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A prologue or prolog (from Greek πρόλογος prólogos, from πρό pró, "before" and λόγος lógos, "word") is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information.
Prologue, an opening to a story that establishes context and may give background; Keynote, the first non-specific talk on a conference spoken by an invited (and usually famous) speaker in order to sum up the main theme of the conference.
Preface comes from Latin, meaning either "spoken before" (prae and fatia) [1] [2] or "made before" (prae + factum). While the former source of the word could have preface meaning the same as prologue, the latter strongly implies an introduction written before the body of the book. With this meaning of stated intention, British publishing up to ...
"The Greeks use a word ???, which included the modern meaning of the prologue, but was of wider significance, embracing any kind of preface, like the Latin praefatio." What are the ??? supposed to mean? Is the greek writing missing? or do you not know the word ?
Taylor Swift. Terry Wyatt/Getty Images Taylor Swift could build a castle with all the bricks they threw at her. As the singer, 33, released 1989 (Taylor’s Version) on Friday, October 27 ...
Switzerland said on Tuesday it was concerned by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's proposals to raise tariffs and is considering how to respond if his new administration does so. Trump aims to ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to decide whether federally mandated warnings on cigarette packs that graphically illustrate the health risks of smoking violate the ...
A prologue is a prefatory piece of writing. Prologue may also refer to: A prologue time trial, a short opening stage often used in road cycling races; Movie prologue, a stage show performed in movie theaters, mainly in the silent film era