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51Gothic aesthetics — The aesthetics of the goth subculture find their roots in Gothic Fiction and the Romanticist interpretation of the Gothic Art movement of the 11th to 14th century. Gothic aesthetics are difficult for many to appreciate due to their complexity,… …
52Amytis — (Greek Ámitys , Old Persian * Umati ) [Schmitt 1985. Only the Greek form of the name is known; the Persian form is a modern reconstruction, as indicated by the asterisk. ] was a Persian princess, daughter of king Xerxes I and queen Amestris, and… …
53Origin of the Eucharist — Main article: Eucharist Christians find the origin of the Eucharist in the Last Supper, at which Jesus established a New Covenant in his body and blood, fulfilling the Mosaic covenant. In this ancient rite or sacrament Christians eat bread and… …
54Aristophanes — Aristophanic /euh ris teuh fan ik/, adj. /ar euh stof euh neez /, n. 448? 385? B.C., Athenian comic dramatist. * * * born с 450 died с 388 BC Greek playwright. An Athenian, he began his career as a comic dramatist in 427. He wrote approximately… …
55Cyprian — /sip ree euhn/, adj. 1. noting or pertaining to the worship of Aphrodite or to conduct inspired by Aphrodite. 2. lewd; licentious. 3. Cypriot. n. 4. Cypriot. 5. a lewd or licentious person, esp. a prostitute. 6. the Cyprian, Aphrodite: so called… …
56Don Juan — /don wahn / or, Sp., /dawn hwahn / for 1, 2; esp. for 4 /don jooh euhn/ 1. a legendary Spanish nobleman famous for his many seductions and dissolute life. 2. a libertine or rake. 3. a ladies man; womanizer. 4. (italics) an unfinished epic satire… …
57Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
58mime and pantomime — Dramatic performance in which a story is told solely by expressive body movement. Mime appeared in Greece in the 5th century BC as a comic entertainment that stressed mimetic action but included song and spoken dialogue. A separate Roman form… …
59obscene — ob·scene /äb sēn/ adj [Middle French, from Latin obscenus obscaenus indecent, lewd]: extremely or deeply offensive according to contemporary community standards of morality or decency see also roth v. united states in the important cases section… …
60wanton — wan·ton / wänt ən, wȯnt / adj: manifesting extreme indifference to a risk of injury to another that is known or should have been known: characterized by knowledge of and utter disregard for probability of resulting harm a wanton act by such… …
