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Hubris
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Venus and Adonis
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etiquette
etiquette name for the codes of rules governing social or diplomatic intercourse. These codes vary from the more or less flexible laws of social usage (differing according to local customs or taboos) to the rigid conventions of court and military circles, and they extend to the legal, medical, and... Read more |
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Lucifer
Lucifer [Lat.,=light-bearing], in Christian tradition a name for Satan . In the Vulgate, Lucifer served as a translation of the Hebrew epithet meaning "Day Star," a name associated with the presumptuous King of Babylon in the Book of Isaiah. Some early Christian writers found a parallel in the... Read more |
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Gospel according to Saint Luke
Gospel according to Saint Luke third book of the New Testament. It was composed in the second half of the 1st cent. Since the 2d cent. it and the Acts of the Apostles have been ascribed to St. Luke; Acts is sometimes considered a sequel to the Gospel. Apparent sources for the Gospel are the Gospel... Read more |
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Gospel according to Hebrews
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Venus (mythology)
Venus in Roman religion and mythology, goddess of vegetation. Later, she became identified (3d cent. BC) with the Greek Aphrodite . In imperial times she was worshiped as Venus Genetrix, mother of Aeneas; Venus Felix, the bringer of good fortune; Venus Victrix, bringer of victory; and Venus... Read more |
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Paul Delvaux
Paul Delvaux 1897-1994, Belgian painter. Delvaux, influenced by Magritte and Chirico, created meticulous surreal compositions based on Renaissance ideas of perspective and peopled with self-absorbed somnambulists. Often containing an ironic eroticism, Delvaux's visionary paintings allude to the... Read more |
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