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A′ccius, Lucius

A′ccius, Lucius (170–c.86 bc)   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.)

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Latin poet and literary scholar, from Picenum in Umbria. He was a younger contemporary of the tragedian *Pacuvius and

Aaron Burr

Aaron Burr  

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(1756–1836)US Democratic Republican statesman. After losing the presidential election to Jefferson in 1800, Burr was elected Vice-President. He was defeated in the contest for the governorship of New ...
abacus

abacus  

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An ancient device for performing arithmetic calculations by sliding beads along rods or in grooves. Despite the spread of electronic calculators and computers, the abacus is still widely used in the ...
Abdera

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The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.)

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Greek city on the coast of Thrace, founded in the seventh century bc and refounded in the sixth by

abduction

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An inference process widely used in artificial intelligence, particularly in expert systems and rule-based systems. In diagnosis, for example, there may be a rule like “if measles then red spots” so ...
abortion

abortion  

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There is no actual prohibition in the Bible against aborting a foetus. Nevertheless, in the unanimously accepted Jewish consensus, abortion is a very serious offence, though foeticide is not treated ...
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln  

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(1809–65)US Republican statesman, 16th President of the USA (1861–65). His election as President on an anti‐slavery platform antipathetic to the interests of the southern states helped precipitate ...
Abȳ′dos

Abȳ′dos   Reference library

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Milesian colony on the eastern, Asiatic, side of the Hellespont, at its narrowest point. Here *Xerxes crossed to Europe

Acadē′mica

Acadē′mica (‘Concerning Academic philosophy’)   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.)

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Dialogue by *Cicero (1) of 45 bc discussing the philosophical views of the Greek New *Academy, particularly

academies

academies  

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Are societies or institutions for the cultivation and promotion of literature, the arts or science, or of some particular branch of science such as medicine, for example, the Académie de ...
Academy

Academy   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.)

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Originally a shrine to a *hero, Akademos, and a public gymnasium just north of Athens near the hill

Acanthus

Acanthus  

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(family Acanthaceae)A genus of shrubs and perennial herbs, most of which are xeromorphic and have spiny leaves. Some species are cultivated as ornamentals. The upper lip of the corolla is lacking. ...
Aca'stus

Aca'stus   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.)

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Son of *Pelias and Anaxibia, and brother of Alcestis. He sailed with the *Argonauts against his father's wishes.

acatalectic

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The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.)

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A metrical term; see catalectic.

accents, Greek

accents, Greek   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.)

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The diacritic marks ´ (acute), ˆ (circumflex) and ` (grave) placed over vowels to indicate the pitch of the predominant

accidence

accidence   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.)

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That aspect of grammar which is concerned with inflections, i.e. the various modifications which might be applied to any individual

Acha′rnians

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The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.)

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The earliest surviving complete Attic Greek comedy. Written by *Aristophanes, it achieved first prize at the *Lenaea

Achae'a

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The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.)

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Geographical terms referring to Greece which changed their meaning over time. (See also Ahhiyawa.)

1. In Homer's epics

Achaean confederacy

Achaean confederacy   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.)

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A federal organization which in the third and second centuries bc was the chief power in Greece. A revival in

Achaemenids

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The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.)

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Members of one of the three clans of the Pasargadae tribe to which Herodotus believed the Persian kings belonged. They

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