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11Contest of Homer and Hesiod — The Contest of Homer and Hesiod (Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi ) or simply Certamen[1] is a Greek narrative that expands a remark made in Hesiod s Works and Days[2] to recount an imagined poetical agon between Homer and Hesiod, in which Hesiod bears …
12muse — muser, n. /myoohz/, v., mused, musing. v.i. 1. to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject. 2. Archaic. to gaze meditatively or wonderingly. v.t. 3. to meditate on. 4. to comment thoughtfully or ruminate upon. [1300 50; ME musen to mutter …
13Muse — /myoohz/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a. any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various… …
14Greek names of mountains — This is a list of mountain tops and ranges in Greece and around the world that have a Greek name.GreekEnglish name(s), [other name(s)] [older name(s)] , [Area] ΑιγάλεωMount Aegaleo, Aigaleo, Aegaleus, PiraeusΑίνοςMount AinosΆλπειςAlps, France to… …
15Olympic Airlines — For the successor to Olympic Airlines, see Olympic Air. Olympic Airlines Ολυμπιακές Αερογραμμές IATA OA …
16Thespiae — (Greek Θεσπιαι, Thespiai ) was an ancient Greek city in Boeotia. It stood on level ground commanded by the low range of hills which runs eastward from the foot of Mount Helicon to Thebes. According to Pausanias, the deity most worshipped at… …
17Boeotia — /bee oh sheuh/, n. a district in ancient Greece, NW of Athens. Cap.: Thebes. * * * District and ancient republic, eastern central Greece. Bounded by Attica and the Gulf of Corinth, its chief cities were Orchomenus and Thebes. Inhabited by… …
18Olympic Airlines — Olympic Airlines …
19Hosios Loukas — Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios * UNESCO World Heritage Site …
20Hesiod — (Greek: polytonic|Ἡσίοδος Hesiodos ) was an early Greek poet and rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BCE. Hesiod and Homer are generally considered the earliest Greek poets whose work has survived since at least Herodotus s time ( Histories …
