Search results for "Art in Ancient Greece" - New World Encyclopedia
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- History of Greece |- #ccf; text-align: center;" |Prehistory of Greece |- ...3 KB (344 words) - 22:05, 3 June 2021
- - Lycurgus Consulting the Pythia - Google Art Project.jpg| ... giving her a prominence unusual for a woman in male-dominated ancient Greece ...808 bytes (124 words) - 23:50, 18 March 2023
- French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία or ... # (historical) A choric song of celebration or revel, especially in ...1 KB (195 words) - 16:44, 30 November 2023
- Roman Empire (fifth century C.E.), ending in the dissolution of classical ... has been usurped as a result of confidence in human ingenuity inspired by ...12 KB (1,801 words) - 12:38, 5 May 2024
- Pindar (or Pindarus) (probably * 522 B.C.E. in Cynoscephalae; † ... Pindar was born at Cynoscephalae, a village in Thebes. He was the ...7 KB (1,079 words) - 06:16, 24 November 2022
- ) is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist ... beauty and elegance that are proficient in the art of dancing. They are ...10 KB (1,598 words) - 15:57, 11 August 2023
- Baklava or baklawa is a rich, sweet pastry featured in many cuisines ... Commonly regarded as a Greek specialty, baklava is available in a ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 05:50, 26 August 2023
- along with Sappho, Pindar, and others, in the canonical list of nine ... too much space to his rival, the Dioscuri, in an ode celebrating Scopas& ...7 KB (1,177 words) - 22:13, 29 January 2023
- Protagoras (in Greek Πρωταγόρας) (c. 481 B.C.E. – c. 420 ... Athens and surrounding cities, teaching the art of rhetoric and his philosophy ...6 KB (889 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- Cyrene (Greek Κυρήνη, Kurene) was an ancient Greek colony in ... the same history that befell much of the ancient world: one empire conquering ...13 KB (1,919 words) - 18:50, 12 May 2020
- (often a school of secondary education in Europe); a public hall used ... The name “Lyceum” comes from a gymnasium near Athens in ancient ...14 KB (2,070 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- of the Olympics." Coubertin was active in many sports and regarded sports ... He was the primary force in the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896 ...10 KB (1,541 words) - 05:26, 24 November 2022
- [[Image:MetCemBrunswigSphynx.jpg|thumb|300 px|Marble sphinx on tomb ... as guardians of knowledge and as speaking in riddles. Originating in Ancient ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 15:21, 27 April 2023
- or dead body that often is decorated with art, inscriptions, and carvings ... regarding the lives of those who lived in ancient times. Often decorated ...12 KB (1,915 words) - 02:26, 21 April 2023
- In Greek mythology, Ares, the Olympian god of war, was the son of ... Hellenic Ares, but between them, Mars stood in much higher esteem. ...9 KB (1,454 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
- In Greek mythology, the Gorgons were three vicious female mythical ... at them, despite the presence of the snakes in their hair which could readily ...11 KB (1,834 words) - 04:53, 26 December 2022
- right|300px|Christie's auction house in South Kensington, London.]] Manson & Woods, the oldest fine-art auctioneers in the world. ...9 KB (1,246 words) - 21:11, 10 December 2023
- | name = Western art movements | title = Western, Modern and Contemporary art movements ...20 KB (2,252 words) - 17:58, 4 April 2023
- ) in Saint Petersburg, Russia is one of the largest museums in the ... and one of the oldest art galleries and museums of human history and ...11 KB (1,594 words) - 14:53, 12 February 2022
- of Semiramis) are considered one of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World ... the apparently fanciful descriptions of ancient writers. Through the ages ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 20:50, 21 January 2024
