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Grammar : Noun
Spell : an-thol-uh-jee
Phonetic Transcription : ænˈθɒl ə dʒi



Définition of anthology

Origin :
  • 1630s, "collection of poetry," from Latin anthologia, from Greek anthologia "collection of small poems and epigrams by several authors," literally "flower-gathering," from anthos "a flower" (see anther) + logia "collection, collecting," from legein "gather" (see lecture (n.)). Modern sense (which emerged in Late Greek) is metaphoric, "flowers" of verse, small poems by various writers gathered together.
  • noun literary collection
Example sentences :
  • To select an anthology from his work were surely the pleasantest of tasks.
  • Extract from : « Views and Reviews » by William Ernest Henley
  • Selections from these, arranged in chronological order, appear in this anthology.
  • Extract from : « Tudor and Stuart Love Songs » by Various
  • For these reasons we have admitted few punning epigrams into this anthology, and those only as examples of a faulty kind.
  • Extract from : « An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams » by Pierre Nicole
  • These two contributors to the "Others" Anthology write logopoeia.
  • Extract from : « Instigations » by Ezra Pound
  • The anthology displays also Mr. Williams' praiseworthy opacity.
  • Extract from : « Instigations » by Ezra Pound
  • But the Anthology, as we possess it, had not yet come into existence.
  • Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2) » by John Addington Symonds
  • Of all the amatory poets of the Anthology, by far the noblest is Meleager.
  • Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2) » by John Addington Symonds
  • One large section of the Anthology remains to be considered.
  • Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2) » by John Addington Symonds
  • But the vicissitudes of the Anthology did not terminate with the labors of Cephalas.
  • Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2) » by John Addington Symonds
  • But of all the sections of the Anthology this is certainly the least valuable.
  • Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2) » by John Addington Symonds

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