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- History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
4: ...oric times. Most [[Stone Age]] statuettes were made of ivory or soft stone, however some clay human a...
6: ...aterials used for sculpture during this time included basalt, diorite (a type of dark, coarse-grained ...
8: ...ith gold and mosaic inlay with a black-bearded golden bull's head.
11: ...ieved to represent Hammurabi. The head has the wide open eyes, typical of the time period.
13: ...t can have four legs visible if viewed from the side. The piece was excavated at [[Nimrud]] (in north... - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
2: '''''Ancient Greece''''' is the term used to describe the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]]-speaking world ...
4: ...ns use the term more precisely. Some writers include the periods of the [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]]...
6: ... the Ancient Greek period is the death of [[Alexander the Great]] in [[323 BC]]. The following period ...
10: ...ystems, philosophy, art and architecture of the modern world, particularly during the [[Renaissance]] ...
15: ... died in [[323 BC|323 BC]]. Subsequent events are described in [[History of Hellenistic Greece]]. - Aeschylus (5184 bytes)
2: ...ans]], the others being [[Sophocles]] and [[Euripides]].
9: ... his gravestone was written by himself before his death, and makes no mention of his theatrical renown...
12: ...peak of his bravery, and so will the longhaired Mede who learnt it well".
19: ...rst two parts of the Oresteia end unhappily. Besides the literary merit of his work, Aeschylus' great...
22: *''[[The Suppliants]]'' ([[490 BC]]?) (''Hiketides'') - Agesilaus II (5597 bytes)
1: ...is political designs; in this hope, however, Lysander was disappointed, and the increasing power of Ag...
3: ...laus, who left the southern satrapy and again invaded [[Phrygia]], which he ravaged until the followin...
4: ... repulsed the Thessalian cavalry who tried to impede him. Reinforced by Phocian and Orchomenian
5: troops and a Spartan army, he met the confederate forces
8: and he had to retire by way of [[Delphi]] to the [[Peloponnese]]. - Artemis (11271 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|right|200px|Artemis sculpture.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom ClipAr...
3: ...[[Roman mythology]], she was known as [[Diana (goddess)|Diana]]. In [[Etruscan mythology]], she took ...
7: ...as the [[moon goddess]] to complement her twin's identification with and supplantation of [[Helios]] a...
11: ...preaching of the new faith, zealously riot in her defense, shouting "Great is Diana of the Ephesians!"...
13: Festivals in honor of Artemis include [[Brauronia]], held in [[Brauron]] and the festiv... - Zeus (17267 bytes)
1: [[Image:Zeus_god.jpg|thumb|250px|Zeus, Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
2: ...leader of the gods and [[god]] of the sky and thunder in [[Greek mythology]].
6: ...d among the [[Germanic tribes]] and they did not identify Zeus/Jupiter with either Tyr or Odin, but wi...
8: ...ndo-European inheritance, the classical Zeus also derives certain iconographic traits from the culture...
13: ...]] beliefs and the [[archetype|archetypal]] Greek deity.
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