alexandrian
Ancient Egyptian metropolis
Alexandrian refers to Alexandria, the ancient Egyptian city founded by Alexander the Great that became a center of Hellenistic learning and culture.
The famous library and scholars there gave Alexandrian connotations of literary scholarship, textual criticism, and refined but sometimes pedantic erudition: alexandrian verse, an alexandrian approach to classical texts.
Northeastern African nation
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- lighthouseCoastal beacon tower
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
Nile · cosmopolitan · port · ancient · Ptolemaic · Cleopatra · conquest · trade
Book collection or building
- philologyStudy of historical texts
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- commentariesExplanatory notes on texts
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
grammarians · cataloging · literary criticism · exegesis · glosses · editions · scrolls · erudition
Metered poetic passage
- refinedPurified or cultured
- ornateElaborately decorated
- allusiveContaining indirect references
- learnedHaving much knowledge
elegant · pastoral · Apollonius · polished · mannered · mythological · artifice · sophisticated
Plotinus's systematic mystical metaphysics
- syncretismFusion of different beliefs
- mysticismPursuit of divine union
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- gnosticismPrivileging inner revelation
contemplation · emanation · theology · metaphysics · Jewish · Christian · pagan · synthesis
Egypt
Northeastern African nation
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- lighthouseCoastal beacon tower
delta · Nile · cosmopolitan · port · ancient · Ptolemaic · Cleopatra · conquest · trade · Greeks
library
Book collection or building
- philologyStudy of historical texts
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- commentariesExplanatory notes on texts
manuscripts · grammarians · cataloging · literary criticism · exegesis · glosses · editions · scrolls · erudition · annotation
verse
Metered poetic passage
learned · elegant · pastoral · Apollonius · polished · mannered · mythological · artifice · sophisticated · miniature
Neoplatonism
Plotinus's systematic mystical metaphysics
- syncretismFusion of different beliefs
- mysticismPursuit of divine union
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
gnosticism · contemplation · emanation · theology · metaphysics · Jewish · Christian · pagan · synthesis · transcendence
patriarchate
Chief bishop's office or realm
Athanasius · councils · theological · creed · diocese · apostolic · Mark · catechism · liturgy · monastic
alexandrianRoman
Of ancient Italy's capital
provincial · barbarian · Athenian · Persian · rustic
alexandrianHomeric
Of grand, ancient verse
archaic · spontaneous · unlearned · artless · naive
- library of AlexandriaAncient Egypt's famed archive
- Hero of AlexandriaAncient Greek mechanician
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Cyril of AlexandriaEarly Egyptian patriarch, theologian
- ancient AlexandriaEgyptian port of antiquity
- Lighthouse of AlexandriaAncient wonder, maritime beacon