Definition of Anthology

Anthology

A discourse on flowers.

A collection of flowers; a garland.

A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; -- particularly applied to a collection of ancient Greek epigrams.

A service book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services.

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Anthology Quotations

The Psalms, the anthology of the hymns of Israel, are still used by Christians.
Kenneth Scott Latourette

I have got an anthology album out. The American version has got the same mixes but the European version, I remixed them in the studio and added a couple of things that I have always wanted to add.
John Entwistle

I'll tell you what I miss most. What I would love to do, more than anything, is just anthologies. With an anthology you can tell any story and be in every division of television. We don't have any anthologies anymore, do we?
Aaron Spelling

Anthology shows as a whole scare people. The networks can't quite get their heads around it.
Todd McFarlane

We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to have any particular sequence. We just put in things that we like, and then we try to alternate the prose and the poetry.
James Laughlin

David Burnett was the son of Martha Foley, who edited the Best American Short Stories series. She hired me to work with David and her to read stories for the anthology.
Terry Southern

A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and may be used as much for prevention as cure.
Robert Graves

You apply the skills you use to produce your own book to make an anthology. Shaping. Rhythm.
Robyn Davidson

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Anthology Translations

anthology in Dutch is antologie, bloemlezing
anthology in French is anthologie
anthology in German is Gedichtsammlung
anthology in Swedish is antologi

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