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] | Apollo appears often in the myths, plays and hymns. As Zeus' favorite son, Apollo had direct access to the mind of Zeus and was willing to reveal this knowledge to humans. A divinity beyond human comprehension, he appears both as a beneficial and a wrathful god. | 594 | Apollo | [
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] | [[Hyperborea]], the mystical land of eternal spring, venerated Apollo above all the gods. The Hyperboreans always sang and danced in his honor and hosted [[Pythian games]]. There, a vast forest of beautiful trees was called "the garden of Apollo". Apollo spent the winter months among the Hyperboreans. His absence from ... | 594 | Apollo | [
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] | [[Python (mythology)|Python]], a [[chthonic]] serpent-dragon, was a child of Gaia and the guardian of the [[Delphic Oracle]], whose death was foretold by Apollo when he was still in Leto's womb. Python was the nurse of the giant [[Typhon]]. In most of the traditions, Apollo was still a child when he killed Python. Pyth... | 594 | Apollo | [
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] | [[Admetus]] was the king of [[Pherae]], who was known for his hospitality. When Apollo was exiled from Olympus for killing Python, he served as a herdsman under Admetus, who was then young and unmarried. Apollo is said to have shared a romantic relationship with Admetus during his stay. After completing his years of se... | 594 | Apollo | [
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] | The fate of [[Niobe]] was prophesied by Apollo while he was still in Leto's womb. Niobe was the queen of [[Thebes (Greece)|Thebes]] and wife of [[Amphion]]. She displayed [[hubris]] when she boasted that she was superior to Leto because she had fourteen children ([[Niobids]]), seven male and seven female, while Leto ha... | 594 | Apollo | [
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] | Once Apollo and [[Poseidon]] served under the Trojan king [[Laomedon]] in accordance to Zeus' words. Apollodorus states that the gods willingly went to the king disguised as humans in order to check his hubris. Apollo guarded the cattle of Laomedon in the valleys of mount Ida, while Poseidon built the walls of Troy. Ot... | 594 | Apollo | [
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] | Finally, Apollo caused Achilles' death by guiding an arrow shot by [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]] into [[Achilles]]' heel. In some versions, Apollo himself killed Achilles by taking the disguise of Paris. Apollo helped many Trojan warriors, including [[Agenor]], [[Polydamas (mythology)|Polydamas]], [[Glaucus]] in the batt... | 594 | Apollo | [
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] | After [[Heracles]] (then named Alcides) was struck with madness and killed his family, he sought to purify himself and consulted the oracle of Apollo. Apollo, through the Pythia, commanded him to serve king [[Eurystheus]] for twelve years and complete the ten tasks the king would give him. Only then would Alcides be ab... | 594 | Apollo | [
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] | [[Periphas]] was an Attican king and a priest of Apollo. He was noble, just and rich. He did all his duties justly. Because of this people were very fond of him and started honouring him to the same extent as Zeus. At one point, they worshipped Periphas in place of Zeus and set up shrines and temples for him. This anno... | 594 | Apollo | [
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[
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[
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[
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[
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] | Apollo has often featured in postclassical art and literature. [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]] composed a "Hymn of Apollo" (1820), and the god's instruction of the Muses formed the subject of [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ''[[Apollon musagète]]'' (1927–1928). In 1978, the Canadian band [[Rush (band)|Rush]] released [[Hemispheres (Rus... | 594 | Apollo | [
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] | 1997 was the low point of Agassi's career. His wrist injury resurfaced, and he played only 24 matches during the year. He later confessed that he started using [[methamphetamine|crystal methamphetamine]] at that time, allegedly on the urging of a friend. He failed an ATP drug test, but wrote a letter claiming the same ... | 595 | Andre Agassi | [
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[] | The '''Austroasiatic languages''' , also known as '''Mon–Khmer''' , are a large [[language family]] of [[Mainland Southeast Asia]], also scattered throughout parts of [[India]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Nepal]], and southern [[China]]. There are around 117 million speakers of Austroasiatic languages. Of these languages, only ... | 597 | Austroasiatic languages | [
"Austroasiatic languages",
"Agglutinative languages",
"Language families",
"Sino-Austronesian languages"
] | [] |
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"Etymology"
] | The name ''Austroasiatic'' comes from a combination of the [[Latin]] words for "South" and "Asia", hence "South Asia". | 597 | Austroasiatic languages | [
"Austroasiatic languages",
"Agglutinative languages",
"Language families",
"Sino-Austronesian languages"
] | [] |
[
"Typology"
] | Regarding word structure, Austroasiatic languages are well known for having an iambic [[sesquisyllable|"sesquisyllabic"]] pattern, with basic nouns and verbs consisting of an initial, unstressed, reduced [[minor syllable]] followed by a stressed, full syllable. This reduction of presyllables has led to a variety among ... | 597 | Austroasiatic languages | [
"Austroasiatic languages",
"Agglutinative languages",
"Language families",
"Sino-Austronesian languages"
] | [] |
[
"Proto-language"
] | Much work has been done on the reconstruction of [[Proto-Mon–Khmer]] in [[Harry L. Shorto]]'s ''Mon–Khmer Comparative Dictionary''. Little work has been done on the [[Munda languages]], which are not well documented. With their demotion from a primary branch, Proto-Mon–Khmer becomes synonymous with Proto-Austroasiatic.... | 597 | Austroasiatic languages | [
"Austroasiatic languages",
"Agglutinative languages",
"Language families",
"Sino-Austronesian languages"
] | [] |
[
"Internal classification"
] | Linguists traditionally recognize two primary divisions of Austroasiatic: the [[Mon–Khmer languages]] of [[Southeast Asia]], [[North-East India|Northeast India]] and the [[Nicobar Islands]], and the [[Munda languages]] of [[East India|East]] and [[Central India]] and parts of [[Bangladesh]], parts of [[Nepal]]. However... | 597 | Austroasiatic languages | [
"Austroasiatic languages",
"Agglutinative languages",
"Language families",
"Sino-Austronesian languages"
] | [] |
[
"Internal classification",
"Diffloth (1974)"
] | [[Gérard Diffloth|Diffloth]]'s widely cited original classification, now abandoned by Diffloth himself, is used in ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' and—except for the breakup of Southern Mon–Khmer—in ''Ethnologue.'' (-) '''[[Munda languages|Munda]]''' (-) North Munda (-) Korku (-) '''Kherwarian''' (-) South Munda (-) ''... | 597 | Austroasiatic languages | [
"Austroasiatic languages",
"Agglutinative languages",
"Language families",
"Sino-Austronesian languages"
] | [] |
[
"Internal classification",
"Peiros (2004)"
] | Peiros is a [[lexicostatistics|lexicostatistic]] classification, based on percentages of shared vocabulary. This means that languages can appear to be more distantly related than they actually are due to [[language contact]]. Indeed, when Sidwell (2009) replicated Peiros's study with languages known well enough to acco... | 597 | Austroasiatic languages | [
"Austroasiatic languages",
"Agglutinative languages",
"Language families",
"Sino-Austronesian languages"
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