| Aristotle , Aristotélēs Aristotle
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| Apollo In Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo (in Greek, Ἀπόλλων—Apóllōn or Ἀπέλλων—Apellōn), is one of the most important and many-sided of the Olympian deities. The ideal of the kouros (a beardless youth), Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery; medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts; and more. Apollo
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| Alexander the Great Alexander the Great (}} or , Mégas Aléxandros; July 20, 356 BC June 10 or June 11, 323 BC),Leo Depuydt, 'The Time of Death of Alexander the Great: 11 June 323 BC, ca. 4:00-5:00 PM' in: Die Welt des Orients 28 (1997) 117-135. Alexander_the_Great
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| Anatolia Anatolia (, , ) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, Anatolia
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| Alpha (letter) Alpha (uppercase Α, lowercase α; ) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 1. Alpha_(letter)
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| Anaximander Anaximander (Ancient Greek: ) (c. 610 BC–c. Anaximander
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| Aphrodite Aphrodite (Greek: Ἀφροδίτη; Latin: Venus) (; Ancient Greek: , Modern Greek: ) is the classical Greek goddess of love, lust, beauty,prostitution, and sexual reproduction. She was also called Kypris and Cytherea after the two places, Cyprus and Cythera, which claimed her birth. Aphrodite
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| Afterlife The terms afterlife, life after death, and hereafter refer to the supposed continuation of the soul, spirit or mind of a being after physical death. The major views on the afterlife derive from religion, esotericism and metaphysics. Afterlife
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| Athena In Greek mythology, Athena (also called Athene, Attic: , Athēnâ, or , Athḗnē; Doric: , Asána; Latin: Minerva) is the shrewd companion of heroes and the goddess of heroic endeavour. She is the virgin patron of Athens, which built the Parthenon to worship her. Athena
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| Amaranth Amaranthus, collectively known as amaranth or pigweed, is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs. Approximately 60 species are presently recognized, with inflorescences and foliage ranging from purple and red to gold. Members of this genus share many characteristics and uses with members of the closely related genus Celosia. Amaranth
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| Alcamenes Alcamenes was an ancient Greek sculptor of Lemnos and Athens. He was a younger contemporary of Phidias and noted for the delicacy and finish of his works, among which a Hephaestus and an Aphrodite "of the Gardens" were conspicuous. Alcamenes
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| Alcmene In Greek mythology, Alcmene or Alcmena (Greek: ) was the mother of Heracles. Alcmene
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| Amazons The Amazons (in Greek, ) are a nation of all-female warriors in Classical and Greek mythology, who were possibly historical. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia. Amazons
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| Athenian democracy Athenian democracy developed in the Greek city-state of Athens, comprising the central city-state of Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica, around 500 BC. Athens was one of the very first known democracies. Athenian_democracy
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| Apollo Talk:Apollo
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| Antibiotic In modern usage, an antibiotic is a chemotherapeutic agent with activity against microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi or protozoa. Antibiotic
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| Aeschylus Aeschylus ( or , Greek: Ασχύλος, Aischylos, 525 BC/524 BC 456 BC/455 BC) was an ancient Greek playwright. He is often recognized as the father or the founder of tragedy, and is the earliest of the three Greek tragedians whose plays survive, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. Aeschylus
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| Ares In Greek mythology, Ares (Ancient Greek: [á.rὲεs], Μodern Greek Άρης ['a. Ares
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| Aeolus Aeolus (from Ancient Greek [aí.jo. Aeolus
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| Atlantis Atlantis (in Greek, , "island of Atlas") is the name of a legendary island, first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias.Atlantis: the Myth by Alan G. Atlantis
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| Archaeoastronomy Archaeoastronomy (also spelled archeoastronomy) is the study of how peoples in the past "have understood the phenomena in the sky, how they used phenomena in the sky and what role the sky played in their cultures."Sinclair 2006:13 Clive Ruggles argues it specifically is not the study of ancient astronomy, as astronomy is a culturally specific concept and ancient peoples may have related to the sky in a different way. Archaeoastronomy
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| Artemis In Greek mythology, Artemis [(Greek: (nominative) , (genitive) )] was the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. She was the Hellenic goddess of forests, hills, virginity/fertility, and the hunt and was often depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows. Artemis
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| Bible Bible refers to respective collections of religious writings of Judaism and of Christianity.Dictionary. Bible
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| Bosporus The Bosporus or Bosphorus, also known as the Istanbul Strait, () () is a strait that forms the boundary between the European part (Rumelia) of Turkey and its Asian part (Anatolia). The world's narrowest strait used for international navigation, it connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara (which is connected by the Dardanelles to the Aegean Sea, and thereby to the Mediterranean Sea). Bosporus
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| British Isles , Channel Islanders, Manx British_Isles
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| Benjamin Franklin |birth_place=Boston, Massachusetts Benjamin_Franklin
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| Boxing Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a combat sport in which two participants, generally of similar weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. Boxing
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| Baptism In Christianity, baptism (Greek, "immersing", "performing ablutions")Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon is the sacramental act of cleansing in water that admits one as a full member of the Church. The majority of Christians, including Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Lutherans, Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Methodists are baptized as infants. Baptism
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| Boston, Massachusetts The Hub (of the Universe),1 The Cradle of Liberty, Title Town, The Cradle of Modern America, Athens of America, The Walking City Boston,_Massachusetts
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| Book of Daniel The Book of Daniel (דניאל), originally written in Hebrew and Aramaic, is a book in both the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) and the Christian Old Testament. The book is set during the Babylonian Captivity, a period when Jews were deported and exiled to Babylon following the Siege of Jerusalem of 597 BC. Book_of_Daniel
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| Baghdad . By Gilbert Burnham, Riyadh Lafta, Shannon Doocy, and Les Roberts. Baghdad
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| Boudica Boudica (also spelled Boudicca, formerly known as Boadicea, and known in Welsh culture and legends as "Buddug") (d. AD 60 or 61) was a queen of the Iceni tribe of what is now known as East Anglia who led an uprising of the tribes against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire. Boudica
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| Behistun Inscription Talk:Behistun_Inscription
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| Classics Classics or Classical Studies is the branch of the Humanities dealing with the languages, literature, history, art, and other aspects of the ancient Mediterranean world; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during the time known as classical antiquity, roughly spanning from the Ancient Greek Bronze Age in 1000 BC to the Dark Ages circa AD 500. The study of the Classics was the initial field of study in the humanities. Classics
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| Copyright Talk:Copyright
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| Consciousness Consciousness has been defined loosely as a constellation of attributes of mind such as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, and the ability to perceive a relationship between oneself and one's environment. It has been defined from a more biological and causal perspective as the act of autonomously modulating attentional and computational effort, usually with the goal of obtaining, retaining, or maximizing specific parameters (food, a safe environment, family, mates). Consciousness
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| Christopher Marlowe | deathplace = Deptford, England Christopher_Marlowe
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| Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero (Classical Latin , usually in English; January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, political theorist, philosopher, and Roman constitutionalist. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists. Cicero
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| Charles Peirce Charles Sanders Peirce (pronounced purse) (September 10, 1839 – April 19, 1914) was an American logician, mathematician, philosopher, and scientist, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Peirce was educated as a chemist and employed as a scientist for 30 years. Charles_Peirce
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| Charybdis pronunciation of this word is (kar-i-dis) Charybdis
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| Environmental Modification Convention The Environmental Modification Convention (ENMOD), formally the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques is an international treaty prohibiting the military or other hostile use of environmental modification techniques. It opened for signature on 18 May 1977 in Geneva and entered into force on October 5 1978. Environmental_Modification_Convention
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| Classical element Many ancient philosophies used a set of archetypal classical "elements" to explain patterns in nature. The word "element" in this context either refers to a state of matter or a phase of matter (as in the Chinese Five Phases), rather than the Chemical elements of modern science. Classical_element
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| Carthage | Type = Cultural Carthage
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| Comedy Comedy (from the greek κωμωδία,komodia) has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy). This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in Ancient Greece. Comedy
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| Catapult A catapult is any one of a number of non-handheld mechanical devices used to throw a projectile a great distance without the aid of an explosive substance—particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines. Catapult
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| Caste Castes are hereditary systems of [occupation], endogamy, social culture, economic class, and political power, although initially it was not hereditary based when it started but based on the current profession of an individual. Discrimination based on a person's caste is prevalent mainly in parts of Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Japan) and Africa. Caste
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| Christian cross The Christian cross is the best-known religious symbol of Christianity. It is generally seen as a representation of the crucifixion of Jesus. Christian_cross
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| Hanukkah Hanukkah (, alt. Chanukah), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah
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| Centaur In Greek mythology, the centaurs (from Ancient Greek: Κένταυροι - Kéntauroi) are a race of creatures composed of part human and part horse. In early Attic vase-paintings, they are depicted as the torso of a human joined at the (human's) waist to the horse's withers, where the horse's neck would be. Centaur
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| Cobalt Talk:Cobalt
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