| Achilles In Greek mythology, Achilles (Ancient Greek:Greek hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad. Achilles
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| Abortion An abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus/embryo, resulting in or caused by its death. An abortion can occur spontaneously due to complications during pregnancy or can be induced, in humans and other species. Abortion
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| Anaximander Anaximander (Ancient Greek:''pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus, a city of Ionia. He belonged to the Milesian school and learned the teachings of his master Thales. He succeeded him and became the second master of that school where he counted Anaximenes and Pythagoras amongst his pupils.Little of his life and work is known today. Anaximander
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| Anazarbus Anazarbus in Ancient Clicia (Adana) (med. Ain Zarba; mod. Anavarza) was an ancient Cilician city, situated in Anatolia in modern Turkey, in the Aleian plain about 10 miles west of the main stream of the Pyramus river (Jihun) and near its tributary the Sempas Su.A lofty isolated ridge formed its acropolis. Anazarbus
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| Amazons The Amazons (, ამორძალები) are a nation of all-female warriors in Classical and Greek mythology. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia (modern territory of Ukraine). Other historiographers place them in Asia Minor or Libya. Amazons
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| Augustine of Hippo Augustine of Hippo ( or Augustine_of_Hippo
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| Bikini bikini or two piece is a women's swimsuit with two parts, one covering the breasts (optionally in the case of the monokini), the other the groin (and optionally the buttocks), leaving an uncovered area between the two (optionally in the case of the Tankini). Bikini
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| Draco (lawgiver) Draco (; from Greek , ) was the first legislator of ancient Athens, Greece, 7th century BCE. Draco_(lawgiver)
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| Democracy/Archive 8 Talk:Democracy/Archive_8
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| Horace This article is about the Roman poet Horace. For other uses, see Horace (disambiguation).Quintus Horatius Flaccus, (Venosa, December 8, 65 BC – Rome, November 27, 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus. Horace
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| Infanticide Infanticide is the practice of someone intentionally causing the death of an infant. Often it is the mother who commits the act, but criminology recognizes various forms of non-maternal child murder. In many past societies, certain forms of infanticide were considered permissible. Female infanticide is more common than the killing of male offspring due to sex-selective infanticide. Infanticide
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| Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar ( in Classical Latin; conventionally in English), (13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. Julius_Caesar
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| Plato For other uses, see Plato (disambiguation) and Platon (disambiguation). Plato
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| Procopius Procopius of Caesarea (Latin:Procopius Caesarensis, ; c. 500 – c. 565) was a prominent Byzantine scholar from Palestine. Accompanying the general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars of Justinian, the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated Secret History. He is commonly held to be the last major historian of the ancient world. Procopius
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| Sophocles Sophocles ( in English; ancient Greek , probably ; c. 496 BCE-406 BCE) was the second of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus and earlier than those of Euripides. According to the Suda, a 10th century encyclopedia, Sophocles wrote 123 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete formAjax, Antigone, Trachinian Women, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. Sophocles
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| Sappho Sappho ( in English; Attic Greek 'Aeolic Greek'Ancient Greek lyric poet, born on the island of Lesbos. Later Greeks included her in the canonical list of nine lyric poets. Her birth was sometime between 630 and 612 BC, and it is said that she died around 570 BC. The bulk of her poetry, which was well-known and greatly admired throughout antiquity, has been lost, but her immense reputation has endured through surviving fragments. Sappho
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| Trojan War In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta. The war is among the most important events in Greek mythology, and was narrated in many works of Greek literature, including the Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer. Trojan_War
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| Pericles Pericles (also spelled Perikles) (c. 495 – 429 BC, Greek:statesman, orator, and general of Athens during the city's Golden Age—specifically, the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. He was descended, through his mother, from the powerful and historically influential Alcmaeonid family.Pericles had such a profound influence on Athenian society that Thucydides, his contemporary historian, acclaimed him as "the first citizen of Athens". Pericles
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| Hypatia of Alexandria Hypatia of Alexandria ( in English) (Greek:Greek scholar from Alexandria in Egypt, considered the first notable woman in mathematics, who also taught philosophy and astronomy. She lived in Roman Egypt, and was killed by a Christian mob who blamed her for religious turmoil. Some suggest that her murder marked the end of the Hellenistic Age, although others observe pagan philosophy continued to flourish until the age of Justinian in the sixth century. Hypatia_of_Alexandria
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| Hypatia of Alexandria Talk:Hypatia_of_Alexandria
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