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  1. Mar 2023
    1. Gospel

      Gospel is any of four biblical narratives covering the life and death of Jesus. Written, according to tradition, respectively by St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, and St. John (the four evangelists), they are placed at the beginning of the New Testament and make up about half the total text. The word gospel is derived from the Anglo-Saxon term god-spell, meaning “good story,” a rendering of the Latin evangelium and the Greek euangelion, meaning “good news” or “good telling.” The traditions of Jesus’ earthly ministry and Passion were remembered and then written in the Gospel accounts. They were written from the post-Resurrection perspective and contain an extensive and common Passion narrative as they deal with the earthly ministry of Jesus from hindsight.

      https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gospel-New-Testament

    1. forest of Biere

      It's also called "The forest of Fontainebleau", the forest is a mixed deciduous forest lying sixty kilometres (37 mi) southeast of Paris, France. Forty thousand years ago, nomadic populations settled around the forest. Various traces of their presence have been discovered :carved stone tools, bones of such animals as bears, elephants, rhinos, giant stags. More than 2,000 caves with rock carvings are scattered across the forest. Around the year 1000, the human occupation of the forest consisted of a series of enclaves controlled by petty lords and wealthy landowners.The Forest of Fontainebleau is famous worldwide for having inspired 19th-century artists, including painters of the Barbizon School and the Impressionists. The Barbizon painters, led by Théodore Rousseau, militated against the planting of softwoods which had been carried out at a pace of several hundred hectares per year since 1830.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_of_Fontainebleau#:~:text=The%20forest%20of%20Fontainebleau%20(French,of%20Seine%2Det%2DMarne.

    1. Valencia

      Valencia is a city in Spain, located on the Mediterranean coast at the mouth of the Turia River, it is surrounded by orchards in a region known as the Huerta de Valencia. After Madrid and Barcelona, Valencia is the third- largest city in Spain.

      https://www.britannica.com/place/Valencia-Spain In addition,Valencia has one of the largest cargo ports in the world. In fact, it is Spain’s busiest port, the fifth-biggest in Europe, and number 30 worldwide.

    1. ABABA

      ABAB is a rhyme scheme, that the first and third line end with rhyming words (A) and the second and fourth lines end with different rhyming words (B). The rhyme scheme is determined by the last word of each line. Lines that end with a rhyme are labeled with the same letter.

      Example:

      I have a cat. (A)

      I have a mouse. (B)

      I have a hat. (A)

      I have a house. (B)

      https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/tag/ababa/

  2. Feb 2023
    1. Maya,

      "Maya" means "magic""illusion". Maya is like a cosmic force that represents the supreme being. Maya is reflected on the individual level by human ignorance of the real nature of the self. Maya means forgetfulness, myth, unreal.

      “Gender in Greek Comedies.” Cornellcollege.edu, https://www.cornellcollege.edu/classical_studies/lit/cla364-1-2006/02grouptwo/greek.htm.

    1. How could we do Such a big wise deed

      Lysistrata is showing here how she is strong-willed and determined. She knows what she wants and how to get it. She knows how to make men feel nice and hot. The idea of the sex strike was to show women had a little voice in society. By having the women teasing the men, she knows they won't resist the sex strike for so long. Her name means "Liquidator of Armies", representing her acting as a hero of the play.

      “Gender in Greek Comedies.” Cornellcollege.edu, https://www.cornellcollege.edu/classical_studies/lit/cla364-1-2006/02grouptwo/greek.htm.