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- ...ning. Cupid was believed to be the son of Venus, the goddess of love. The ancient Romans often thought Cupid as winged child or baby who carried a bow and ba Bulfinch, Thomas. "Apollo and Daphne." ''Ancient/Classical History''. 2006. The New York Times. 26 June 2006. <http://ancien1 KB (198 words) - 17:43, 27 June 2006
- ...e for their spirit to rest for eternity. Two such beliefs are that of the ancient Greeks and the Christians. Each believes that when an individual passes aw ...e the usual aspect of Hell is that which consists of the punished, but the ancient Greeks believed that all afterlife lived together. Both cultures believe t3 KB (599 words) - 07:41, 21 June 2006
- ...e term heroic poetry, is attributed to narrative poetic texts of different ancient, medieval and modern cultures, which celebrate the valorous deeds, brave fi547 bytes (72 words) - 17:22, 26 September 2006
- ...ism[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Manicheans.jpg]was one of the major ancient religions of Iranian origin. Though its organized form is mostly extinct to752 bytes (110 words) - 21:10, 24 October 2006
- According to Wikipedia, Geats are the people from the ancient Kingdom(s) of Gautland (English: Geatland). Though modern Geats are Swedes,540 bytes (87 words) - 00:05, 7 September 2006
- ...mpanion [[Epic Poetry|epic]] the <i>[[Odyssey]]</i> form the foundation of ancient Greek culture and address the extremes of human experience through war and932 bytes (155 words) - 17:43, 9 November 2004
- www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/odysseyBL.html Ancient History Sourcebook. Ancient History Sourcebook: Homer: The Odyssey.4 KB (642 words) - 20:15, 18 February 2005
- *Russel, D.A. ''Ancient Literary Criticism''. New York : Oxford University Press, 1972.850 bytes (126 words) - 10:16, 24 February 2006
- Gill, N."Death, Suicide, Underworld, Afterlife." ''Ancient/Classical History.'' 2006. The New York Times. 17 June 2006. <http://ancien1 KB (183 words) - 13:50, 21 June 2006
- *Russel, D.A. ''Ancient Literary Criticism''. New York : Oxford University Press, 1972.995 bytes (139 words) - 10:27, 24 February 2006
- ...he glorious deeds of the great heroes. The Muses were worshiped throughout ancient Greece, especially at Helicon in Boeotia and at Pieria in Macedonia.1 KB (203 words) - 18:04, 22 June 2006
- ...ions. [[World Literature I]] will show the continued relevance of just why ancient works are still paramount to knowing ourselves as “humans.” Major works1 KB (195 words) - 14:04, 17 November 2004
- Rhetoric was prominently used in ancient education. Someone using Rhetoric would work to organize figures of speech,2 KB (249 words) - 20:54, 23 February 2006
- ...of Telamon, was the more important of the two. He was a legendary hero of Ancient Greece and the king of Cypress. In the Iliad, he is described as being o2 KB (359 words) - 09:57, 31 January 2005
- *Russel, D.A. ''Ancient Literary Criticism''. New York : Oxford University Press, 1972.2 KB (280 words) - 10:27, 24 February 2006
- ...s, which inscribes a kind of ending in his bloodstream, and because of his ancient Anglo-Saxon lineage, representing the notion of being rooted and stable. Bu2 KB (394 words) - 17:56, 27 April 2006
- ...s given by the publication in 1765 of Bishop Percy's'' Reliques'' ''of'' ''Ancient English Poetry''" (Holman 43).2 KB (341 words) - 14:42, 16 October 2006
- In ancient times, puns were used to suggest deep truths, especially in oral societies,2 KB (324 words) - 18:01, 18 October 2006
- ...the gift of inner sight, the gift of prophesies. Teiresias was revered by ancient Greeks for all times. “More than any other of the Greek Goddesses, Athen3 KB (467 words) - 22:52, 21 February 2005
- ...n imitator, a mimic actor. "Mimesis is a dramatic entertainment among the ancient Greeks of Sicily and southern Italy and the Romans, consisting generally of2 KB (289 words) - 20:45, 23 February 2006
- ...Allusions can come from any source, from historical literary texts such as ancient texts and scriptures to more personal elements of the author’s life (Kirs2 KB (342 words) - 00:36, 24 February 2006
- Ancient Latin and Greek meaning "word making”.<ref>"Definition of onomatopoeia in2 KB (254 words) - 00:32, 16 November 2013
- ==Ancient Greece== ...''The Hybris Of Odysseus'', provides a [[narrative]] of ''hybris'' in the ancient Greek sense, using the tragic [[hero]] Odysseus as the model. Rainer insist6 KB (1,013 words) - 20:59, 18 April 2014
- ...e place where Gilgamesh lords it over the people” (Gilgamesh). In the most ancient of the stories that compose ''The Epic of Gilgamesh'', he is a helper to [[3 KB (429 words) - 07:25, 25 August 2021
- # Two ancient Greek critics, Aristophanes and Aristarchus, thought that Homer ended his p2 KB (335 words) - 09:03, 1 August 2021
- ...location of the Colossus of Rhodes, the sixth of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in honor of Helios (Lindemans). H3 KB (468 words) - 23:06, 20 April 2005
- ...d Her Impact on Greek Art and Culture.” <u>The Role of Women in the Art of Ancient Greece</u>. Last Updated March 2, 2005. March 31, 2005. <http://www.fjklut4 KB (620 words) - 13:59, 21 June 2006
- ...currently observe as heroic is born of characteristics that many of these ancient heroes exemplify.4 KB (615 words) - 15:55, 8 June 2006
- ...or “psychic residue” of repeated types of experiences in the lives of our ancient ancestors that present themselves in the “collective unconscious” of th3 KB (473 words) - 11:10, 10 November 2004
- ...an dramatist."Sophocles' great dramatic achievement was to reinterpret the ancient myths through a fuller development of individual character and to endow sur4 KB (649 words) - 11:29, 5 April 2005
- Comedy developed from ancient Greek festivals in honor of Dionysus, the god of revelry. It was then assoc4 KB (641 words) - 16:45, 15 October 2006
- The diatribe originated in ancient Greece and Rome as an oral teaching method used by philosophers as early as3 KB (439 words) - 22:51, 14 November 2013
- Ancient Greeks believe gods share similarities of humans (Gods). Although gods of Greeks worship many gods creating a polytheism society (Ancient). Various gods have their own purpose and attributes. Each god governs hi9 KB (1,436 words) - 10:08, 30 July 2021
- Edward E. Barthell, Jr. ''Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece''. FL: University of Miami Press, 1971.5 KB (732 words) - 00:25, 19 March 2005
- ...(2130) especially when he realizes that the cure rests in the hands of an ancient hag and asks Mephistopheles if there is another way. Mephisto sarcastically6 KB (1,015 words) - 01:25, 4 March 2006
- * ''[[/Xenia/]]'' — An ancient tradition lies behind the traveler’s welcome in Greece — and it is4 KB (604 words) - 19:21, 3 August 2021
- ...ve been applied to it. This is not all bad because it helps relate to this ancient text, but when it comes down to it, it is not likely that this story is abo ...seven is of particular importance. Some of its significance stems from the ancient Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations, which identified seven planets and f24 KB (4,033 words) - 17:16, 25 August 2021
- ...eration, "For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky" in Rime of the Ancient Mariner.7 KB (1,091 words) - 10:23, 17 April 2014
- ...companion [[Epic Poetry|epic]] the ''[[Odyssey]]'' form the foundation of ancient Greek culture and address the extremes of human experience through war and7 KB (1,121 words) - 17:52, 2 August 2021
- ...t.<ref>Dunkle, Roger. "Greek Tragedy." <i>International Art and Culture of Ancient Greece, Professor Alan Garfield</i>. Ed. Alan Garfield. N.p., 2005. Web. <h In ancient Greece annual festivals were held in honor of the Greek god, Dionysus. The25 KB (3,927 words) - 12:40, 25 November 2014
- ...ety, is by contrast weak, compromised and cowardly. Medea also challenges ancient Greek society’s decree that the greatest glory for a woman was to bear ch ...ote and therefore could not create public policy that would help eradicate Ancient Greece’s sexism and xenophobia.23 KB (3,901 words) - 10:41, 25 June 2006
- ...ref name=Ref10/> Archetypes are "repeated types of experience in lives of ancient ancestors which inherited the collective unconscious of the human race and14 KB (2,083 words) - 11:25, 25 April 2014
- ...the best examples of New Criticism. R.S. "Crane’s Critics and Criticism: Ancient and Modern", and Wayne C. Booth’s "The Rhetoric of Fiction" are works tha18 KB (2,720 words) - 07:47, 18 July 2014
- ...2015. Web. 2 July 2015.<http://fantasy-faction.com/2012/fantasy-influences-ancient-greek-mythology-part-one>.</ref> The works all involve elements of other wo29 KB (4,472 words) - 18:49, 8 July 2015