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Didache
Didache [Gr.,=teaching], early Christian work written in Greek, called also The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles. Dates for its composition suggested by scholars have ranged from AD 50 to AD 150. Discovered in 1875 by Bryennios, Greek Orthodox metropolitan of Nicomedia, it is an invaluable primary... Read more |
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Eugenio Montale
Eugenio Montale , 1896-1981, Italian poet, critic, and translator. After working as an editor, Montale became chief librarian of the Gabinetto Vieusseux in Florence. His complex poetry expresses the tensions and disorders of 20th-century European culture, especially of Italian social and political... Read more |
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Shepherd of Hermas
Shepherd of Hermas , Christian apocalyptic work, composed in Rome c.AD 139-AD 155. It is a collection of revelations given to Hermas, a devout Christian, by an angel (Shepherd) and is divided into three sections: Visions, Mandates, and Similitudes. The teachings are concerned mostly with matters of... Read more |
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Edda
Edda , title applied to two distinct works in Old Icelandic. The Poetic Edda, or Elder Edda, is a collection (late 13th cent.) of 34 mythological and heroic lays, most of which were composed c.800-c.1200, probably in Iceland or W Norway. Despite uncritical arrangement and textual corruption, the... Read more |
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George Gascoigne
George Gascoigne , c.1539-1577, English author, a pioneer in various fields of English literature. A reckless, dissipated youth, he left Cambridge without a degree to study law, but he spent most of his time in debtors' prison and was never admitted to the bar. In spite of this, he served in... Read more |
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Giustiniani
Giustiniani. Prominent Italian family, branches of which were established in many parts of Italy, especially Genoa and Venice, where they played important roles in politics, literature, and religion. For the arts the most interesting member of the family was the enormously wealthy Marchese ... Read more |
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Greek Anthology
Greek Anthology a collection of short epigrammatic poems representing Greek literature from the 7th cent. BC to the 10th cent. AD It contains more than 6,000 poems on a variety of subjects by some 320 authors. Meleager compiled a collection of epigrams (which he called the Garland ) probably... Read more |
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