There are three «predictions of the Passion», as they are called, in each of the first three Gospels («passion» in the ancient sense of «martyrdom», meaning here the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus — as in the medieval «Passion plays»). (religion-online.org)
And indeed, the preacher should be, in the ancient sense, a grammarian, at home in letters, languages, eloquence and the classics. (religion-online.org)
On the one hand, he commends poetry as providing an introduction to philosophy (in the ancient sense of a quest for wisdom to live a life that flourishes). (firstthings.com)