Sentence examples for ancient scholars from inspiring English sources

Ancient scholars suggested two etymologies.

Both IS and Boko Haram argue from primary sources and ancient scholars.

They know the dimples on the Steeden as ancient scholars knew Aramaic texts.

All that is certainly known (perhaps all that ancient scholars knew) of Thucydides' life is what he reveals about himself in the course of his narrative.

"The belief among ancient scholars," he said, "is that nature offers an ethical model that we should follow in human society.

Thousands of people filled a local stadium, giant balloons bearing the names of ancient scholars bobbed overhead, and a Korean pop star performed in an abbreviated outfit.

A more impressive version of antiquity-modernity interplay is a wall-size Cubist construction of mirrors designed by Jeong-Soon Oum to represent in a semi-abstract way an ancient scholar's bookshelf (at Seomi & Tuus).

Now Chow Yun-Fat, the tough-guy actor best known for his roles in films such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and hard-boiled Hong Kong gangster movies, has been lined up to play the ancient scholar in a state-funded film that aims to bring his thinking to the masses.

"You had a connection with him," he says, sounding like no ancient scholar ever.

Ancient Chinese scholars were the first to note the sixfold symmetry of snow crystals.

Using various ancient Greek scholars as models, Mr. Edel and his writers invented Apollonius, a fictional, mild-mannered Greek philosopher who tutors Caesar's daughter Julia.