Ancient Greek crafts (or the craftsmanship in Ancient Greece) was an important but largely undervalued, economic activity. It involved all activities of...
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of ancient Greek pottery Tanagra figurine Kerameikos Archaeological Museum Ancient Greek crafts "The Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum ('Corpus of Ancient Vases')...
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Ancient Greek technology developed during the 5th century BC, continuing up to and including the Roman period, and beyond. Inventions that are credited...
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ancient Greece is the main surviving type of fine ancient Greek art as, with the exception of painted ancient Greek pottery, almost no ancient Greek painting...
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Ancient Greek art stands out among that of other ancient cultures for its development of naturalistic but idealized depictions of the human body, in which...
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many other divine and semi-divine figures from ancient Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion. The Greeks created images of their deities for many purposes...
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of homosexuality in Greek society. The most widespread and socially significant form of same-sex sexual relations in ancient Greece amongst elite circles...
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Greek economic output. Greek soil has been likened to "stinginess" or "tightness" (Ancient Greek: stenokhôría, στενοχωρία) which helps explain Greek colonialism...
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ancient cultures has been questioned as anachronistic. The ancient Greeks did not have a word for 'religion' in the modern sense. Likewise, no Greek writer...
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Peplos (redirect from Ancient Greek tunic)
A peplos (Greek: ὁ πέπλος) is a body-length garment established as typical attire for women in ancient Greece by c. 500 BC, during the late Archaic and...
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Pederasty in ancient Greece was a socially acknowledged relationship between an older male (the erastes) and a younger male (the eromenos) usually in his...
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A Greek chorus (‹See Tfd›Greek: χορός, translit. chorós) in the context of ancient Greek tragedy, comedy, satyr plays, is a homogeneous group of performers...
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Classical Athens (redirect from Ancient attica)
The city of Athens (Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, Athênai [a.tʰɛ̂ː.nai̯]; Modern Greek: Αθήναι, Athine [a.ˈθi.ne̞] or, more commonly and in singular, Αθήνα,...
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Techne (category Pages with Ancient Greek IPA)
In Ancient Greek philosophy, techne (Greek: τέχνη, romanized: tékhnē, lit. 'art, skill, craft'; Ancient Greek: [tékʰnɛː], Modern Greek: [ˈtexni]) is a...
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The Ancient Greek accent is believed to have been a melodic or pitch accent. In Ancient Greek, one of the final three syllables of each word carries an...
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History of vegetarianism (redirect from Ancient Greek vegetarianism)
people are from ancient India, especially among the Hindus and Jains. Later records indicate that small groups within the ancient Greek civilizations in...
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missing pieces. South Italian ancient Greek pottery Disjecta membra Pottery Typology of Greek vase shapes Ancient Greek crafts Snow, Carol (1986). "The Affecter...
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Neoclassicism Rococo 19th-century Europe Arts and Crafts movement Biedermeier Egyptian Revival Empire Style Greek Revival & Neo-Grec Renaissance Revival Rococo...
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History of geometry (redirect from Ancient Greek geometry)
Geometry (from the Ancient Greek: γεωμετρία; geo- "earth", -metron "measurement") arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships....
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History of lesbianism (redirect from Lesbianism in ancient Greece)
anxiety about female homosexuality in ancient Greece is the reason for our paucity of sources discussing it. In Greek mythology, the story of Callisto has...
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supported the expansion of Mediterranean culture. The Greek trireme was the most common ship of the ancient Mediterranean world, employing the propulsion power...
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Hellenism (modern religion) (redirect from Greek reconstructionism)
is used most often outside of Greece. Some academics use the term 'ancient Greek religion' as a catch-all term in Greece, in order to differentiate it...
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connected to ancient Greek sumptuary laws. The effects of these laws on craftsmen are discussed by Alison Burford in Craftsmen in Greek and Roman Society...
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Carians and Ionian Greeks. In 7th century BC, after the Greek Dark Ages from 1100 to 750 BC, the city of Naucratis was founded in Ancient Egypt. It was located...
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Art Nouveau in England. Others consider Art and Crafts to be in opposition to Art Nouveau. Arts and Crafts indeed criticized Art Nouveau for its use of industrial...
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Weaving Aristaeus (ancient Greek god of rural crafts) Craft 'Mapping Heritage Craft', a UK research report of November 2012. E.J. Stowe. Crafts of the Countryside...
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with Greek traditions into "Classical architecture". Although there were many differences from Greek architecture, Rome borrowed heavily from Greece in...
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on the Ancient Greek word Φοῖνιξ (Phoinix), pl. Φοίνικες (Phoinikes), an exonym used to describe the Canaanite port towns with which the Greeks traded...
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Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa. It was concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River, situated within the contemporary...
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Greek Crimea concerns the ancient Greek settlements on the Crimean Peninsula. Greek city-states first established colonies along the Black Sea coast of...
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