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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
- Mimesis (μίμησις from μιμεîσθαι) in its simplest context ... In Plato's metaphysics, permanent and immutable Ideas have the ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 11:06, 10 March 2023
- 250px|The effigial monument to John Gower in Southwark Cathedral, Surrey]] space or burial chamber. The term is used in a broad sense to encompass ...18 KB (2,713 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- Like Samuel Taylor Coleridge in England, Goethe was not only a gifted ... men committed suicide from unrequited love in imitation of the novel's ...29 KB (4,522 words) - 07:15, 5 April 2024
- In Greek mythology, Atlas (Eng. /'æt ləs/ Gk. Ἄτλας) ... The Twelve Olympians, led by Zeus, overthrew the Titans in the Titanomachy ...15 KB (2,163 words) - 16:42, 23 July 2020
- which ruled Egypt until the Roman conquest in 30 C.E. In 305/304 B.C.E. he ... Ptolemy I's legacy lived on in the dynasty he founded and in ...22 KB (3,249 words) - 23:34, 2 December 2022
- :This article is about Gothic art. See also Gothic Architecture Gothic art was a Medieval art movement that spanned the course of ...29 KB (4,407 words) - 15:08, 30 December 2022
- abacist, slides counters by hand on rods or in grooves. It was in use centuries ... the use of the abacus continues to be taught in technologically advanced countries ...17 KB (2,684 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- The word oratory refers to the art of eloquent speech. An orator is ... The term Orator is recorded in English since around 1374, meaning ...27 KB (4,174 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- ) was a woman rhetorician and philosopher in ancient Greece, famous ... Aspasia appears in the philosophical writings of Xenophon, Aeschines ...30 KB (4,572 words) - 04:50, 18 August 2023
- object selected for special recognition as art. Every culture since the beginning ... used to create sculpture are unparalleled in the art world. ...27 KB (4,032 words) - 17:31, 25 January 2023
- Christian Church at the Council of Ephesus in 431, after some initial resistance ... Madonna, if used to describe a work of art, rather than a single figure ...21 KB (3,389 words) - 04:56, 5 November 2022
- In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera was the ... worn by several of the Great Goddesses. In her hand, Hera may bear the ...19 KB (3,127 words) - 09:47, 22 January 2024
- nekromantía) is a form of divination in which the practitioner seeks ... === Ancient necromancy === The act of necromancy was widespread in ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 16:08, 11 November 2022
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870 and opened in 1872 ... The Museum's collection ranges from ancient to contemporary with ...38 KB (5,761 words) - 16:50, 24 October 2023
- of new materials are important ways in which unique cultural expressions ... [[File:Pieter Brueghel the Elder - The Dutch Proverbs - Google Art ...24 KB (3,693 words) - 06:15, 1 April 2024
- agoreuein, "to speak in public") is a symbolic ... The allegory is one of the most popular narrative forms in literature ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 18:26, 21 July 2023
- not they are closer to nymphs or sprites in both demeanor and appearance. ... German Nichus, which became nickes or niches in Middle High German before finally ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- were a pre-Hellenic Bronze Age civilization in Crete in the Aegean Sea, flourishing ... "Caphtor" and "Kaptara" in the Mari archives, both evidently ...35 KB (5,383 words) - 18:52, 9 November 2022
- and Portland Place, London. His interest in the Classical legacy started ... Adam was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, the second son of William ...10 KB (1,385 words) - 03:09, 15 December 2022
- Dionysus or Dionysos (from the Ancient Greek Διώνυσος or Διόνυσος ... Dionysus was an important figure in the religious imagination of the ...32 KB (5,115 words) - 15:25, 29 January 2024
- ; also known as a nimbus, glory, or gloriole) is a ring of light used ... The use of halos in art has been found in diverse religious traditions ...19 KB (3,001 words) - 23:21, 3 August 2023
- Proper front-loaded bread ovens originated in ancient Greece, and ... and even wedding cakes. Often prepared in symbolic shapes, these products ...11 KB (1,627 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- advantage through most of history. Espionage in the military is typically referred ... documents, and trade secrets. Those involved in industrial espionage range ...16 KB (2,298 words) - 12:20, 21 January 2023
- of Comedy" and the "Prince of Ancient Comedy." The Old Comedy ... birth are unknown, but he was around thirty in the 420s B.C.E. when he achieved ...16 KB (2,554 words) - 06:29, 12 August 2023
- many, and theos, god) refers to belief in, or worship of, multiple gods ... needed if we are to avoid misunderstandings. In particular, some beliefs that ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- Homer, Hesiod is one of the oldest poets in the Western canon, and the ... #039;s life come from three references in Works and Days; some further ...12 KB (1,937 words) - 15:44, 25 January 2023
- Attic Σπάρτη Spartē) was a city-state in ancient Greece, situated on ... Sparta was generally referred to by the ancient Greeks as Lakedaimon ...46 KB (7,079 words) - 19:09, 7 February 2023
- The Sahara, located in Northern Africa, is the world's largest ... such as crocodiles exist, with half found in the Tassili n'Ajjer in ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 16:15, 25 August 2022
- He was a "bad boy" celebrity in a time before celebrity became ... it is somewhat difficult to place Byron in relation to the other poets ...22 KB (3,443 words) - 02:41, 4 November 2022
- was burned before he was forced into exile. In 1330, he was allowed to return ... Metochites was born in Constantinople in 1270, as the son of the archdeacon ...8 KB (1,270 words) - 17:58, 30 April 2023
- use is widespread, especially among women in Western countries. A subset ... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates cosmetics ...24 KB (3,549 words) - 18:25, 17 January 2023
- ) in Paris, France, is one of the oldest, largest, and most famous ... The first royal "Castle of the Louvre" was established in ...22 KB (3,221 words) - 04:13, 4 November 2022
- the collection of tales belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their ... Though the ancient Greek religions based upon these tales have long ...45 KB (6,635 words) - 21:31, 12 July 2023
- was the god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek mythology. Asclepius ... Given humanity's universal interest in health and longevity, ...21 KB (3,342 words) - 03:52, 18 August 2023
- [[Image:Lautrec in bed 1892.jpg|thumb|225 px|Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec ... received much less attention. Many, in fact, regarded women as passive ...16 KB (2,335 words) - 00:47, 7 March 2023
- but it was already rich and essential in the period of antiquity called ... ==People in the culture== [[Image:Everyday Life in Old China 13.jpg ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- and jumping. An athlete is a person engaging in these events, although the ... was the original event at the first Olympics in 776 B.C.E. In the classical ...27 KB (4,185 words) - 05:55, 21 August 2023
- difficult, given the lack of abrupt shifts in musical thinking during the ... features of early Renaissance European art music (in the Middle Ages ...15 KB (2,190 words) - 04:00, 8 December 2022
- "petra-πέτρα," cleft in the rock in Greek; Arabic: ... The ancient city sits in the Negev Desert's Valley of Moses, ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- for a new literary genre, the fairy tale. In 1697 in Paris, Perrault published ... 11 fairy tales. All his tales were written in prose with a moral at the end. ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 22:25, 4 December 2023
- 250px|Billboards and street advertising in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, 2005]] of computers, advertising has been common in most societies. In fact, those ...19 KB (2,738 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- grains), removing dust (like the sucking in a vacuum cleaner), drying ... In Old English "fann" referred to a basket or shovel for ...28 KB (4,570 words) - 00:41, 25 March 2024
- [[Image:Centaure Malmaison.jpg|thumb|240 px| Bronze Centaur in Malmaison ... In Greek mythology, the centaurs (Greek: Κένταυροι) are a ...9 KB (1,330 words) - 23:50, 3 December 2023
- typical of the Graeco-Roman period, sculpted in Relief.]] A hieroglyph is a character used in a pictorial writing system. The ...20 KB (3,009 words) - 15:47, 25 January 2023
- The word Magi refers to a class of ancient Zoroastrian astrologer ... have expressed ability, which is also seen in Attic Greek mekhos (cf. mechanics ...20 KB (3,254 words) - 04:59, 5 November 2022
- Degenerate art is the English translation of the German entartete ... Degenerate Art was also the title of an exhibition, mounted by the ...20 KB (2,833 words) - 09:12, 28 January 2024
- the culture and way of life of a people of ancient Italy whom ancient Romans ... Culture that is identifiably and certainly Etruscan developed in Italy ...35 KB (5,526 words) - 04:38, 22 March 2024
- where the form consists of verse (writing in lines) based on rhythmic meter ... verse novel) are examples of works written in prose. Developments in twentieth ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 18:29, 28 February 2023
- to as cairns. The phenomenon appears early in human history, during the Neolithic ... In one aspect, the tumulus is a simple way to bury the dead and honor ...28 KB (4,185 words) - 18:43, 2 May 2023
- from a vase of a Greek actor performing in Sophocles' lost play Andromeda ... Sophocles (c. 496 B.C.E. – 406 B.C.E.) (Ancient Greek: Σοφοκλης ...23 KB (3,721 words) - 01:18, 4 February 2023
- giving her a prominence unusual for a woman in male-dominated ancient Greece ... Its last recorded response was given in 393 C.E., when the emperor ...24 KB (3,809 words) - 21:08, 14 April 2023
- metal and jade-inlaid pot. Qianlong reign in the Qing dynasty of China ... various peoples of the world, and thus aid in the growth of peace and harmony ...28 KB (4,112 words) - 06:15, 12 August 2023
- The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), was an ancient civilization thriving ... The Indus civilization peaked around 2500 B.C.E. in the western part ...32 KB (5,016 words) - 21:11, 22 March 2024
- ) (c. 287 B.C.E. –212 B.C.E.) was an ancient Greek mathematician ... of some of his works, with commentaries, in the sixth century C.E. Ancient ...30 KB (4,881 words) - 06:19, 12 August 2023
- , dráō). The enactment of drama in theater, performed by actors ... and tragedy. They are symbols of the ancient Greek Muses, Thalia and ...37 KB (5,637 words) - 17:32, 30 January 2024
- Greece ( Ελλάδα [eˈlaða] or Ελλάς [eˈlas] ... ), is a country in Southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end ...73 KB (10,722 words) - 18:19, 27 January 2023
- In Greek mythology, Athena (Greek: Άθηνά , Athēnâ, or ... virtually no Greek mythic tales depicted her in an amoral or immoral light. ...30 KB (4,535 words) - 18:52, 19 August 2023
- Sicily is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in ... Yet its position as a crossroads also had its benefits, as seen in ...34 KB (5,061 words) - 14:33, 27 January 2023
- [[Image:Homer_British_Museum.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Bust of Homer in ... are among the oldest surviving writings in any language. ...27 KB (4,051 words) - 17:08, 14 November 2021
- Isis was a goddess in ancient Egyptian mythology, often worshiped ... of syncretism became tremendously popular in Egypt's late classical period. ...32 KB (5,200 words) - 06:08, 8 March 2024
- The title is a reference to a fragment attributed to the ancient Greek ... philosophy and the concept of liberty. Born in Riga, Latvia, then part of ...12 KB (1,826 words) - 15:38, 30 April 2023
- as the start of track and field, the most ancient of all the athletic festivals ... Athletics was the original event at the first Olympics in 776 B.C ...24 KB (3,812 words) - 04:52, 1 May 2023
- Towers are specifically distinguished from buildings in that they ... oldest known may be the circular stone tower in walls of Jericho, dated to ...15 KB (2,136 words) - 16:19, 29 April 2024
- In Egyptian mythology, Hathor (Egyptian for "House of Horus" ... In this celestial context, she was occasionally characterized as an ...27 KB (4,192 words) - 15:02, 25 January 2023
- Buddhist art refers to the rich and diverse representations of religious ... Early Buddhist art emerged in India and Sri Lanka following the death ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- cultivated creeping vine, Cucumis sativus, in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae ... In advancing their own individual purpose of continuation as a species ...17 KB (2,539 words) - 06:43, 11 January 2024
- A fable is a succinct story, in prose or verse, that employs the literary ... Fables, fairy tales, and parables all have in common the fact that ...17 KB (2,635 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- to be over 300 million people living in the Arab world. There are 22 ... of the faith founded by the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century. There ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- An illuminated manuscript is a manuscript in which the text is supplemented ... works, the creative process involved in making an illuminated manuscript ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 21:22, 25 February 2018
- Cannes is a French commune located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes ... the fascist governments of Germany and Italy in film selection. ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 19:24, 25 November 2023
- as the Third Servile War. Probably born in Thrace, he may have been a ... with Spartacus defeating local Roman armies in three sharp engagements. The ...13 KB (1,968 words) - 19:09, 7 February 2023
- or modified for the purpose of making music. In principle, anything that produces ... first means used to realize a musical idea in concrete form, virtually all ...26 KB (3,752 words) - 21:15, 27 November 2021
- Astrology is a group of systems, traditions, and beliefs in which ... to be a symbolic language, a form of art, a form of science, or a form ...33 KB (4,705 words) - 18:24, 19 August 2023
- Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument that uses a reed, in addition ... Perhaps because of the ancient nature of their sound, the bagpipes ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- Jesus alive, Thomas professed his faith in Jesus, exclaiming "My ... were said to have brought the gospel to Greece and Rome, Thomas was said ...21 KB (3,427 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
- Turkish Sultan whose armies were defeated in Romania's 1877 Independence ... Romanian army during the siege of Pleven, (in Romanian, Plevna) with the ...26 KB (4,057 words) - 00:37, 29 November 2023
- the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. Much of this ... over paganism, or, following his death in 395, with the division of the ...39 KB (5,978 words) - 19:13, 24 November 2023
- be the second largest shifting sand desert in the entire world. Lying in ... of which reach heights of over 109 yards. In extremely rare cases, sand ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- thumb|right|250px|The Pyramid of the Moon in Tenochtitlán, Mexico. Building ... Civilization refers to a complex human society, in which people live ...39 KB (5,726 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- Aristotle, in Poetics, contrasted lyric poetry with drama and epic ... The lyric was originally verse to accompany the lyre. In Ancient Greece ...22 KB (3,069 words) - 23:36, 26 July 2021
- often green or reddish flowers arranged in dense clusters, stems and leaves ... a nutritious leaf vegetable, being used both in cooking and salads. ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 00:49, 9 January 2023
- are available all over the world in a variety of different fields ... The Industrial Revolution led to major changes in the job market, ...23 KB (3,363 words) - 15:55, 11 August 2023
- patience, and bringing out beauty in an independent other. Gardening is an art and a science. It is an activity that brings out ...22 KB (3,333 words) - 04:33, 18 April 2024
- adults. It plays a significant part in the lifelong learning. Unlike ... Adult education has grown in importance in modern times, partly as ...24 KB (3,446 words) - 06:19, 15 June 2023
- methodology and theory of knowledge in sharp contrast to those of ... during his life, but were re-discovered in nineteenth century by thinkers ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 20:24, 14 December 2023
- objects. Most of the world's amber is in the range of 30–90 million ... Amber was much valued as an ornamental material in very early times ...17 KB (2,724 words) - 02:46, 24 July 2023
- A basilica, in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions, is a church building ... town (forum). Public basilicas appeared in the second century B.C.E. The ...21 KB (3,233 words) - 03:32, 1 January 2022
- In ancient Egypt, Set (also spelled Sutekh, Setesh, Seteh) was originally ... ==Set in an Egyptian Context== Set|sw-W-t:x-E20-A40|align=right|era=egypt ...29 KB (4,585 words) - 10:05, 26 January 2023
- sea monster, a mythical creature referred to in sections of the Old Testament ... meant the word "dragon." However, in English the original Hebrew ...15 KB (2,465 words) - 22:16, 25 October 2022
- Cheese is a dairy product produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures ... cheese is a vital source of nutrition in many regions of the world and ...37 KB (5,561 words) - 17:22, 24 November 2023
- Naīnuwa), was the capital of the ancient Neo-Assyrian Empire. It ... First mentioned in ancient texts around 1800 B.C.E., Nineveh became ...21 KB (3,258 words) - 09:49, 11 March 2023
- Veliky Novgorod, the third largest city in Russia and the administrative ... The preeminence of Veliky Novgorod in Russian culture is represented ...19 KB (2,901 words) - 14:59, 3 May 2023
- In the arts, Baroque is a period as well as the style that used exaggerated ... many important composers of the era were in the employ of the church in ...30 KB (4,617 words) - 10:52, 20 September 2023
- and spirit harp, the aeolian harp originated in ancient Greece. The instrument ... The aeolian harp became popular again in twentieth century music with ...11 KB (1,668 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- by the Greeks to win independence for Greece from the Ottoman Empire. ... Later, however, when other Ottoman provinces in the Balkans began ...61 KB (9,207 words) - 16:50, 18 February 2023
- Americas, as well as for its spectacular art, monumental architecture, ... period until the arrival of the Spanish in the 1520s. At its peak, the ...31 KB (4,849 words) - 02:21, 9 November 2022
- right|350px|thumb|Literacy rapidly spread in several regions from 1990-2015]] language to read, write, listen, and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers ...24 KB (3,587 words) - 04:28, 29 October 2022
- are the three most common techniques used in creating musical sounds from ... In the modern orchestra, string instruments can be used as a solo ...26 KB (3,682 words) - 21:00, 26 February 2023
- digit used to represent that number in numerals. As a number, zero ... 0 is the integer that precedes the positive 1, and follows −1. In ...30 KB (4,810 words) - 06:25, 13 June 2023
- a landlocked country on the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. The United Nations, to which it was admitted in 1993, and other international ...50 KB (7,230 words) - 10:05, 11 March 2023
- and each side of a sheet is called a page. In today's world, books that ... work, or a main division of such a work. In library and information science ...32 KB (5,045 words) - 07:24, 17 November 2023
- with the use of signs or symbols. It is in principle the representation ... and vowels that are used to spell words, in more or less phonetic fashion. ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 14:05, 20 May 2023
- the skin, is found only on mammals and often in a high-density of filaments ... In humans, hair, with its variety of colors, textures, shape, length ...25 KB (4,025 words) - 13:24, 24 January 2023
- Serpent (from Latin: serpens, serpentis) is a word used in mythological ... most widespread mythological figures found in various cultures. It was recognized ...23 KB (3,735 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- the top, making the shape roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense. A pyramid ... Civilizations in many parts of the world have built pyramids, generally ...37 KB (5,368 words) - 21:28, 9 November 2023
- is closely associated with the philosophy of art. Aesthetics is sometimes called ... philosopher Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten in 1735 to mean "the science ...53 KB (8,177 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- oldest forms of body adornment, the most ancient example found being the ... (to show membership), or for protection (in the form of amulets and magical ...33 KB (4,967 words) - 20:02, 13 September 2023
- E. – June 10, 323 B.C.E.), commonly known in the West as Alexander the Great ... the most successful military commander of ancient history, conquering most ...47 KB (7,410 words) - 20:29, 18 July 2023
- Kilns are thermally insulated chambers, or ovens, in which a controlled ... world. New kiln technologies began to emerge in China and the Roman Empire ...23 KB (3,896 words) - 23:03, 3 March 2023
- felt that the deepest meaning of life lay in the apprehension of material beauty. the six major Romantic English poets, which in addition to Shelly included ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 06:06, 3 August 2022
- Pedagogy, literally translated, is the art or science of teaching ... on teachers being able to embrace both the art and science of pedagogy, acting ...26 KB (3,614 words) - 17:11, 26 March 2023
- known as "fabulous creatures" in historical literature). Examples of legendary creatures can be found in medieval bestiaries ...32 KB (4,984 words) - 22:44, 10 November 2022
- and mathematics while still very young. In 1450 he entered the University ... eclipses and the passing of Halley’s comet in January, 1472, which enabled ...15 KB (2,318 words) - 03:03, 8 December 2022
- quot; is a broad, somewhat imprecise term in referring to music produced ... With the decline of Rome and the ascendancy of Christianity in Europe ...41 KB (6,156 words) - 10:52, 19 December 2023
- Prostitution describes sexual intercourse in exchange for remuneration ... earliest societies, and human trafficking in the twentieth century brought ...45 KB (6,813 words) - 01:19, 12 April 2023
- is a short book of the New Testament in the Christian Bible. Written ... many believing it to have been written in Paul's name after his ...13 KB (1,952 words) - 20:43, 17 May 2023
- The term physician is at least nine hundred years old in English: ... to the London Royal College of Physicians in 1518. It was not until 1540 ...29 KB (3,911 words) - 19:59, 15 May 2020
- The term Poor Man's Bible refers to various forms of Christian ... Until the invention of the Printing press in 1439, the average Christian ...33 KB (5,258 words) - 00:23, 12 April 2023
- Fig is the common name given to any vine, shrub, or tree in the genus ... In addition to the common fig, Ficus carica, the most well known species ...16 KB (2,692 words) - 19:39, 26 March 2024
- is called an engineer. Those licensed in specific areas of engineering ... processes, or works utilizing them singly or in combination; or to construct ...41 KB (5,793 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- Thomism is the philosophical school that followed in the legacy of ... In the Encyclical Doctoris Angelici (1914), Pope Pius X cautioned ...28 KB (4,356 words) - 22:59, 30 April 2023
- of intellectualism and the Renaissance. In this vein, Swinburne and his ... Although, as a Pre-Raphaelite, he professed to be interested solely ...19 KB (3,190 words) - 21:27, 20 July 2023
- ; Ancient Greek: grc|Κρήτη the Greek islands, the fifth-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...64 KB (9,390 words) - 23:22, 20 May 2024
- purpose, directive principle, or finality in the processes of human history. ... In the Poetics, Aristotle argued that poetry is superior to history ...30 KB (4,545 words) - 04:16, 24 November 2022
- as Josef Suk who individually experimented in chromatic polyphony leading ... certain expressive or atmospheric conditions in music, as a end unto itself ...18 KB (2,710 words) - 06:58, 21 August 2023
- of a religious ritual. It has been practiced in many cultures throughout much ... animal sacrifice and of religious sacrifice in general, human victims were ...36 KB (5,474 words) - 22:07, 16 August 2022
- ), the capital city of Bavaria, Germany, is the third largest city ... ranks consistently among the top 10 cities in the world for quality of life ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 02:35, 11 March 2023
- (Old French) folklore and romance. Even in folklore that uses the term ... the physical realm, find correlates in the angels or other spiritual ...19 KB (2,984 words) - 00:29, 25 March 2024
- Latvija or Latvijas Republika), is a country in Northern Europe. to the east. It is separated from Sweden in the west by the Baltic Sea. ...34 KB (4,920 words) - 17:49, 25 October 2022
- fall of the Roman Empire (476 C.E.) and ends in approximately the middle of ... formalized polyphonic practices first arose in this period. Harmony, in consonant ...36 KB (5,655 words) - 04:07, 9 November 2022
- Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self ... The person may experience healing, or in cases of religious ecstasy ...33 KB (4,676 words) - 00:39, 2 May 2023
- of great cultural change and achievement in Europe that spanned the period ... The word renaissance in French, (rinascimento in Italian) literally ...32 KB (4,821 words) - 22:45, 22 September 2022
- The Osiris myth is the most elaborate and influential story in ancient ... The myth, with its complex symbolism, is integral to ancient Egyptian ...56 KB (8,963 words) - 04:38, 18 November 2022
- The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances which ... The story is found in Grimm's Fairy Tales, although its origins ...20 KB (3,064 words) - 22:02, 10 December 2023
- The Matenadaran or Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan ... of manuscripts were copied there and in nearby monasteries, especially ...39 KB (5,646 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- figure, a religious visionary whose art and poetry prefigured, and ... to man as it is, infinite," Blake wrote in The Marriage of Heaven and ...26 KB (4,085 words) - 15:40, 6 May 2023
- , lasting from 538 to 710, was a period in the history of Japan during ... legitimacy of rule by the imperial family. In 603, Shōtoku Taishi established ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 18:29, 19 August 2023
- an independent country since 1991. Located in the center of the country, ... name Ljubljana. It could derive from the ancient Slavic city called Laburus ...26 KB (3,718 words) - 07:46, 9 March 2023
- His name does not occur in Homer or Hesiod, though he was known by ... In the poetic and mythic corpora, Orpheus was the heroic (i.e. semi ...19 KB (3,011 words) - 02:17, 18 November 2022
- object represented by a symbol that is used in counting and measuring. A symbol ... 'V'. An important development in the history of numerals was ...37 KB (5,685 words) - 00:43, 17 November 2022
- In Greek mythology, Achilles (also Akhilleus or Achilleus; Ancient Greek: ... takes for its theme, not the War of Troy in its entirety, but specifically ...34 KB (5,355 words) - 15:14, 24 December 2023
- Satire is a rhetorical strategy in which human or individual vices ... In the strict sense satire is a literary genre, but the larger notion ...31 KB (4,584 words) - 15:56, 18 December 2022
- Civilization. Along with its central place in the history of the Roman Empire ... the third most-visited tourist destination in the European Union. Due to ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- of records, and also refers to the location in which these records are kept. ... an individual or organization's life. In general an archive consists ...30 KB (4,298 words) - 06:20, 12 August 2023
- many types of vaults, with the barrel vault in particular being a continuous ... through their form, especially when used in combination and with additional ...55 KB (8,185 words) - 23:26, 18 March 2024
- a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations constitute ... Demosthenes grew interested in politics during his time as a logographer ...80 KB (11,861 words) - 09:32, 28 January 2024
- at Hyundai Motor Company’s car factory in Ulsan, South Korea]] Division of Labor is the specialization of cooperative labor in specific ...26 KB (4,018 words) - 18:21, 1 August 2023
- and philosophical view that everything in existence is of an all-encompassing ... one, first used by Irish writer John Toland in his 1705 work, Socinianism ...28 KB (4,312 words) - 06:37, 18 November 2022
- was one of the most important deities in Norse mythology. He was said ... fertility god. He was easily recognized in mythic representations by the ...27 KB (4,366 words) - 02:39, 1 December 2023
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