Anthology Definition
A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories.
(by extension) An assortment of things.
Other Word Forms of Anthology
Noun
Origin of Anthology
From Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthologia, “flower-gathering”), from ἀνθολογέω (anthologeō, “I gather flowers”), from ἄνθος (anthos, “flower”) + λέγω (legō, “I gather, pick up, collect”), coined by Meleager of Gadara circa 60 BCE, originally as Στέφανος (στέφανος (stephanos, “garland”)) to describe a collection of poetry, later retitled anthology – see Greek Anthology. Anthologiai were collections of small Greek poems and epigrams, because in Greek culture the flower symbolized the finer sentiments that only poetry can express.
From Wiktionary
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Medieval Greek anthologiā collection of epigrams from Greek flower gathering from anthologein to gather flowers antho- antho- logos a gathering (from legein to gather leg- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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