Greek tragedy is radical because it does not treat the chorus as passive, but as a surrogate public, a dramatized citizen ...

Words shape how we think, feel, and connect with others. While common vocabulary allows basic communication, rare and ...

Ubique means “everywhere” in Latin, so the verb ubiquit literally means “to become ubiquitous”—or in other words, to seem to appear everywhere. Ever needed the perfect word to describe a neighbor ...

Don't be a zob. | photovideostock/E+/Getty Images (Letter Z), Justin Dodd (speech bubble) Borrowed into English from Yiddish (and descended from a German word meaning “juicy”), zaftig refers to a ...

A recent study examines how centuries of contact between Greek and Egypt’s native language shaped Coptic, the final stage of ancient Egyptian, influencing both its structure and vocabulary. In a study ...

Abstract: Hierarchical Multilabel Classification (HMC) is a challenging task in information retrieval, especially within scientific textbooks, where the objective is to allocate multiple labels ...

Changing some common terminology in architecture and design could be an important first step towards solving systemic issues, writes Katie Treggiden. Language shapes how we see the world around us, ...

Friedrich Nietzsche once quipped that ‘God learnt Greek when he wanted to become an author’. On the April 14, 2025 Unesco agreed with him, formally recognising Greek as “the longest continuously ...

Charts that work: FT visual vocabulary guide on facebook (opens in a new window) Charts that work: FT visual vocabulary guide on linkedin (opens in a new window) ...

Learn about the journey of the Greek language from its ancient origins to the vernacular of modern Greece through the lens of Middle Greek.

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