Search results for "Art in Ancient Greece" - New World Encyclopedia
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- In Greek mythology, Zeus was the highest ranking god among the pantheon ... Zeus is arguably the most identifiable character in all the world ...16 KB (2,635 words) - 05:54, 13 June 2023
- historian and follower of Socrates. In 401 B.C.E. he participated ... account of the career of Cyrus the Younger. In his youth he was a student ...13 KB (2,062 words) - 14:29, 20 May 2023
- "Yona" is a Pali word used in ancient India to designate ... Several references to the Yonas are found in ancient Indian documents ...21 KB (3,106 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- σχύλος) was a playwright of ancient Greece, and the earliest ... retelling of the myth of the House of Atreus in the aftermath of the Trojan ...18 KB (2,989 words) - 05:50, 16 June 2023
- of elephants (the word is ultimately from Ancient Egyptian âb, âbu, meaning ... At the same time, the historical popularity of ivory has resulted ...12 KB (1,807 words) - 03:52, 13 March 2024
- In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a mythical creature that was ... existence. Like the Minotaur, people are all in some sense monstrous, unlovable ...11 KB (1,767 words) - 18:53, 9 November 2022
- virgin has the power to tame the unicorn, in this fresco in Palazzo Farnese ... mythical beasts of all time. Appearing in numerous cultures, the unicorn ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 23:41, 8 November 2023
- In Greek mythology, Prometheus (ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς ... . He surpassed each of these siblings in cunning and deceit. He would ...12 KB (1,993 words) - 23:54, 1 December 2022
- A cymbal is a common percussion instrument. Often used in pairs, cymbals ... which in turn derives from grc|κύμβη kymbē, "cup, bowl". ...15 KB (2,396 words) - 20:32, 28 December 2023
- Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 B.C.E. – 19 B.C.E.), known ... Virgil was born in the village of Andes, near Mantua in Cisalpine ...15 KB (2,361 words) - 20:33, 3 May 2023
- In Greek mythology the Sirens or Seirenes (Greek Σειρήνες ... Sailing was a very important part of ancient Greek life, but the waters ...10 KB (1,575 words) - 22:34, 29 January 2023
- largest European university and the most ancient of Rome's three public ... however, the university flourished, and in 1935 became the present-day ...13 KB (1,764 words) - 13:09, 3 May 2023
- Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra near Latakia, Syria) was an ancient cosmopolitan ... Rediscovered in 1928, the site dates back to 6000 B.C.E., making it ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- Shell"), as drawn by Frederick Catherwood in 1839]] though independent, cultural manifestation in all the ancient civilizations ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 22:31, 23 September 2022
- was one of two principal dramatic forms of ancient Greek theater. Athenian ... from a single personage to human foibles in general. The transition in ...16 KB (2,442 words) - 19:24, 26 July 2023
- that developed between 3000-1200 B.C.E. in Greece and the basin of the ... how gender has been constructed, and even if in most societies men have claimed ...21 KB (3,303 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- The Therapeutae (meaning: "healers") were an ancient order ... According to Philo, communities of Therapeutae were widely established ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 18:27, 30 April 2023
- Aphrodite (Greek: Ἀφροδίτη) is the ancient Greek goddess ... of Aphrodite continued to be manifested in later mythological figures ...23 KB (3,678 words) - 06:01, 11 August 2023
- Gandhāra is the name of an ancient, extinct kingdom once located ... After it was conquered by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1021 C.E., the name Gandhara ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- ابن إسحاق الكندي) (also known in the Western world by the Latinized ... revelation as a superior source of knowledge in some matters of faith that ...12 KB (1,748 words) - 04:13, 17 June 2023
