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antiquity

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n. the distant past (= a long time ago), especially before the sixth century:
Socrates, Plato and Aristotle are the three greatest philosophers of classical antiquity.
The cicada has represented insouciance since antiquity.
There was once a bundle of matches, who were all extremely proud of their high descent, for their genealogical tree, that is to say, the tall fir-tree, from which each of them was a splinter, had been a tree of great antiquity, and distinguished by his height from all the other trees of the forest.
In the museum, sculptures from antiquity are exhibited.
Hymns sung to the Greek gods thousands of years ago resonated from ancient musical instruments in Athens on Thursday, transporting a transfixed audience to antiquity.
Astrolabe was used in classical antiquity, the Islamic Golden Age, the European Middle Ages and the Age of Discovery.
The Colosseum in Rome is one of the most important structures of antiquity.
Many peoples of antiquity have been gone for thousands of years, and nobody sheds a tear for them.
The pagan nations of antiquity always had a tendency to worship the sun, under different names, as the giver of light and life. And their festivals in its honor took place near the winter solstice, the shortest day in the year, when the sun in December begins its upward course, thrilling men with the first distant promise of spring.
In antiquity, on the Mediterranean shores of Gaul, there was a civilization still little known.
Added on 2021-05-27 | by amia | View: 180

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