• Look up zeugma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Zeugma may refer to: Zeugma and syllepsis, figures of speech Zeugma (Commagene), an ancient settlement...
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  • In rhetoric, zeugma (/ˈzjuːɡmə/ ; from the Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα, zeûgma, lit. "a yoking together") and syllepsis (/sɪˈlɛpsɪs/; from the Ancient Greek σύλληψις...
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    Zeugma, the lake Zeugma excavations Zeugma excavations and dam Zeugma, the dam nearby Zeugma excavations Zeugma excavations Zeugma excavations Zeugma...
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    Zeugma Mosaic Museum, in the city of Gaziantep, Turkey, is the biggest mosaic museum in the world, containing 1700 m2 of mosaics. It opened to the public...
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    Project. "Eserleri: Zeugma ve Diğer Buluntular. Aphrodithe'in Doğuşu" [Works: Zeugma and Other Finds: Birth of Aphrodite]. zeugma.org.tr (in Turkish)...
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    Zeugma is a small genus of planthoppers from the family Derbidae, tribe Zoraidini, currently (2024) with 9 species. The distribution of the species is...
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  • Seleucia at the Zeugma (Greek: Σελεύκεια ἐπὶ τοῦ Ζεύγματος, transliterated Seleukeia epi tou Zeugmatos) was a Hellenistic fortified town in the present...
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  • Tellabs (redirect from Zeugma Systems)
    Tellabs, Inc. is a global network technology company that provides networking and communications solutions to both private and governmental agencies. The...
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  • Zeugma is a literary journal published in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. First published in February 2006 by Meghan Beresford and Tomasz...
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  • Retrieved 20 May 2024. "Gypsy Girl Zeugma". Beyazperde. Retrieved 20 May 2024. "Çingene Kızı Zeugma" [Gypsy Girl Zeugma]. Box Office Türkiye (in Turkish)...
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    the Euphrates, opposite the famous city of Zeugma, at the end of a bridge of boats (Greek: Ζεῦγμα zeugma) connecting the two, founded by Seleucus I Nicator...
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    elevated to caesar – formalising his position as heir to the throne – at Zeugma, while his guard was escorting him from Antioch to Mesopotamia to join his...
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  • and sacks the Anatolian city of Zeugma on the Euphrates. A devastating fire and an earthquake soon follow, causing Zeugma to be abandoned. Cities in the...
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    located on the site of ancient Antiochia ad Taurum and is near ancient Zeugma. As of the 2021 census, the Gaziantep province (Metropolitan municipality)...
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    2000, Packard donated USD 5 million to fund an emergency excavation of the Zeugma archeological site, after reading about it in The New York Times, allowing...
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    A Roman mosaic from Zeugma, Commagene (now in the Zeugma Mosaic Museum) depicting Daedalus, his son Icarus, Queen Pasiphaë, and two of her female attendants...
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  • Zeugma (Ancient Greek: Ζεῦγμα) was a Dacian town mentioned by Ptolemy. Dacian davae List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia Olteanu, Toponyms. Anonymous...
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    discoveries have shown that the identification with Apamea and its Zeugma (the word zeugma meant junction and referred to a junction of roads at a point where...
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    Samandağ (redirect from Zeugma, Syria)
    Samandağ, formerly known as Süveydiye (Arabic: السويدية, as-Sūwaydīyah), is a municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 384 km2...
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    And I could laugh, I am light and heavy. — Shakespeare, Coriolanus 2.1 Zeugma involves the linking of two or more words or phrases that occupy the same...
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    would run up the stairs and then a new set of curtains" is a variety of zeugma called a syllepsis. Run up can refer either to a quick ascent or to manufacture...
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  • Diadumenianus, son of Macrinus, escapes to the Parthian court, but is captured at Zeugma and also put to death. Spring – Ji Ben (or Ji Ping), Chinese court physician...
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  • ad Pyramum or Mopsuestia, now in Adana Province, Turkey Seleucia at the Zeugma, a former settlement probably near Sırataşlar, Turkey Seleucia by the Sea...
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    A Roman mosaic from the Poseidon Villa in Zeugma, Commagene (now in the Zeugma Mosaic Museum) depicting Achilles disguised as a woman and Odysseus tricking...
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    Water god in an ancient Roman mosaic. Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey...
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  • recently it has been suggested that Thapsacus was renamed to Seleucia at the Zeugma, which lies further upstream on the Euphrates. Farrell and Engels argue...
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    Matiate Nevalı Çori Nicopolis in Cilicia Nisibis Sakçagözü Sam'al Samosata Sareisa Seleucia at the Zeugma Sitai Sultantepe Tille Tushhan Urima Urshu Zeugma...
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    Daedalus, Icarus, Queen Pasiphaë, and two of her attendants in a Roman mosaic from Zeugma, Commagene...
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  • English Usage Malapropism Prescription and description Error (linguistics) Zeugma, a rhetorical use of solecism for effect Bryan A Garner (2001). A dictionary...
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    is 10 kilometers. For it to reflect the tradition of the ancient city of Zeugma, the outside walls of the stadium are covered with mosaic. Gaziantep Stadium...
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