(Encyclopedia) acropolisacropolisəkrŏpˈəlĭs [key] [Gr.,=high point of the city], elevated, fortified section of various ancient Greek cities.
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(Encyclopedia) Darwin's finches or Galapagos finchesDarwin's finchesgəläˈpəgōsˌ [key], species of small perching birds, constituting the subfamily Geospizinae of the tanager family. Not related to…
(Encyclopedia) Vico, Giovanni BattistaVico, Giovanni Battistajōvänˈnē bät-tēˈstä vēˈkō [key], 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and historian, also known as Giambattista Vico, b. Naples. In 1699, Vico…
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(Encyclopedia) Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)Cicerosĭsˈərō [key] or Tully, 106 b.c.–43 b.c., greatest Roman orator, famous also as a politician and a philosopher.
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