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101Eunuchus — (The Eunuch) is a comedy written by the Roman playwright Terence featuring a complex plot of familial misunderstanding.PrologueThe prologue of this work is an apology for the work of Terence, who was coming under attack at the time for his… …
102Douris (vase painter) — Peleus abducts Thetis, who is shape shifting into a lioness to fight back, medallion of a cup of Phase IV, border with double meander, Cabinet des médailles, BNF (Inv. 539) Douris (Ancient Greek: Δοῦρις / Doũris) was an ancient Athenian red… …
103Joshua ben Hananiah — (Hebrew: יהושע בן חנניה d.131CE) was a leading tanna of the first half century following the destruction of the Temple. He was of Levitical descent (Ma as. Sh. v. 9), and served in the sanctuary as a member of the class of singers (Arakhin 11b).… …
104Probolê — Probole redirects here. For the geometer moth genus, see Probole (moth). probole, plural probolai • Lit. “a throwing forward.” A preliminary accusation, which an intending plaintiff could bring before the ekklesia (Assembly) rather than directly… …
105epigraphy — epigraphist, epigrapher, n. /i pig reuh fee/, n. 1. the study or science of epigraphs or inscriptions, esp. of ancient inscriptions. 2. inscriptions collectively. [1850 55; EPIGRAPH + Y3] * * * ▪ historiography Introduction the study of written… …
106Euripides — Euripidean, adj. /yoo rip i deez , yeuh /, n. c480 406? B.C., Greek dramatist. * * * born с 484, Athens died 406 BC, Macedonia Greek playwright. With Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is recognized as one of Athens s three great tragic dramatists. An… …
107Greek language — Indo European language spoken mostly in Greece. Its history can be divided into four phases: Ancient Greek, Koine, Byzantine Greek, and Modern Greek. Ancient Greek is subdivided into Mycenaean Greek (14th–13th centuries BC) and Archaic and… …
108Shakespeare, William — (baptized April 26, 1564, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, Eng. died April 23, 1616, Stratford upon Avon) British poet and playwright, often considered the greatest writer in world literature. He spent his early life in Stratford upon Avon,… …
109Ancient Greek philosophy — Raphael s School of Athens, depicting an array of ancient Greek philosophers engaged in discussion. Ancient Greek philosophy arose in the 6th century BCE and continued through the Hellenistic period, at which point Ancient Greece was incorporated …
110technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
