anthology

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors.
2. (attributive) A work or series containing various stories with no direct relation to one another.
3. (broadly) An assortment of things.
4. The study of flowers.

Konzepte

Anthologie

Gedichtsammlung

Blütenlese

Chrestomatie

Sammelband

ausgewählte Werke

Gedichtband

Gedichtauswahl

Auswahlband

Textsammlung

Auslese

Kranz

Sammlung

Zusammenstellung

Synonyme

collection

selection

garland

compilation

reader

miscellany

chrestomathy

selected extracts

selection of books

collection of literary masterpieces

assortment

collectanea

compendium

excerpts

florilegium

literary world

book of poetry

literary miscellany

Übersetzungen

anthologie

antología

antologia

ανθολογία

antologia

bloemlezing

antologie

antologia

florilegio

crestomatia

antoloji

florilegio

florilège

antolojî

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ænˈθɒlədʒi/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”), from ἀνθολογέω (anthologéō, “I gather flowers”), from ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”) + λέγω (légō, “I gather, pick up, collect”), coined by Meleager of Gadara circa 60 BCE, originally as Στέφανος (στέφανος (stéphanos, “garland”)) to describe a collection of poetry, later retitled anthology – see Greek Anthology. Anthologiai were collections of small Greek poems and epigrams, because in Greek culture the flower symbolized the finer sentiments that only poetry can express. By surface analysis, antho- + -logy.