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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Archaism
Britannica 11thARCHAISM (adj. "archaic"; from Gr. ap\alos, old), an old-fashioned usage, or the deliberate employment of an out-ofdate and ancient mode of expression.
Vol. 2, pp. 356-356
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Arcadius
Britannica 11thARCADIUS (373-408), Roman emperor, the elder son of Theodosius the Great, was created Augustus in 383, and succeeded his father in 395 along with his brother Honorius. The empire was divided between them, Honorius governing the two western prefectures (Gaul an
Vol. 2, pp. 340-341
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Epode
Britannica 11th... on the epodical system. In Latin poetry the epode was cultivated, in conscious archaism, both as a part of the ode and as an independent branch of poetry. Of the former class, the epithalamia of Catullus, founded on an imitation of Pindar, present us with exa ...
Vol. 9, pp. 707-708
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