a writer of epigrams
41nonfictional prose — Introduction any literary work that is based mainly on fact, even though it may contain fictional elements. Examples are the essay and biography. Defining nonfictional prose literature is an immensely challenging task. This type of… …
42HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization …
43Gladiator — For other uses, see Gladiator (disambiguation). Part of the Zliten mosaic from Libya (Leptis Magna), about 2nd century CE. It shows (left to right) a thraex fighting a murmillo, a hoplomachus standing with another murmillo (who is signaling his… …
44Klemens Janicki — (Janiciusz, Januszkowski, from Januszkowo) (Latin: Clemens Ianicius) (1516–1543) was one of the most outstanding Latin poets of the 16th century. Poeta Laureatus Contents 1 …
45Nossis — (marble bust by F. Jerace) Nossis was an ancient Greek woman epigrammist and poet, c. 300 BCE, who lived in Locri. Her epigrams were inspired by Sappho. Twelve epigrams of hers (one of which is perhaps spurious) survive in the Greek Anthology.… …
46Meleager — /mel ee ay jeuhr/, n. 1. fl. 1st century B.C., Greek epigrammatist. 2. Class. Myth. the heroic son of Althaea, an Argonaut, and the slayer of the Calydonian boar. Cf. Calydonian hunt. Also, Meleagros /mel ee ag ros/. * * * ▪ Greek mythology in… …
47Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von — born Aug. 28, 1749, Frankfurt am Main died March 22, 1832, Weimar, Saxe Weimar German poet, novelist, playwright, and natural philosopher. In 1773 Goethe provided the Sturm und Drang movement with its first major drama, Götz von Berlichingen, and …
48BEN SIRA, ALPHABET OF — BEN SIRA, ALPHABET OF, a narrative, satirical work, written probably in the geonic period in the East. The Alphabet of Ben Sira is one of the earliest, most complicated, and most sophisticated Hebrew stories written in the Middle Ages. Four… …
49FICTION, HEBREW — The Story in Talmudic Midrashic Literature Narrative creative writing has been a constant in Hebrew literature and can be found in every period of Jewish culture. The earliest biblical texts include stories, and the telling and retelling of… …
50Dutch literature — comprises all writings of literary merit written through the ages in the Dutch language, a language which currently has around 23 million native speakers. Dutch literature is not restricted to the Netherlands, Flanders (Belgium), Suriname and the …
