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Greek Anthology — ▪ Greek literature Greek Anthologia Hellēnikē, also called Palatine Anthology, collection of Greek epigrams, songs, epitaphs, and rhetorical exercises that includes about 3,700 short poems, mostly written in elegiac couplets. Some of… … Universalium
Greek Anthology — The Greek Anthology (also called Anthologia Graeca or, sometimes, the Palatine Anthology ) is a collection of poems, mostly epigrams, that span the classical and Byzantine periods of Greek literature.While papyri containing fragments of… … Wikipedia
Greek literature — refers to those writings autochthonic to the areas of Greek influence, typically though not necessarily in one of the Greek dialects, throughout the whole period in which the Greek speaking peoples have existed.Ancient Greek literature (Before AD … Wikipedia
Anthology — For other uses, see Anthology (disambiguation). An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts. In genre fiction anthology is used to… … Wikipedia
Greek fire — was a burning liquid weapon used by the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines typically used it in naval battles to great effect as it could continue burning even on water. It was largely responsible for many Byzantine military victories, and partly… … Wikipedia
Anthology — An*thol o*gy, n. [Gr. ?, fr. anqolo gos flower gathering; a nqos flower + le gein to gather.] 1. A discourse on flowers. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. A collection of flowers; a garland. [R.] [1913 Webster] 3. A collection of flowers of literature, that … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
anthology — (n.) 1630s, collection of poetry, from L. anthologia, from Gk. anthologia collection of small poems and epigrams by several authors, lit. flower gathering, from anthos a flower (see ANTHER (Cf. anther)) + logia collection, collecting, from legein … Etymology dictionary
anthology — ► NOUN (pl. anthologies) ▪ a collection of poems or other pieces of writing or music. DERIVATIVES anthologist noun anthologize (also anthologise) verb. ORIGIN from Greek anthos flower + logia collection … English terms dictionary
Greek mythology — Bust of Zeus, Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio Clementino, Vatican) Topics in Greek mythology Gods … Wikipedia
Greek literature — Introduction body of writings in the Greek language, with a continuous history extending from the 1st millennium BC to the present day. From the beginning its writers were Greeks living not only in Greece proper but also in Asia Minor, the… … Universalium
