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==Origin==
New Latin ''anthologia'' collection of epigrams, from Middle Greek, from [[Greek]], flower gathering, from ''anthos'' flower + ''logia'' collecting, from ''legein'' to gather; akin to [[Sanskrit]] ''andha'' herb — more at [[legend]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1621]
The word entered the [[English]] language in the seventeenth century, from the [[Greek]] word, ἀνθολογία (anthologia "a collection of flowers"), a reference to one of the earliest known anthologies, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meleager_of_Gadara#The_Garland_of_Meleager the Garland]'' (Στέφανος), the introduction to which [[compares]] each of its anthologized [[poets]] to a flower. That Garland by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meleager_of_Gadara Meléagros of Gadara] formed the kernel for what has become known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Anthology Greek Anthology].
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florilegium Florilegium], a Latin derivative for a collection of flowers, was used in medieval Europe for an anthology of Latin [[proverbs]] and textual excerpts. Shortly before anthology had entered the [[language]], English had begun using "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscellany miscellany]" as a word for such a collection.
==Definitions==
*1: a collection of selected [[literary]] pieces or passages or works of [[art]] or [[music]]
*2: assortment <an anthology of threadbare [[clichés]] of … bistro cuisine — Jay Jacobs>
==Description==
An anthology is a collection of [[literary]] works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of [[poems]], short stories, plays, [[songs]], or excerpts. In [[genre]] [[fiction]] anthology is used to categorize collections of shorter works such as short stories and short [[novels]], usually collected into a single volume for publication.
The complete collections of works are often called ''Complete Works'' or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Works_(disambiguation) Opera Omnia] (Latin language equivalent). A [[book]] comprising previously published, related works is often called an ''omnibus edition'' of those works, or simply an ''omnibus''. Commonly two or more components have been previously published as books but a collection of shorter works, or shorter works collected with one previous book, may be an ''omnibus''. One important class is works by one [[author]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthology]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
==Origin==
New Latin ''anthologia'' collection of epigrams, from Middle Greek, from [[Greek]], flower gathering, from ''anthos'' flower + ''logia'' collecting, from ''legein'' to gather; akin to [[Sanskrit]] ''andha'' herb — more at [[legend]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1621]
The word entered the [[English]] language in the seventeenth century, from the [[Greek]] word, ἀνθολογία (anthologia "a collection of flowers"), a reference to one of the earliest known anthologies, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meleager_of_Gadara#The_Garland_of_Meleager the Garland]'' (Στέφανος), the introduction to which [[compares]] each of its anthologized [[poets]] to a flower. That Garland by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meleager_of_Gadara Meléagros of Gadara] formed the kernel for what has become known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Anthology Greek Anthology].
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florilegium Florilegium], a Latin derivative for a collection of flowers, was used in medieval Europe for an anthology of Latin [[proverbs]] and textual excerpts. Shortly before anthology had entered the [[language]], English had begun using "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscellany miscellany]" as a word for such a collection.
==Definitions==
*1: a collection of selected [[literary]] pieces or passages or works of [[art]] or [[music]]
*2: assortment <an anthology of threadbare [[clichés]] of … bistro cuisine — Jay Jacobs>
==Description==
An anthology is a collection of [[literary]] works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of [[poems]], short stories, plays, [[songs]], or excerpts. In [[genre]] [[fiction]] anthology is used to categorize collections of shorter works such as short stories and short [[novels]], usually collected into a single volume for publication.
The complete collections of works are often called ''Complete Works'' or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Works_(disambiguation) Opera Omnia] (Latin language equivalent). A [[book]] comprising previously published, related works is often called an ''omnibus edition'' of those works, or simply an ''omnibus''. Commonly two or more components have been previously published as books but a collection of shorter works, or shorter works collected with one previous book, may be an ''omnibus''. One important class is works by one [[author]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthology]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
