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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
