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Italian: Poetry & Literature

Term/concept	Contributor
tritone Half man and half fish; lives in the sea	KudoZ
bibliografia essenziale Poetry & LiteraturePrinting & Publishing
Giano (Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with	KudoZ
giallo A suspenseful adventure story or play or movie	KudoZ
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Timeo PhilosophyPoetry & Literature	Valentina Sarno Puggioni
opera buffa Opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken	KudoZ
araba fenice Il leggendario uccello sacro che si lasciava morire su un rogo per poi rina...
fenice Il leggendario uccello sacro che si lasciava morire su un rogo per poi rina...
draconiano Estremamente severo e rigido.
ippogrifo A legendary creature, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and a mare.
assonanza Uguaglianza delle vocali nel suono finale (cioè dopo la vocale accentata co...
catarsi The form of emotional cleansing first defined by the Greek philosopher Aris	xxxsilvia b
ossimoro The figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms.	KudoZ
La Divina Commedia A narrative epic poem written by Dante	KudoZ
ibidem Nelle citazioni bibliografiche, nella stessa opera (per non ripeterne il ti...
Esperidi (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that
Zefiro (Greek mythology) the Greek god of the west wind
Cariddi (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a n
Argo (Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer Io and

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