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- 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
- ) 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
- Harpy is the singular form for the mythical creatures called Harpies ... attributes that we have not well understood in ourselves as human beings. ...9 KB (1,453 words) - 22:03, 14 December 2022
- Louise Lang, and Yale Joel at a cafe in the Bois de Boulogne after ... Cartier-Bresson, Chim traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East ...11 KB (1,618 words) - 08:09, 28 January 2024
- thumb|300 px|Main entrance of the British Museum in London]] The British Museum in London, England, is one of the world's ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 02:44, 22 November 2023
- an icon for refined taste and culture. In addition, white marble is taken ... someone who is aloof like a marble statue. In addtion, the word marble is ...8 KB (1,153 words) - 03:03, 6 November 2022
- character that means life or living. Ancient Egyptian gods are often ... The ankh appears frequently in Egyptian tomb paintings and other art ...10 KB (1,631 words) - 06:39, 28 July 2023
- 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
- most important representatives of modernism in Greece. Modernism, as a tendency ... better, ways of reaching the same end. In essence, the modernist movement ...12 KB (1,487 words) - 23:55, 17 November 2022
- as icthus, ichthus or ikhthus), is the Ancient and Classical Greek word ... Christ God's Son Saviour," in ancient Greek " ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 21:21, 7 September 2023
- Mycenae (Greek grc|Μυκῆναι), is an archaeological site in ... from Argos, becoming a tourist attraction in classical Greek and Roman times ...18 KB (2,715 words) - 22:40, 10 November 2022
- and Latinist who promoted the revival of ancient Roman classics and the traditions ... Laetus tried to emulate the lives of the ancient Romans, and around ...9 KB (1,365 words) - 21:15, 4 October 2022
- Alpha and Omega (Greek: Αλφα and Ω) is an appellation of God ... me there is no God." While the context in the Book of Revelation is clearly ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- Knossos, also spelled Knossus, Cnossus, Gnossus (in traditional Greek ... Knossos was discovered in 1878 by Minos Kalokairinos, a Cretan merchant ...13 KB (2,102 words) - 03:56, 4 March 2023
- a subject, or applies different theories in particular cases. In philosophy and theology, eclecticism is the practice of selecting ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- sculptures removed from Athens to Britain in 1806 by Lord Elgin, ambassador ... Lord Elgin was legally entitled to these art pieces as he obtained them ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 16:10, 13 February 2024
- ) is a region in west-central Italy on the shores of the Ligurian ... is best known for its cultural achievements in the areas of literature, art ...19 KB (2,716 words) - 00:35, 3 May 2023
- Mestrius Plutarchus (c. 46 - 127), known in English as Plutarch, ... which paired Greek and Roman subjects in comparisons which were sometimes ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 08:08, 24 November 2022
- the Ennead, the pantheon of deities revered in ancient Lower Egypt. Geb represented ... ==Geb in an Egyptian Context== As an Egyptian deity, Geb belonged to ...20 KB (3,212 words) - 17:11, 23 October 2022
- the ages, but all come from the creature in Greek mythology known as Pegasus ... a weather god (the god of lightning). In Hesiod, Pegasos is still associated ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 07:12, 23 November 2022
- best known for his excavations at Ur in Sumer, ancient Mesopotamia ... believed were evidence of The Flood recorded in the Bible at the time of Noah ...12 KB (1,752 words) - 21:47, 25 October 2022
- laureate. He was also a career diplomat in the Greek Foreign Service, ... to liberate techniques of versification in order to allow greater room ...11 KB (1,573 words) - 20:33, 29 August 2021
- [[Image:Louvre at night centered.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Louvre ... have a long history, dating back to Ancient Greece. Many early museums ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- of Demeter and Persephone based at Eleusis, in ancient Greece. Eleusis (modern ... Of all the mysteries celebrated in ancient Mediterranean world, these ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent ... The term is usually used in reference to music of the late Middle ...7 KB (1,087 words) - 08:47, 24 November 2022
- Ancient philosophy is philosophy in antiquity, or before the end of ... In the Western tradition, ancient philosophy was developed primarily ...16 KB (2,127 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- some bisexuals are and remain fairly stable in their level of attraction throughout ... While it appears that throughout history people have commonly indulged ...20 KB (2,817 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau (Vienna Secession ... is this more apparent than in his numerous drawings in pencil ...15 KB (2,101 words) - 21:28, 26 July 2023
- In Greek mythology, Daedalus (Latin, also Hellenized Latin Daedalos ... . The Labyrinth on Crete in which the Minotaur was kept was also created ...11 KB (1,708 words) - 07:41, 12 January 2024
- A relief is a sculptured art work in which figures are either carved ... relief sculpture: bas-relief (low-relief), in which the sculpture is raised ...15 KB (2,307 words) - 03:37, 8 December 2022
- a wave of creative experimentation in modern dance. dance school and company, Denishawn, in 1915. One of her most famous ...12 KB (1,963 words) - 23:52, 21 August 2022
- He spent much of his time championing the ancient poets and literally digging ... Petrarch was born in Arezzo, the son of a notary. He spent his early ...11 KB (1,750 words) - 01:38, 24 November 2022
- 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
- Commedia dell'Arte (Italian: "The art of comedy") is ... for language, nationality, or social status. In a similar way, universal forms ...16 KB (2,341 words) - 00:08, 8 January 2024
- The Acropolis of Athens is the best known acropolis in the world. ... Mycenaean city. Legend recounts that in the year 510 B.C.E. an oracle ...17 KB (2,700 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- engagement between two unarmed persons, in which each wrestler strives ... Wrestling made a name for itself while history was still young in ...26 KB (4,025 words) - 01:00, 17 April 2023
- 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
- In Greek mythology, Artemis (Greek: Ἄρτεμις or Ἀρτέμιδος her. She was seen to be the patron of women (in general) and childbirth (in ...26 KB (4,093 words) - 10:51, 16 August 2023
- the members of the school lived and taught in Athens and other cities. The ... a profound impact on the development of ancient philosophy. In his arguments ...10 KB (1,527 words) - 04:09, 9 November 2022
- Hippokrátēs, was an ancient Greek physician of the "Age of ... commonly portrayed as the paragon of the ancient physician. In particular ...33 KB (4,488 words) - 14:32, 13 July 2023
- philosophy, founded approximately 385 B.C.E. in Akademeia, then a northern ... listed the founders of the Old Academy, in order, as Democritus, Anaxagoras ...15 KB (2,305 words) - 08:02, 24 November 2022
- a temple of the Greek goddess Athena built in the fifth century B.C.E. on ... right|200px|The Parthenon from the south. In the foreground of the image ...33 KB (4,981 words) - 18:45, 23 March 2023
- Mount Athos (Greek: Όρος Άθως) a mountain in Macedonia, northern ... and Orthodox Christians take precedence in the permit issuance procedure ...27 KB (4,022 words) - 17:04, 10 November 2022
- In Greek mythology, Demeter (Greek: "mother-earth" or possibly ... epithets reveal the span of her functions in Greek life. Demeter and Kore ...20 KB (3,054 words) - 09:24, 28 January 2024
- In most educational systems, physical education (PE), (also called ... While some cultures included training in some type of physical activity ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- Dangun founded Gojoseon in 2333 B.C.E. Modern historians generally ... Go-, sometimes translated as "Old" or "Ancient," ...18 KB (2,662 words) - 09:14, 19 December 2022
- held that history could not be studied in the same way as natural science ... to Tenney Frank's Economic Survey of Ancient Rome (1937). Collingwood’s ...17 KB (2,548 words) - 02:20, 16 December 2022
- the Italian Renaissance, a serious dramatic art in seventeenth century France ... In Aristotle's "Poetics," dance was likened to drama ...26 KB (3,932 words) - 16:13, 30 August 2023
- man of his day, one of the first people in the world with a fortune of ... but only loved him for his money. Early in his life his parents disapproved ...17 KB (2,774 words) - 08:23, 13 March 2024
- meaning the expression of Christian ideas. In a greater or less degree symbolism ... been revered by Christians but controversial in Jewish and Muslim communities ...18 KB (2,807 words) - 21:08, 10 December 2023
- 627 B.C.E.), was the last great king of ancient Assyria. During his rule ... Ashurbanipal successfully crushed revolts in the distant Assyrian vassal ...17 KB (2,527 words) - 22:19, 8 November 2021
- In Ancient Egypt, Bast (also spelled Bastet, Baset, Ubasti, and Pasht ... In classical Egyptian religion, Bast was the subject of considerable ...21 KB (3,284 words) - 11:08, 20 September 2023
- indicating that the Roman church intervened in the affairs of neighboring ... Clement I is mentioned in the Roman Canon of the Mass. He is commemorated ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 09:27, 24 November 2022
- His study of literature, Greek antiquity, art and philosophy gave him a ... Wisdom of India, 1808) was a pioneering work in comparative Indo-European linguistics ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 07:21, 5 October 2022
- then selling the item to the highest bidder. In economic theory, an auction ... [[Image:Ebayheadquarters.jpg|thumb|right|260px|eBay headquarters in ...16 KB (2,512 words) - 05:57, 10 January 2023
- In general, the term fashion refers to a prevailing mode of expression ... young people, he or she may look ridiculous in the eyes of both young and ...22 KB (3,274 words) - 02:42, 14 July 2022
- of individual tribes. Some of these ancient tribes were Gaetulians, ... difficult to estimate the number of Berbers in the world today, because many ...26 KB (3,865 words) - 10:59, 28 September 2023
- Dacia, in ancient history and geography was the land of the Dacians ... between rival civilizations. The legacy of ancient Dacians and of their successors ...22 KB (3,335 words) - 07:37, 12 January 2024
- In a figurative sense, a tragedy (from Classical Greek τραγωδία ... pity—for that is peculiar to this form of art."Malcolm Heath (ed.) ...26 KB (4,004 words) - 17:24, 6 March 2023
- from the morpheme "-isma" in the Greek language. apprehended the nature of divine being(s) in terms of humans characteristics ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- Homer and Plato mention a draughts-like game in their works. In about 1100 ... The first world championship for the game was awarded in 1847. Random ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 18:36, 13 February 2024
- Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history that lasted for around ... The civilization of the ancient Greeks has been immensely influential ...48 KB (7,639 words) - 12:24, 14 October 2023
- symbolic link to the undomesticated world. In the poetry of the fifth century ... Pan was most commonly worshipped in Arcadia, although a number of ...15 KB (2,404 words) - 06:26, 18 November 2022
- American tribe, and became deeply interested in their culture and history, ... taken up by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in their materialistic account ...14 KB (2,033 words) - 11:00, 7 March 2023
- form of skin decoration, most popular in South Asia, the Middle East ... celebrations since the late Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean. ...26 KB (4,222 words) - 09:39, 10 March 2023
- of the most prosperous and most respected in Europe. There are some estimates ... banking, and while he became influential in Florentine government, it was ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 04:04, 9 November 2022
- Athens (ancient Greek: αἱ Ἀθῆναι (plural), evolving into ... both the largest and the capital city of Greece, located in the Attica periphery ...45 KB (6,393 words) - 18:55, 19 August 2023
