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- architect and archaeologist, the pioneer of stratigraphic excavation and ... While the details of his claims regarding locations mentioned in Homer ...11 KB (1,693 words) - 10:38, 5 May 2023
- Commedia dell'Arte (Italian: "The art of comedy") is ... *Theater of ancient Greece ==Notes== ==References== * Fava, Antonio ...16 KB (2,341 words) - 00:08, 8 January 2024
- ) was one of the most important religious sites in ancient Greece ... Today, Delphi is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece. ...21 KB (3,318 words) - 09:23, 28 January 2024
- Comedy, together with tragedy was one of two principal dramatic forms ... The Old Comedy, dating from the establishment of democracy by Kleisthenes ...16 KB (2,442 words) - 19:24, 26 July 2023
- 1996) was a Greek poet, considered as one of the most important representatives ... Modernism encouraged the re-examination of every aspect of existence ...12 KB (1,487 words) - 23:55, 17 November 2022
- an educational institution (often a school of secondary education in Europe ... The name “Lyceum” comes from a gymnasium near Athens in ancient ...14 KB (2,070 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- The history of Athens is the longest of any city in Europe: Athens ... The name of Athens in Ancient Greek was Athḗnai (Ἀθῆναι ...19 KB (3,013 words) - 18:52, 19 August 2023
- specifically in Western culture to a form of drama defined by Aristotle ... According to Aristotle, "The structure of the best tragedy should ...26 KB (4,004 words) - 17:24, 6 March 2023
- σχύλος) was a playwright of ancient Greece, and the earliest ... was dramatist who examined the relation of the gods to the lives of mortal ...18 KB (2,989 words) - 05:50, 16 June 2023
- The original Olympic Games began in c. 776 B.C.E. in Olympia, Greece ... (IOC) was founded in 1894, and the first of the IOC's Olympic Games ...28 KB (4,253 words) - 00:34, 18 November 2022
- The Mausoleum of Maussollos (or Mausoleum of Halicarnassus) was a ... to be such an aesthetic triumph that the ancient historian Antipater of Sidon ...14 KB (2,227 words) - 00:51, 9 November 2022
- Byblos (Βύβλος)is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal ... , referring to the nationality of the builders of Solomon's Temple ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 19:08, 24 November 2023
- Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek ... In addition to history and philosophy, Ancient Greek literature is ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
- , dráō). The enactment of drama in theater, performed by actors ... between comedy and tragedy. They are symbols of the ancient Greek Muses, Thalia ...37 KB (5,637 words) - 17:32, 30 January 2024
- proved himself to be the second in the ancient Mediterranean world in many ... Eratosthenes was noted for devising a system of latitude and longitude ...10 KB (1,516 words) - 19:18, 13 February 2024
- techniques, such as pointe work, turn-out of the legs, and high extensions; ... In ballet, the expressive, disciplined movement of the human body ...26 KB (3,932 words) - 16:13, 30 August 2023
- through paranormal means, and is a form of extra-sensory perception, or ... Precognition is the most frequently reported type of ESP, occurring ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 22:20, 30 November 2022
- recognized it as an important component of art and aesthetics. However ... the highest value, which exist independently of and transcend the phenomenal ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 11:06, 10 March 2023
- [[Image:Euaion.jpg|thumb|right|A portrait from a vase of a Greek actor ... Sophocles (c. 496 B.C.E. – 406 B.C.E.) (Ancient Greek: Σοφοκλης ...23 KB (3,721 words) - 01:18, 4 February 2023
- Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest ... Ánkyra. Ankara also serves as the capital of the Province of Ankara. ...15 KB (2,370 words) - 06:36, 28 July 2023
- The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and ... their Phoenician ancestry). The main cause of the Punic Wars was the clash ...26 KB (4,140 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- quot; (also literally from the ancient Greek gerund καθαίρειν ... sense by Aristotle to describe the effect of music and tragic drama on an ...14 KB (2,260 words) - 00:10, 1 December 2023
- |name =University of Rome "La Sapienza" |native_name ... University of Rome La Sapienza (Italian Università degli Studi di ...13 KB (1,764 words) - 13:09, 3 May 2023
- Governorate, Jordan. It lies on the slope of Mount Hor in a basin among ... The ancient city sits in the Negev Desert's Valley of Moses, ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- ) (c. 446 B.C.E. – c. 388 B.C.E.) was a Greek dramatist of the Old ... The place and exact date of his birth are unknown, but he was around ...16 KB (2,554 words) - 06:29, 12 August 2023
- Musical theater is a form of theater combining music, songs, spoken ... Musical theater works, usually referred to as "musicals," ...33 KB (5,216 words) - 19:34, 10 November 2022
- Ancient Western philosophy is marked by the formation and development ... Ancient Western philosophy is generally divided into three periods ...29 KB (4,278 words) - 04:19, 31 January 2023
- a mountain in Macedonia, northern Greece, also called in Greek Άγιον ... Though land-linked, the habitable peninsula of Mount Athos is accessible ...27 KB (4,022 words) - 17:04, 10 November 2022
- Alexandria, with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest ... Ancient Alexandria was a thriving Greco-Roman city, one of the most ...24 KB (3,570 words) - 06:37, 20 July 2023
- to enhance or protect the appearance or odor of the human body. They include ... cosmetics-labeling-requirements Summary of Cosmetics Labeling Requirements ...24 KB (3,549 words) - 18:25, 17 January 2023
- was an American industrialist, the founder of the Getty Oil Company. He built ... The Getty family serves as a good example of the old saying that ...17 KB (2,774 words) - 08:23, 13 March 2024
- An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, consisting of string, brass ... In the history of Western musical tradition, the evolution of symphony ...22 KB (3,200 words) - 00:24, 30 May 2023
- [[Image:Medieval writing desk.jpg|thumb|250px|Illustration of a scribe ... Writing is a form of communication through the act of preserving text ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 14:05, 20 May 2023
- Cannes is a French commune located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes ... with monastic Christianity, although most of the city’s growth has occurred ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 19:24, 25 November 2023
- Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music ... As the world is increasingly globalized, preservation of traditional ...24 KB (3,693 words) - 06:15, 1 April 2024
- 1600 in Rome, Italy and spread to most of Europe. In music, the Baroque ... One of the defining aspects of music of the Baroque era was its connection ...30 KB (4,617 words) - 10:52, 20 September 2023
- An invasion is a military offensive consisting of all, or large parts ... territory and its people being invaded. Some of these consequences can be beneficial ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 11:07, 6 March 2024
- ) is the capital and largest city of the Tunisian Republic. It is ... by the Romans. It became the capital city of the Arab Aghlabid dynasty and ...17 KB (2,367 words) - 12:23, 18 April 2023
- ), the capital city of Bavaria, Germany, is the third largest city ... After World War I, Munich became a hotbed of right-wing politics, ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 02:35, 11 March 2023
- than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly adaptations ... like Charlie Chaplin. Appreciating the value of humor, Simon decided on a career ...42 KB (6,266 words) - 16:11, 11 November 2022
- [[Image:Licorne Edimbourg Scotland.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Arms of Scotland ... Examples of legendary creatures can be found in medieval bestiaries ...32 KB (4,984 words) - 22:44, 10 November 2022
- as art. Every culture since the beginning of human existence has sculpted ... As intelligence develops the human ability to use the materials of ...27 KB (4,032 words) - 17:31, 25 January 2023
- North Macedonia (before 2019, Macedonia), officially the Republic ... The lands governed by the republic were the southernmost part of the ...50 KB (7,230 words) - 10:05, 11 March 2023
- |city = USA Borough of Princeton,Princeton Township,and West Windsor ... located in Princeton, New Jersey. It is one of eight universities that belong ...34 KB (4,932 words) - 00:40, 12 April 2023
- the name given today to the culture and way of life of a people of ancient ... 800 B.C.E. approximately over the range of the preceding Iron Age Villanovan ...35 KB (5,526 words) - 04:38, 22 March 2024
- Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self ... channeling, prayer, and altered states of consciousness. The person may ...33 KB (4,676 words) - 00:39, 2 May 2023
- shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque ... In the strict sense satire is a literary genre, but the larger notion ...31 KB (4,584 words) - 15:56, 18 December 2022
- , the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, is located in the ... in the tenth to twelfth centuries a capital of Kievan Rus', a medieval ...26 KB (3,695 words) - 04:01, 6 October 2022
- courtier and politician at the court of Louis XIV. Bossuet was a staunch advocate of the theory of political absolutism; ...26 KB (4,115 words) - 12:30, 6 November 2021
- distinguished military and political leader of the late Roman Republic. Hailing ... Pompey fought on the side of the Optimates, the conservative faction ...48 KB (7,762 words) - 08:50, 24 November 2022
