ANACRISIS, among Civilians, an investigation of truth, interrogation of witnesses, and inquiry made into any fact, especially by torture.
ANACRUSIS (ἀνάκρουσις), in Antiquity, denotes a part of the Pythian song, wherein the combat of Apollo and Python is described. The anacrusis was the first part, and contained the preparation to the fight.
ANADEMA (ἀνάδημα), among the Ancients, denoted an ornament of the head, wherewith victors at the sacred games had their temples bound.
ANADIPLOSIS (ἀνά and δίπλος, double), in Rhetoric and Poetry, a repetition of the last word of a line, or clause of a sentence, in the beginning of the next: thus,
Pierides, vos hæc facietis maxima Gallo:
Gallo, cuius amor, &c.
Et matutinis accredula vocibus instat,
Vocibus instat, et assidua jacit ore querelas.
ANADYOMENE AΦΡΟΔΙΤΗ (ἀνάδομενῆ, emerging), in Grecian Mythology, answered to the Sea Venus of the Romans, and described that goddess as rising from the sea. The most celebrated picture in all antiquity was the Aphrodite Anadyomene by Apelles.