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Epic originally comes from the Latin word epicus, which itself comes from the Ancient Greek adjective ἐπικός (epikos) deriving from ἔπος (epos), meaning "word, story, poem." [3] The word Epic, throughout the years, has adapted to different meanings that stem far away from its origins. In Ancient Greece, Epic was used in the form of ...
[1] [2] It is a story of a father who has two wives, abandons one who gives birth to their son, and the son grows up and seeks his real father. [1] The dominant emotion of this epic is love, and its predominant object is the inculcation of Jain principles and doctrines.
Odysseus removing his men from the company of the lotus-eaters. In Greek mythology, lotophages or the lotus-eaters (Ancient Greek: λωτοφάγοι, romanized: lōtophágoi) were a race of people living on an island dominated by the lotus tree off coastal Tunisia (Island of Djerba), [1] [2] a plant whose botanical identity is uncertain.
Biag ni Lam-Ang (Life of Lam-Ang), an epic of the Ilocano of northern Luzon, the Philippines; Ibalong Epic, a 60-stanza fragment of a Bicolano full-length folk epic of Bicol Region of the Philippines. Hinilawod, an epic of the Panay-Bukidnons of Panay, the Visayas, central Philippines. Darangen, an epic of the Maranao of Mindanao, the Philippines.
Theophrastus's Enquiry into Plants or Historia Plantarum (Ancient Greek: Περὶ φυτῶν ἱστορία, Peri phyton historia) was, along with his mentor Aristotle's History of Animals, Pliny the Elder's Natural History and Dioscorides's De materia medica, one of the most important books of natural history written in ancient times, and like them it was influential in the Renaissance.
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View on El Nabatat Island of the Aswan Botanical Garden and west bank of the Nile. Palm tree allée (landscape avenue), in the Aswan Botanical Garden.. El Nabatat Island or Kitchener's Island [1] [2] (جزيرة النباتات Geziret En Nabatat (Plant Island) or the Botanical Island) [3] [4] is a small, oval-shaped island in the Nile at Aswan, Egypt.
The first three volumes of the series were originally released as "Usborne Solve It Yourself". Each book contains a vividly illustrated story, with a plot-related puzzle to solve on each double page. The series's success inspired the creation of three related series: Advanced Puzzle Adventures, Young Puzzle Adventures and Science Puzzle Adventures.