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111Кумская Сивилла — «Сивиллы», картина Пьетро Перуджино, 1497 1500 Сивиллы, сибиллы (греч. Σίβυλλαι, лат. Sibylla, Sibulla, ae) в античной культуре [1] пророчицы и прорицательницы, экстатически предрекавшие будущее, зачастую бедствия …
112Оракулы Сивилл — «Сивиллы», картина Пьетро Перуджино, 1497 1500 Сивиллы, сибиллы (греч. Σίβυλλαι, лат. Sibylla, Sibulla, ae) в античной культуре [1] пророчицы и прорицательницы, экстатически предрекавшие будущее, зачастую бедствия …
113askance — /euh skans /, adv. 1. with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval: He looked askance at my offer. 2. with a side glance; sidewise; obliquely. Also, askant /euh skant /. [1520 30; earlier a scanche, a sca(u)nce; of obscure orig.] Syn. 1. skeptically …
114literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
115Mars — /mahrz/, n. 1. the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares. 2. Astron. the planet fourth in order from the sun, having a diameter of 4222 miles (6794 km), a mean distance from the sun of 141.6 million miles… …
116skepticism — /skep teuh siz euhm/, n. 1. skeptical attitude or temper; doubt. 2. doubt or unbelief with regard to a religion, esp. Christianity. 3. (cap.) the doctrines or opinions of philosophical Skeptics; universal doubt. Also, scepticism. [1640 50; < NL… …
117theology — /thee ol euh jee/, n., pl. theologies. 1. the field of study and analysis that treats of God and of God s attributes and relations to the universe; study of divine things or religious truth; divinity. 2. a particular form, system, branch, or… …
118Weltschmerz — /velt shmerddts /, n. German. sorrow that one feels and accepts as one s necessary portion in life; sentimental pessimism. Also, weltschmerz. [lit., world pain] * * * ▪ Romantic literary concept German“world grief” the prevailing mood of… …
119Evans, Walker — born Nov. 3, 1903, St. Louis, Mo., U.S. died April 10, 1975, New Haven, Conn. U.S. photographer. He was influenced early by the photographs of Eugène Atget. In 1934 his images of New England architecture were exhibited in the first one man… …
120Mann, Thomas — born June 6, 1875, Lübeck, Ger. died Aug. 12, 1955, near Zürich, Switz. German novelist and essayist, considered the greatest German novelist of the 20th century. After a brief period of office work, Mann devoted himself to writing, as had his… …
