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New Chapters in the History of Greek Literature. Third Series: Some Recent Discoveries in Greek Poetry and Prose of the Classical and Later Periods

Book by J. U. Powell; Clarendon Press, 1933

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Greek Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...The fragments show that the Greek version of the Tefnut legend...for what they may show of the history of Greek Romance, it is now time to...pp. 25, 27 f. 5 Greek religious or semi-religious aretalogies perhaps stand in...
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An Abridged History of Greek Literature

Book by Alfred Croiset, Maurice Croiset, George F. Heffelbower; Macmillan Company, 1904

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Greek Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...brilliance in public address that Greek Christianity obtained a place in...oratory is the principal element of Greek Christianity that has a place in...date in literary, as well as in religious, history. The most illustrious defender...
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A History of Ancient Greek Literature

Book by Gilbert Murray; D. Appleton, 1897

Subjects:

Greek Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...separate form of art, specimens of which survive in the so-called Homeric 'Hymns,' the word having in early Greek no religious connotation. The shortest of these preludes merely call on the god by his titles, refer briefly to some of his...
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A Short History of Greek Literature

Book by Suzanne Saïd, Monique Trédé; Routledge, 1999

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Greek Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Iamblichus of Chalcis (AD 250-326) philosophy becomes a search for the divine and a religious experience. Porphyry is best known for his Introduction (in Greek Eisagoge ) to the five fundamental concepts of Aristotles philosophy and his two commentaries...
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New Chapters in the History of Greek Literature, Second Series: Some Recent Discoveries in Greek Poetry and Prose, Chiefly of the Fourth Century B.C., and Later Times

Book by J. U. Powell, E. A. Barber; The Clarendon Press, 1929

Subjects:

Greek Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...contain Philosophy, History, and Natural Science...Philosophy in the form of religious cosmogony; Moral Philosophy...first Philosophy of History in the Five Ages in...almost a prophecy of the history of many Greek states, 1 and on which...picture of fifth century Greeks iii. 82 sqq. . 2 Cambridge...

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Journal Articles on: greek religious history

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Mysteries Experienced, the Messianic Banquet Engaged, Heaven Joined to Earth: an Eastern Orthodox Religious Experience

Journal article by Dale A. Johnson; Anglican and Episcopal History, Vol. 71, 2002

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Church buildings, Eastern Orthodox churches, Greek Orthodox Church, Religious history, Rites & ceremonies

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...an Eastern Orthodox Religious Experience by Dale...eighteenth century), Greek, Armenian, Antiothian...communities that supported religious congregations as well...the importance of the Greek language in the early history of the church, and...
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The Suppression of the Romanian Greek Catholic (Uniate) Church

Journal article by Cristian Vasile; East European Quarterly, Vol. 36, 2002

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Catholic Church, Catholicism, Churches, Orthodox Eastern--Political aspects, Churches, Orthodox Eastern--Social aspects, Greece--History, Greece--Political aspects, Greece--Religious aspects, Greek history, Nationalism--Religious aspects, Nationalism--Social aspects, Orthodox Eastern Church--Political aspects, Orthodox Eastern Church--Social aspects, Religion and politics

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...to "invite" the Greek Catholics into the...gaining Romanian religious unity, and started...instrument of the Kremlins religious policy after September...administrator of the Greek Catholic Church...The Romanian Greek Catholic Church under...Iorga" Institute of History, Bucharest
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A Possession for Ever: Charles Bean, the Ancient Greeks, and Military Commemoration in Australia

Journal article by Peter Londey; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 53, 2007

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ANZAC Day--History, Ancient Greek civilization--Influence, Australian history--Military aspects, Australian history--Social aspects, Bean, Charles--Works, Civilization, Greek--Influence, Gallipoli Campaign, 1915-1916--Analysis, Pericles--Influence, Persian Wars, 500-449 BC--Influence, Statesmen--Influence, Trojan War--Influence, War correspondents--Works, War memorials--Design and construction, War memorials--History, War memorials--Location

Collections: History, Entire Library

...places the story of the AIF as "history", history in Beans long view of it which led from Greeks, Romans, Vikings, English...between the disorganised early Greeks of Thucydides and Beans disunited...tradition stretching back to the Greeks; and Beans tendency to conflate...recalling the fact that in a Greek polis the citizens and the...
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Oedipus, Shmedipus: Ancient Greek Drama on the Modern Yiddish Stage

Journal article by Debra Caplan; Comparative Drama, Vol. 44, 2010

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Classical theater--Analysis, Dramatists--Works, Gordin, Jacob--Works, Greek drama--Influence, Greek drama--Religious aspects, Jewish culture--Influence, Jewish culture--Religious aspects, Medea (Jeffers, Robinson) (Play)--Analysis, Peretz, Isaac Leib--Works, Playwrights--Works, Venus and Shulamis (Play)--Analysis, Yiddish theater--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Literature, Entire Library

...the presence of Greek drama in the modern...between ancient Greek drama and modern...Yiddish theater history that accounts for...opposed to Jewish religious practice and moral...confines of traditional religious law. At the dawn...writers to avoid Greek themes. Naphtali...ancient gods that the Greeks and Romans referred...
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Henry VIII and Religion: By Positioning Him Firmly within the Changing Context of His Times, Lucy Wooding Sees Coherence in Henry VIII's Religious Policies

Journal article by Lucy Wooding; History Review, 2008

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English history--Religious aspects, Henry VIII, King of England--Cultural policy, Kings and rulers--Cultural policy, Kings--Cultural policy

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...did he decide his own religious policies? * What was...relationship between Henrys religious understanding and his...Bernard, The Making of Religious Policy, 1533-1546...Wooding, a lecturer in history at Kings College London...

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Magazine Articles on: greek religious history

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The Rise of Women in Ancient Greece: Michael Scott Looks at How a Time of Crisis in the Fourth Century BC Proved a Dynamic Moment of Change for Women in the Greek World

Magazine article by Michael Scott; History Today, Vol. 59, November 2009

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Greek history--Demographic aspects, Greek history--Political aspects, Women's suffrage--History, Women--History, Women--Suffrage

Collections: History, Entire Library

...gods to the social and religious power of female priests...poverty that resulted, Greek women began to work...worlds and new forms of religious expression. In different...were known by the other Greeks as thigh-showers because...into the most male of Greek arenas during this period...in its 400-year history. Pausanias, the ancient...
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Alexandria the Great: On the Mediterranean at the Western Edge of the Nile Delta Stands the Most Important and Enduring of All the Many Cities Founded by Alexander. Though Much of Its Material Past Has Been Destroyed or Lies Underwater, Alexandria's Reputation as the Intellectual Powerhouse of the Classical World, Fusing Greek, Egyptian and Roman Culture, Lives On

Magazine article by Paul Cartledge; History Today, Vol. 59, October 2009

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Alexander the Great--History, Alexandria, Egypt (City)--Appreciation, Alexandria, Egypt (City)--History, Greek history, to 330 (Ancient period)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...from the crucible of Greek culture. Strictly...from the Romans. The Greeks themselves spoke not...a series of waves of Greek emigration and settlement...fabric, apart from the religious sanctuaries, was the...his new as well as his Greek subjects. Some Greeks, however, found the...
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Coming to Terms with the Past: India: Latha Menon Deplores the Effects of Religious Extremism on Indian Society and the Writing of History

Magazine article by Latha Menon; History Today, Vol. 54, August 2004

Subjects:

India--History, India--Political aspects, India--Religious aspects, India--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Deplores the Effects of Religious Extremism on Indian Society and the Writing of History. by Latha Menon ON...there is often more history in myths and more myth in history. Hinduism is far from...Sanskrit and Latin and Greek, and first proposed...
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Greek Odyssey. Simon Goldhill Explains How He Came to Be Hooked on Greek Tragedy at an Early Age-And Has Stayed Hooked

Magazine article by Simon Goodhill; History Today, Vol. 57, December 2007

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Greek drama (Tragedy)--Appreciation, Greek tragedy--Appreciation, Theater--Appreciation

Collections: History, Entire Library

Greek Odyssey. Simon Goldhill Explains...criticism. Parry, it is because Greek tragedy is set elsewhere, involves...engagement. Partly, it is because Greek tragedy takes on the big political...social control, sexual and religious violence, and does so with...
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American Democracy through Ancient Greek Eyes

Magazine article by Barry Strauss; History Today, Vol. 44, April 1994

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Democracy--History, Greece--History, Political participation--History, United States history--Analysis

Collections: History, Entire Library

...to be admirers of Greek and Roman antiquity...looked outside English history for models of behaviour. Ancient history, which loomed large...the next. No ancient Greek oligarch could have...equality. Oligarchic Greeks looked down on Athenians...emphasis on individual religious freedom, and on the...

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Newspaper Articles on: greek religious history

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Pieces of Religious History

Newspaper article by Collette Placek; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 19, 2000

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Dead Sea

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Pieces of Religious History. by Collette Placek A shepherd boys chance find has shed light on...descriptions of Qumran life. Some were written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, and a couple were coded cryptically. One scroll was made of copper...
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ISRAEL'S EMBRACE; There's History, Sure, Plus Religious Sites, Food, Theater, Markets

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 14, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...ISRAELS EMBRACE; Theres History, Sure, Plus Religious Sites, Food, Theater...country, and prayer and religious rules of demeanor and...Coptic, Catholic, Greek and Armenian churches...excellent museum for the history of Jerusalem. Near...Canaanites, Phoenicians, Greeks, Egyptians, Muslims...
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Religious Tolerance Is Nothing New in Britain

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 8, 2006

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Christianity--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Byline: CHRIS UPTON Religious tolerance (or intolerance...perplexing. Roman and Greek polytheism - the acknowledgement...lions was a last cry for religious toleration, but you...that spelt the end for religious coexistence across the...is Senior Lecturer in History at Newman College of...
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Ancient Greeks; a First Voyage Memoir

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 17, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Ancient Greeks; a First Voyage Memoir...polyglot ad hoc bunch of Greek seamen that much of...We know the gallant Greeks are going to win, we...elemental. On every level, religious, cultural, racial, Persian and Greek feared and despised...The rest is well known history: How the Greek fleet...
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Finding Grand Tour Loot Is Still a Perilous Journey; NEWI University Education in Wrexham Antiques CHRISTOPHER PROUDLOVE ON WHY NO PROVENANCE MEANS NO DEAL WHEN IT COMES TO GREEK GEMS

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), May 19, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...DEAL WHEN IT COMES TO GREEK GEMS. SO, youve managed...dictates whether or not a Greek antiquity can be traded...of information on the history of it. The longer the...illegally from tombs or religious sites. Removing pieces...many countries), if a Greek vase or icon can, by...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: greek religious history

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Greek Religion

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...conquest, or want. The religious festival became the...and also shift Greek religious thought to a new type...M. P. Nilsson, A History of Greek Religion (tr. 1925...C. Guthrie, The Greeks and Their Gods (1950...R. Graves, The Greek Myths (2 vol., 1955...
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Greek Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

GREEK MUSIC the music of the ancient...Apollo and restricted to religious and hymnic use. This classical...postclassical period. Early in its history, Greek music benefited from the...subsequent music history. Modern Greek Music Dormant for nearly...
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Callimachus , Fl. C.280–45 B.C., Hellenistic Greek Poet and Critic

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...b.c., Hellenistic Greek poet and critic fl...b.c., Hellenistic Greek poet and critic, b...constituted a full literary history. He also wrote criticism...for reading, with no religious use), a number of epigrams...considerable influence on later Greek and Roman poets, especially...
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History

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...sophisticated oral histories. African peoples have long relied on oral histories to learn about their...developed its own written histories. In the 1550s the...elaborate account of the history and mythology of the...too, a strain of religious interest in showing...Western Historiography Greek and Roman Historiography...until the time of the Greeks that historiography...
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Sikelianos, Angelos

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

SIKELIANOS, ANGELOS sekelea nos, 1884 1951, Greek poet and playwright. One of Greeces most important 20th-century lyric poets, he emphasized national history, religious symbolism, and universal harmony in poems such as...

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