhist culture, which ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- two days ferreting among the geniza's ancient books and papers until the ... scroll of the Book of Ezra and a few other ancient manuscripts. Adler was informed ...14 KB (2,072 words) - 18:19, 25 November 2023
- such as these are characteristic of ancient biographies. ... some respects from traditional or Homeric Greek epic, though Apollonius certainly ...10 KB (1,538 words) - 15:46, 11 August 2023
- Phoenicia was an ancient civilization centered in the north of ancient ... dye Tyrian purple. The dye was used in ancient textile trade, and highly ...30 KB (4,504 words) - 04:20, 24 November 2022
- and sought to restore Attic purity to the Greek language. He was a devoted ... and sought to restore Attic purity to the Greek language which had been modified ...8 KB (1,270 words) - 17:58, 30 April 2023
- aspect it bears similarity to the Gorgons of Greek mythology. of the devil or Satan as the "ancient serpent" in the Garden ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 11:07, 20 September 2023
- Greek Ἱεριχώ = Ἱερή ἠχώ, Hierē ēchō (Holy echo ... An ancient synagogue was discovered in Jericho in 1936. It has been ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:27, 1 August 2022
- a thousand years, until 393 C.E.. The Greek games were one of the splendors ... Greek philanthropist Evangelos Zappas sponsored the first modern international ...28 KB (4,253 words) - 00:34, 18 November 2022
- In Greek mythology, Demeter (Greek: "mother-earth" or possibly ... reveal the span of her functions in Greek life. Demeter and Kore ( ...20 KB (3,054 words) - 09:24, 28 January 2024
- Fables, whether ancient or modern, have been used to satirize social ... Aesop's Fables feature most of the Greek pantheon, including Zeus ...17 KB (2,635 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- any foreigner of a different culture and language background. While it did ... "barbar." The word comes from the Greek language, and was used to ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 22:32, 10 February 2023
- The name has existed since antiquity; in the Latin of the Romans ... tourist attractions. It was used by the ancient Romans to transport goods ...13 KB (2,044 words) - 06:18, 15 June 2023
- of Judaism, named after King David of ancient Israel, which consists of ... (or "Dalet," in Hebrew). In ancient times, this letter was written ...12 KB (2,021 words) - 19:53, 9 February 2023
- According to Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman ever created ... In a major departure from Hesiod, the seventh-century Greek elegiac ...20 KB (3,287 words) - 06:35, 18 November 2022
- region including Armenia since ancient times. a dip, or made into a liqueur for popular Greek sweets. ...26 KB (3,898 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- Semitic goddess who was also worshiped in ancient Egypt. In Ugaritic her name ... is also associated with several deities of Greek and Roman mythology, especially ...17 KB (2,817 words) - 19:01, 26 July 2023
- the Old Testament was translated into the Greek it meant the word "dragon ... Such sea creatures are common to nearly all the ancient civilizations ...15 KB (2,465 words) - 22:16, 25 October 2022
- Latin, in turn from Latin thesaurus, from ancient Greek ... such as medical help book, foreign language phrase handbook, and others ...11 KB (1,593 words) - 18:31, 30 April 2023
- ninth century, Arab astronomers used the Greek superlative term Megiste ... reason for studying mathematics. In the ancient period, "philosophy ...20 KB (3,023 words) - 17:01, 22 December 2022
- goddess, one of the major deities of ancient Sumer. Also known as Nintu ... of confusion, however, is not unusual in ancient Mesopotamian mythology, ...14 KB (2,349 words) - 04:51, 15 November 2022
- #039;s, were written in imitation of ancient Greek literature; but as ... was one of the first poets in the German language to do away completely with ...14 KB (2,228 words) - 11:05, 11 April 2024
- It is in principle the representation of language, rather than images of thought ... beyond those carried out by spoken language. First invented by the early ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 14:05, 20 May 2023
- of individual tribes. Some of these ancient tribes were Gaetulians, ... themselves as Berber. However the Berber language is spoken by an estimated ...26 KB (3,865 words) - 10:59, 28 September 2023
- was educated by John Locke, and studied the Greek and Roman classics. its (often quite rationalist) sources in ancient Greece. Perhaps most illustrative ...11 KB (1,695 words) - 05:22, 31 July 2023
- (Sahidic). This word is in turn derived from the Greek word ... The Greek term for "Egypt" has a long history. It goes back ...27 KB (4,022 words) - 03:00, 8 January 2024
- Aristophanes (Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης ) (c. 446 B.C.E. – c. 388 B.C.E.) was a Greek dramatist of the Old ...16 KB (2,554 words) - 06:29, 12 August 2023
- The first distinction between continents was made by ancient Greek ... Ancient Greek thinkers subsequently debated whether Africa (then called ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 19:07, 19 May 2020
- century, new Latin translations from Greek and from Arabic commentaries ... Aristotelianism has made an indelible contribution to the language ...18 KB (2,450 words) - 06:29, 12 August 2023
- hamsa (feminine hamsii), Latin anser, Greek khén, and so forth. ... dates as far back as 2500 B.C.E., when the ancient Egyptians began keeping ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 01:17, 5 March 2021
- the two Councils, as given in the original Greek language on the Web site ... phrase in the Latin text that is not in the Greek of the Councils: "Deum ...31 KB (3,964 words) - 09:44, 11 March 2023
- Atlantis (Greek: Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος mentioned and described by the classical Greek philosopher Plato in the ...22 KB (3,236 words) - 06:23, 21 August 2023
- considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and was so popular ... it on the list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This does not, however ...19 KB (2,845 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- Successor" or "diadochos" (Greek Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος ... His works influenced later Christian (Greek and Latin), Islamic, and ...21 KB (3,257 words) - 23:05, 30 November 2022
- Wrestling made a name for itself while history was still young in ... === Ancient === [[Image:Jacob-angel.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Jacob Wrestling ...26 KB (4,025 words) - 01:00, 17 April 2023
- some of great significance, between ancient manuscripts of the Torah ... #039;s voluminous works, he uses Semitic language etymology and translations ...15 KB (2,395 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- transcend barriers of culture, faith and language at a time when the world ... served to preserve them for posterity. An ancient source is Diogenes of Oenoanda ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- with the end of the long tradition of Greek philosophy and the beginning ... of philosophy, to mark the end of the Greek tradition of philosophy and ...10 KB (1,407 words) - 18:07, 24 January 2024
- to present day Ethiopia, this was an ancient African civilization that ... in the Aksumite empire, and in other ancient African civilizations, as ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- The lyric was originally verse to accompany the lyre. In Ancient Greece ... Ancient Hebrew poetry relied on repetition, alliteration, and chiasmus ...22 KB (3,069 words) - 23:36, 26 July 2021
- Druid denotes the priestly class in ancient Celtic societies, which ... (Δρυΐδαι) are found on the works of Greek writers such as Sotion of ...19 KB (2,969 words) - 09:43, 15 January 2023
- A dictionary is basically a list words in a specific language, with ... a valuable source of information about a language, allowing members of the ...22 KB (3,268 words) - 14:12, 29 January 2024
- Saint Photius, or Saint Photius the Great (Greek: Φώτιος, Phōtios ... or Bibliothēkē, a compendium of Greek literature, which ultimately ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- that ravaged the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece in 430 B.C.E., during ... through Egypt and Libya, and then to the Greek world. It is believed to ...19 KB (2,851 words) - 07:48, 24 November 2022
- Telepathy (from the Greek tele (distant) and patheia (feeling)) is ... few accounts of telepathy recorded by any ancient cultures. Primitive and ...13 KB (1,892 words) - 05:34, 27 February 2023
- name, "Black Sea," including Greek Mavre Thalassa (Μαύρη ... was called "inhospitable" before Greek colonization because it was ...25 KB (3,749 words) - 18:07, 31 October 2023
- in Dorsetshire, and achieved a command of Greek and Latin and was acquainted ... tutor, where he excelled in classical Greek literature. His talents being ...22 KB (3,415 words) - 22:58, 30 April 2023
- #039;s name in Assyrian was Udumi; in Greek, Ἰδουμαία (Idoumaía ... was the Wadi Zered (Deut. 2:13-18). The ancient capital of Edom was Bozrah ...18 KB (2,821 words) - 21:09, 8 August 2023
- Orpheus (Greek: Ορφεύς; pronunciation: ohr'-fee-uhs) ... is a figure from Greek mythology called by Pindar "the minstrel ...19 KB (3,011 words) - 02:17, 18 November 2022
- the remains of the dead. Derived from the Greek tymbos, meaning "burial ... The early nineteenth century introduced the Greek Revival monuments ...18 KB (2,713 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- Apollonius of Tyana (Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Τυανεύς ; ca. 1 – 97 C.E.) was a Greek neo-Pythagorean philosopher, ascetic ...13 KB (2,013 words) - 15:49, 11 August 2023
- Commedia dell'arte appeal to the masses, without regard for language ... be traced even further back, as far as the Ancient Greek and Roman theater. ...16 KB (2,341 words) - 00:08, 8 January 2024
- and Arabian mainlands as part of the ancient southern supercontinent ... visited the islands, including works in Greek, Latin, Syriac, Portuguese ...22 KB (3,173 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- Dagon was an ancient northwest Semitic god worshiped by the early ... writer Sanchuniathon translated Dagon into Greek as Siton, again meaning ...11 KB (1,786 words) - 07:45, 12 January 2024
- Hieros Gamos (Greek ιερός γάμος, "sacred wedding" ... The concept of the hieros gamos derives from ancient mythologies relating ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2022
