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Syracuse, Sicily
An extensive site that includes an interactive timeline of Greek art. Clicking on hyperlinks take you to a detailed discussion of the individual works of art. Included are photographs of Greek architecture. A great resource for the study...
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Taormina, Sicily
An extensive site that includes an interactive timeline of Greek art. Clicking on hyperlinks take you to a detailed discussion of the individual works of art. Included are photographs of Greek architecture. A great resource for the study...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Abolla
A woolen cloak which was probably only a varied form of pallium. - Anthon, 1891
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Accubation
The act of lying or reclining; specifically, the ancient practice, derived from the Orient, of eating meals in a recumbent position. -Whitney, 1902
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Acropolis
The citadel of a Grecian city, usually the site of the original settlement, and situated on an eminence commanding the surrounding country.-Whitney, 1902
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Acropolis
Acropolis, 'the highest point of the city.' Many of the important cities of Greece and Asia Minor were protected by strongholds, so named. The A. occupied a lofty position, commanding the city and its environs; inaccessible on all sides...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Acropolis Restored
The Acropolis of Athens Restored. - Smith, 1882
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Aegean Snake Goddess
The sculpture of an ancient Snake Goddess. The artifact demonstrates typical Minoan female attire.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Aeginetan Marbles
Man waring Ocreae, or greaves. (From the Aeginetan Marbles)
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Aeginetan Sculpture
Herakles, from the eastern pediment of the temple of Athena.-Whitney, 1902
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Aegis
aegis- Varvakeion Statuette of Athena.-Whitney, 1902
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Aeneas and Ascanius
The following cut, taken from one of Sir W. Hamilton's fictile vases, and representing Aeneas followed by Ascanius, and carrying off his father Anchises, who holds the sceptre in his right hand, shows its form as worn by kinds. - Anthon,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Aeschines
Aeschines owes the perpetuity of his fame to the fact he was the only rival of Demosthenes. He was five years older than the great orator, being born in 389 B.C. In early life he served as a soldier, then as a public clerk, and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Alcibiades
The first noted public appearance of [Alcibiades] was on the occasion of the coming of the Lacedaemonian ambassadors requesting the surrender of Pylus. He at first violently opposed the petition, and even went so far as to urge the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Alexander
Sarcophagus of Alexander (So-called) - Morey, 1903
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Alexander Discovers the Body of Darius
Here [Darius] was assassinated by Bessus, the satrap of Bactria. He was discovered by Alexander in a dying condition by the roadside. He asked for a cup of water, thanked the giver, and died. And with him died the Empire of the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Alexandrian
Greeks of the Alexandrian Period. - Quackenbos, 1882
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Amphyx
Amphyces, Frontlets. A frontal, a broad band or plate of metal, which ladies of rank wore above the forehead as part of the head-dress. The frontal of a horse was called by the same name. The annexed cut exhibits the frontal on the head...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ampyx
Examples of Greek Head-dresses (Ampyxes).-Whitney, 1902
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: An Archaic Herm
A sculpture with a head or torso above a plain lower section.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: An Athenian Gravestone
A relief on the tomb of a certain Hegeso. It represents a woman, seated, taking a jewel from a casket held by an attendant.-Webster, 1913