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English translation: looking at death


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17:41 Oct 8, 2008
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / poetry
English term or phrase: Thanatopsis
Thanatopsis, poem, by william cullen bryant, explanation
jill
English translation:looking at death
Explanation:
The title is from the Greek thanatos ("death") and the suffix -opsis (literally, "sight"); it has often been translated as "Meditation upon Death".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanatopsis
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4 +4looking at death
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thanatopsisEllen Kraus

  

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thanatopsis
looking at death


Explanation:
The title is from the Greek thanatos ("death") and the suffix -opsis (literally, "sight"); it has often been translated as "Meditation upon Death".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanatopsis

ntext
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Local time: 06:31
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agree  d_vachliot
1 hr

agree  Max Nuijens, MSc: but - reading Ellens reference - don't you mean *facing* death?
2 hrs

agree  Anja Tal C.
3 hrs

agree  Gary D: An essay expressing a view on the subject of death
9 hrs
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Reference: thanatopsis

Reference information:
the underlying Greek word is thanatos (death)
WorldHistory: Thanotopsis - [ Diese Seite übersetzen ]Thanotopsis. I think that the poem Thanatopsis is trying to tell people not to be scared of death because everyone dies at some point. ...
michaeljohnson1989.blogspot.com/2007/10/thanotopsis.html - 47k

Ellen Kraus
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