Aesop Definitions

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Aesop's Fables : مختصر کہانیاں , Hippocrates : یونانی علاج کا بانی , Heraclitus : یونانی فلسفی , Scholiast : حاشیہ نگار , Fabulist : قصہ خواں , Aeschylus : مشکلات بھری اداکاری کرنے والا , Helen : قدیم یونانی شہزادی , Hecate : افزائش نسل کی دیوی , Cyrus Ii : قدیم ایران کا بانی اور بادشاہ , Armin : جرمن ہیرو , Author : تخلیق کرنا , Achilles : قدیم یونانی جنگجو , Auctorial : مصنف کی جانب سے , Nom De Plume : تصنیفی نام , Authoress : مصنفہ , Zeus : یونان کا سب سے بڑا دیوتا , Co-Author : مخلوط مصنف ہونا , Autographic : ہاتھ سے لکھی تحریر کا , Memoir : سوانح , Writing : تحریر , Immortal : لافانی , Elegist : مرثیہ نگار , Divan : شاعری کا مجموعہ , Christ : حضرت عیسی علیہ السلام , Publius Vergilius Maro : ایک رومی شاعر , Levi : متی , A. Conan Doyle : برطانوی مصنف , Belloc : انگریز مصنف , Alger : امریکی مصنف ہوریشو , Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf : انگریز مصنف , Bibliography : فہرست نگاری

Useful Words Definitions

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Aesop's Fables: a collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop.

Hippocrates: Greek medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC).

Heraclitus: a presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (circa 500 BC).

Scholiast: a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author).

Fabulist: a person who tells or invents fables.

Aeschylus: Greek tragedian; the father of Greek tragic drama (525-456 BC).

Helen: (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War.

Hecate: (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches.

Cyrus Ii: king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC).

Armin: German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19).

Author: be the author of.

Achilles: a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles` heel`.

Auctorial: of or by or typical of an author.

Nom De Plume: an author's pseudonym.

Authoress: a woman author.

Zeus: (Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter.

Co-Author: be a co-author on (a book, a paper).

Autographic: written in the author's own handwriting.

Memoir: an account of the author's personal experiences.

Writing: (usually plural) the collected work of an author.

Immortal: a person (such as an author) of enduring fame.

Elegist: the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead.

Divan: a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author).

Christ: a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29).

Publius Vergilius Maro: a Roman poet; author of the epic poem `Aeneid` (70-19 BC).

Levi: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel.

A. Conan Doyle: British author who created Sherlock Holmes (1859-1930).

Belloc: English author (born in France) remembered especially for his verse for children (1870-1953).

Alger: United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899).

Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf: English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941).

Bibliography: a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.).