Search results for "Art in Ancient Greece" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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
