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earlier than the present time; no longer current
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in ancient times; long ago
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extreme oldness
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a person who lived in ancient times
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the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
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to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
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for an extended time or at a distant time
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earlier than the present time; no longer current
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be a part or adjunct
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the western part after the Roman Empire was divided in 395; it lasted only until 476
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in ancient times; long ago
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a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes
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an ancient tradition still sometimes observed; a male member of the family kills a female relative for tarnishing the family image
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a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen
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resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus
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00480885-n:
an ancient racket game
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an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court
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an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board
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an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
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the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially on the Isthmus of Corinth in the first and third years of each Olympiad
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the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially at Nemea in the second and fourth years of each Olympiad
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the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Olympia in honor of Zeus; held every 4 years beginning in 776 BC
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the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Delphi held every four years in the third year of the Olympiad in honor of Apollo
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an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn
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the centennial rites and games of ancient Rome that marked the commencement of a new generation (100 years representing the longest life in a generation); observances may have begun as early as the 5th century BC and lasted well into the Christian era
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an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare
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an ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea
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secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity
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the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross
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a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC)
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ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC
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a major victory by the Romans over the Macedonians in 168 BC; resulted in the downfall of the ancient Macedonian kingdom
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01347583-n:
considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae
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02006364-n:
African ibis venerated by ancient Egyptians
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a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog
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02091244-n:
breed of slender agile medium-sized hound found chiefly in the Balearic Islands; said to have been bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt
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02137888-n:
northern African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs
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scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians
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02608244-a:
of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece
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of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages
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02676938-n:
the citadel in ancient Greek towns
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a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece
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of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture
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an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine
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02715677-a:
of or relating to ancient Ephesus or its people or language or culture
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02726210-n:
the great hall in ancient Persian palaces
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02729060-n:
an ancient Roman road in Italy extending south from Rome to Brindisi; begun in 312 BC
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02737467-n:
(Judaism) sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments
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02742039-a:
written or belonging to a cursive form of ancient Egyptian writing
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02770229-a:
of or relating to ancient Numidia or its people or culture
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02776813-a:
of or relating to the ancient Egyptian kings
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02793793-a:
of or relating to the ancient Scythians or their culture or language
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02801450-n:
ancient brass cannon
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02805331-a:
of or relating to ancient Sumer or its inhabitants
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02823266-a:
of or relating to the Vedas or to the ancient Sanskrit in which they were written
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02921325-a:
of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome)
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02922086-a:
characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions
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02938218-n:
a shoe covering the ankle; worn by ancient Romans
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a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body
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02958126-a:
of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages
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02969925-a:
of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
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02981024-n:
an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome)
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03009269-n:
a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome
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03016857-a:
of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Mycenae or its inhabitants
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03017468-a:
of or relating to ancient Boeotia or its people or to the dialect spoken there in classical times
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03017659-a:
of or relating to a gateway on the west of ancient Athens
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03017788-a:
of or relating to the ancient Greek city of Argos or its people
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03021121-n:
a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece
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03021228-n:
a short mantle or cape fastened at the shoulder; worn by men in ancient Greece
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03069643-a:
of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths
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03080101-a:
of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language
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03080238-a:
of or relating to the ancient region of Latium
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03090782-a:
of or relating to the ancient city of Nicaea in Asia Minor
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03093184-a:
of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus
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03099392-a:
of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people
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03104740-a:
of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language
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of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece
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03126638-a:
of or relating to the ancient city of Troy or its inhabitants
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03356670-n:
an ancient Roman road in Italy built by Gaius Flaminius in 220 BC; extends north from Rome to cisalpine Gaul
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03515728-n:
a statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost
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03537550-n:
an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone
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03629520-n:
a shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece
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03649288-n:
(Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions
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03699280-n:
a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment
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an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof
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a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans
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03846431-n:
a seated statue of the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology created for the temple at Olympia; the statue was 40 feet tall and rested on a base that was 12 feet high
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general term for an ancient and prestigious and privileged university (especially Oxford University or Cambridge University)
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a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes
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cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome
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a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist
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the tent of an ancient Roman general
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04016846-n:
an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
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04029125-n:
a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
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04030414-n:
a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines
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04035231-n:
calculator consisting of a cord with attached cords; used by ancient Peruvians for calculating and keeping records
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a building constructed by the ancient Romans
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04158138-n:
an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base
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04178329-n:
impressive monuments created in the ancient world that were regarded with awe
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04201064-n:
an ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the Israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions
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04274807-n:
one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians
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04313628-n:
an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings
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04408174-n:
a large temple at Ephesus that was said to be one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
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04413723-n:
(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
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04445040-n:
a one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome
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04481524-n:
a dining table with couches along three sides in ancient Rome
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04483210-n:
a triangular lyre of ancient Greece and Rome
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04485750-n:
ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side
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04535370-n:
country house in ancient Rome consisting of residential quarters and farm buildings around a courtyard
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04614655-n:
a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
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04698511-n:
the artistic style of ancient Greek art with its emphasis on proportion and harmony
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05218630-n:
a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
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05415815-n:
expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness
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05708030-n:
intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths; said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics
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05841985-n:
architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans
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05842191-n:
the architecture of ancient Greece
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05842290-n:
the architecture of ancient Rome
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05961141-n:
a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers
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05976948-n:
(philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno
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06075016-n:
the paleobiology of ancient mammals
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06082709-n:
the branch of ecology that studies ancient ecology
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06144762-n:
archeology of the ancient Assyrians
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06144855-n:
archeology of ancient Egyptian artifacts
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06144970-n:
the archeology of ancient Sumerians
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06145446-n:
the study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs
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06145586-n:
the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them)
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the study of ancient inscriptions
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06170371-n:
study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome
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06237865-n:
the religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads
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06243347-n:
the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors
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06243963-n:
ancient Persian religion; popular among Romans during first three centuries a.d.
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06337594-n:
the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome
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06352301-n:
the script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written
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06352446-n:
the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written
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06361446-n:
an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs'
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06361635-n:
an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
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a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
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06407372-n:
an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll)
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06444711-n:
a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to the Colossians in ancient Phrygia
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06455775-n:
a sacred text revealed to Joseph Smith in 1830 by an ancient prophet Mormon; supposedly a record of ancient peoples of America translated by Joseph Smith
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(Judaism) ancient rabbinical writings
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06462396-n:
the collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism
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06464419-n:
(from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads
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06466030-n:
(Sanskrit) an ancient medical treatise summarizing the Hindu art of healing and prolonging life; sometimes regarded as a 5th Veda
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06497872-n:
the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe
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06499244-n:
the alphabet used by ancient Greeks
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06514529-n:
a history of the ancient world
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06534659-n:
the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law
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06553472-n:
an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property
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(Hinduism) an ancient Sanskrit text giving rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure and love and marriage in accordance with Hindu law
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06763052-n:
(Judaism) an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of interpretation and attached to the biblical text
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06827503-n:
a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions
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06840187-n:
any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages
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06881798-n:
bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding; in ancient Rome it was a symbol of a magistrate's power; in modern Italy it is a symbol of fascism
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06943221-n:
a Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient people of Thrace but extinct by the early Middle Ages
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06943378-n:
a Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient inhabitants of Phrygia and now extinct--preserved only in a few inscriptions
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06955418-n:
the Frisian language until the 16th century; the Germanic language of ancient Frisia
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06955706-n:
extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas
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06962060-n:
a group of dead languages of ancient Italy; they were displace by Latin
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06962244-n:
an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy
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06962350-n:
an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy
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06962454-n:
an extinct Osco-Umbrian language of ancient Italy that survives only in a few inscriptions
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06962600-n:
any dialect of the language of ancient Rome
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06963082-n:
the language of educated people in ancient Rome
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06968454-n:
an extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the Elamites
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an ancient language spoken by the Kassites
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(Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes
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an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism
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an ancient Iranian language
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06974047-n:
an ancient Iranian language
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06974127-n:
the language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms
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06975469-n:
the Iranian language spoken by the ancient Scythians
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06987124-n:
the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel
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06987409-n:
Hebrew used in Israel today; revived from ancient Hebrew
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06987525-n:
an ancient branch of the Semitic languages
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06988307-n:
a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia
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06989473-n:
the extinct language of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the ancient world
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06989657-n:
the Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage
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06990000-n:
the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC
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06990193-n:
a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script
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07018211-n:
a farcical afterpiece in the ancient Roman theater
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07018824-n:
an ancient Greek burlesque with a chorus of satyrs
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07036862-n:
(ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)
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an ancient liturgical hymn
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ancient city to the southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius
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an ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millennium BC; was the chief port for the export of papyrus; located in Lebanon to the north of Beirut; now partially excavated
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an ancient city in northeastern Pakistan; served as capital of Pakistan while Islamabad was being built
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an ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day Georgia
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an ancient city on the Ebro River in northeastern Spain; formerly the capital of Aragon
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the biblical name for ancient Syria
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an ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander
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ancient region and Roman province on the Iberian Peninsula; corresponds roughly to modern Portugal and parts of Spain
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the farmer god; ancient god of agriculture
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mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu
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ancient Celtic god
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ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods
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an ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility; the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar
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(Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India; one of the three chief deities of the Vedas
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basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes;
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ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC)
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a deity worshiped by the ancient Persians
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ancient Persian god of light and truth; sun god
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a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese
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ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr
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a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
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a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans
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god of the winds in ancient mythology
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goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus
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(Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe
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09557965-n:
(Greek mythology) the supreme god until Zeus dethroned him; son of Uranus and Gaea in ancient Greek mythology; identified with Roman Saturn
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(Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology; counterpart of Roman Ceres
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(Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology
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(Greek mythology) ancient god of the sun; drove his chariot across the sky each day; identified with Roman Sol
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(Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios
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(Greek mythology) the lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vulcan
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queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno
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(Greek mythology) the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vesta
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(Greek mythology) a Titan who was the son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology
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son of Zeus and Europa; king of ancient Crete; ordered Daedalus to build the labyrinth; after death Minos became a judge in the underworld
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in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
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(Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology
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(Roman mythology) ancient rural deity; later considered a counterpart of Greek Pan
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(Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus
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(Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera; identified with Roman Neptune
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09569467-n:
(Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina
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(Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
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(Greek mythology) goddess of the Moon in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Luna
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(Greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of Hyperion; identified with Roman Aurora
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(Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology
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09573682-n:
(Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter
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(Greek mythology) god of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology
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(Greek mythology) the Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology
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09576164-n:
(Greek mythology) the Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology
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09576338-n:
fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor
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(Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor
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(Greek mythology) the Titaness who was goddess of justice in ancient mythology
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wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology; called Latona in Roman mythology
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a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen
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(Norse mythology) race of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir
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(German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons
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deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor
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great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops
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an inhabitant of ancient Babylon
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an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea
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an inhabitant of ancient Assyria
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a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC
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a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC
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a member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C.
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a Celt of ancient Gaul
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a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
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a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans
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a native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage
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an Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians
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a Greek inhabitant of ancient Thebes
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an Egyptian inhabitant of ancient Thebes
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an inhabitant of ancient Thrace
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a native or inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Israel
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a native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria; the Etruscans influenced the Romans (who had suppressed them by about 200 BC)
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an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire
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a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people of the central Apennines north of Rome who were conquered and assimilated into the Roman state in 290 BC
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an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania
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an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans
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a native of ancient Troy
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a person who lived in ancient times
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one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury
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09890507-n:
a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before it was conquered by the Israelites
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a student of ancient Greek and Latin
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a native or inhabitant of the city of Colossae in ancient Phrygia
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a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control
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a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland
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10061323-n:
the governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece
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10061554-n:
a resident of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus
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10094954-n:
a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome
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a member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC
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a native or inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula (especially in ancient times)
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an inhabitant of ancient Latium
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a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians
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10281546-n:
a magician or sorcerer of ancient times
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10312890-n:
an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city
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a native or inhabitant of ancient Mycenae
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10366484-n:
a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion)
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an inhabitant of ancient Numidia
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any of various important officials in ancient Rome
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the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons
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the title of the ancient Egyptian kings
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a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions
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a native or inhabitant of Philippi in ancient Macedonia
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a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
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a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome
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an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
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10497775-n:
any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)
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10545524-n:
a member of an ancient Jewish sect around the time of Jesus; opposed to the Pharisees
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a governor of a province in ancient Persia
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a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author)
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a member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia
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a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno
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a member of a people who inhabited ancient Sumer
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10730262-n:
one of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome
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in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
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a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans
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10812047-n:
ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC)
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10821867-n:
an ancient Greek grammarian remembered for his commentary on the Iliad and Odyssey (circa 217-145 BC)
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10822027-n:
an ancient Greek astronomer who was one of the first to propose a heliocentric theory of the universe (circa 270 BC)
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10822211-n:
an ancient Greek dramatist remembered for his comedies (448-380 BC)
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10822338-n:
one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers; pupil of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great (384-322 BC)
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10869207-n:
statesman of ancient Rome who (with Cassius) led a conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar (85-42 BC)
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ancient Greek philosopher who succeeded Zeno of Citium as the leader of the Stoic school (300-232 BC)
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an ancient Greek philosopher and Cynic who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC)
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one of the greatest tragic dramatists of ancient Greece (480-406 BC)
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legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be responsible for the Gordian knot
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the ancient Greek known as the father of history; his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples of historical writing (485-425 BC)
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ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
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comic dramatist of ancient Greece (342-292 BC)
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ancient king of Pontus who expanded his kingdom by defeating the Romans but was later driven out by Pompey (132-63 BC)
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the ancient prophet whose writings were revealed to Joseph Smith who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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ancient Greek sculptor (circa 500-432 BC)
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king of ancient Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great (382-336 BC)
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king of ancient Macedonia whose confrontations with the Romans led to his defeat and his loss of control over Greece
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ancient Athenian philosopher; pupil of Socrates; teacher of Aristotle (428-347 BC)
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comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC)
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any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC
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ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC)
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one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece (496-406 BC)
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dramatist of ancient Rome (born in Greece) whose comedies were based on works by Menander (190?-159 BC)
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ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War (460-395 BC)
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ancient Greek philosopher who founded the Stoic school (circa 335-263 BC)
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ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)
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11704093-n:
small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
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tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
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the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
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any of various large ancient Greek coins
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any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece
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an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons
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an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel
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an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs
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ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons
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13653349-n:
an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm
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13655414-n:
an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
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13655570-n:
an ancient Roman unit of length (4.85 English feet) measured as the distance from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when next it touches the ground
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one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
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14975598-n:
paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
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the lunar calendar in use in ancient Rome; replaced by the Julian calendar in 46 BC
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one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC
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a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms
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