Synonyms for anthology

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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