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  2. Aetia (Callimachus) - Wikipedia

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    The stories in the book include those of Linus and Coroebus, [7] Theiodamas, king of the Dryopes [8] and the voyage of the Argonauts. [ 9 ] The second book continues the first's dialectic structure and may have been set a symposium at Alexandria , where Callimachus worked as a librarian and scholar . [ 6 ]

  3. Origin myth - Wikipedia

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    New York: Penguin Books, 1976. Campbell, Joseph. Transformations of Myth through Time. New York: Harper and Row, 1990. Darshan, Guy. The Origins of the Foundation Stories Genre in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Eastern Mediterranean, JBL, 133,4 (2014), 689–709. Darshan, Guy. Stories of Origins in the Bible and Ancient Mediterranean Literature ...

  4. Callimachus - Wikipedia

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    The stories in the book include those of Linus and Coroebus, [25] Theiodamas, king of the Dryopes [26] and the voyage of the Argonauts. [27] The second book continues the first's dialectic structure. It may have been set at a symposium at Alexandria , where Callimachus worked as a librarian and scholar . [ 24 ]

  5. Just-so story - Wikipedia

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    In science and philosophy, a just-so story is an untestable narrative explanation for a cultural practice, a biological trait, or behavior of humans or other animals. The pejorative [1] nature of the expression is an implicit criticism that reminds the listener of the fictional and unprovable nature of such an explanation.

  6. Nine Stories (Salinger) - Wikipedia

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    It includes two of his most famous short stories, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor". (Nine Stories is the U.S. title; the book is published in many other countries as For Esmé - with Love and Squalor, and Other Stories). The stories are: "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut"

  7. Etiology - Wikipedia

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    Etiology (/ ˌ iː t i ˈ ɒ l ə dʒ i /; alternatively spelled aetiology or ætiology) is the study of causation or origination. The word is derived from the Greek word αἰτιολογία (aitiología), meaning "giving a reason for" (from αἰτία (aitía) 'cause' and -λογία () 'study of'). [1]

  8. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia

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    Example: Agamemnon (play) Falling prey to cruelty/misfortune. an unfortunate; a master or a misfortune; The unfortunate suffers from misfortune and/or at the hands of the master. Example: Job (biblical figure) Revolt. a tyrant; a conspirator; The tyrant, a cruel power, is plotted against by the conspirator. Example: Julius Caesar (play) Daring ...

  9. Merlin Book 9: The Great Tree of Avalon - Wikipedia

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    Source: [1] Avalon started its life as a magical seed that beat like a heart, planted by Merlin in earlier books from the Merlin Saga. Soon it grew into a huge tree, having members of every existing species living in its 7 root-realms. Élano, the sap of the Great Tree, is a liquid that has the power to create, with powers far greater than that of Merlin himself.