sometimes incorporated into furniture designs. The word comes from the Greek akrōtḗrion (ἀκρωτήριον 'summit, extremity'), from the comparative form of the adjective...

Trivirostra akroterion is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias. "WoRMS - World...

Paros Nike of Megara, statue from Megara Nike of Epidaurus, a temple akroterion Nike (Hadrian's Library), found in Hadrian's Library Nike of Marathon...

Press, 2000) Kool, S. "The Soother of Evil Pains: Asclepius and Freud." Akroterion 60, 2015, pp. 13–32. LiDonnici, Lynn R. The Epidaurian Miracle Inscriptions:...

Polyclitus the Younger, c.350 BC Ancient Greek pair of volutes on an akroterion, 350–325 BC, marble, Metropolitan Museum of Art Roman volutes around a...

Washington Post. J L Hilton (2005). "Lucian and the Great Moon Hoax of 1835". Akroterion. 50. University of KwaZulu-Natal. doi:10.7445/50-0-78. Gunn, James E.;...

related to whistling. Stekelenburg, A.V. van. "Whistling in Antiquity", Akroterion, vol. 45, pp. 65–74 (2000). Kahn, Ric. "Finally, whistling is cool again"...

the discovery and excavation of the world's oldest known shipwreck". Akroterion. 46: 5–20. doi:10.7445/46-0-116. Jackson, C. M.; Nicholson, P. (2010)...

0.90 m. Winged female figure, either a freestanding sculpture or an akroterion (roof ornament). Possibly by Archermos. 570-560 BC. From the Temple of...

metopes of the temple, and a very fragmentary gorgon from the central akroterion. The style of the sculptures is typical of the early Archaic period. The...

23.1: 27–41. Futter, D. 2014. "The Myth of Theseus in Plato's Phaedo". Akroterion, 59: 88-104. Gosling, J. C. B., and C. C. W. Taylor. 1982. "Phaedo" [In]...

 113–116. ISBN 978-3-643-99900-9. Neils Boulter, Patricia (1953). "An Akroterion from the Temple of Ares in the Athenian Agora". Hesperia: The Journal...

Africa, 1908 - 1956". Akroterion. 58: 131. Henderson, William (2013). "The Classical Association of South Africa, 1908 - 1956". Akroterion. 58: 144–147. "A...

Apparently, Pytheas said that tides ended at the "sacred promontory" (Hieron akrōtērion, or Sagres Point), and from there to Gades is said to be 5 days' sail...

the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. Illustrations with examples of acroteria Akroterion, 350-325 BC, marble, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)...

Latin sacrum promunturium and ancient Greek ἱερὸν ἀκρωτήριον (hieron akrōtērion). Some sacred promontories were: Cap Corse, northern Corsica Cape Fiolente...

Archaic, circa 570-560 B.C.E.Delphi Archaeological Museum, Delphi. Marble akroterion of the goddess Nike from the Aarchaic temple. Delphi, Greece. Archaic...

Strabo places the land of the Conii between the river Anas and Hieron Akroterion (sacred promontory), with the latter being the most extreme point of the...

sculptor for the entire building) around 380 BC, and it was the central akroterion (roof ornament) on the west pediment of the temple of Asclepius in Epidaurus...

Snake-Legged Goddess was depicted in an androgynous form on a 4th century BCE akrōtērion from the Pontic Steppe region, with her image represented her as bearded...

funds allowed, but far less often had the full range of antefixes and akroterions. Greek temples normally had no windows except perhaps in the roof, posing...

'design idea' of what the city or place ought to look like. Bacon points to akroterion of Greek temples as an excellent example of how buildings and built form...

Spears: Anyte and Nossis on the 'Heroic Code' in Hellenistic Epigram". Akroterion. 66: 41–57. doi:10.7445/66--1032. S2CID 249082893. Maxwell, Mary (2002)...

PROCESSES OF SILENCING IN ANCIENT SOURCES AND (EARLY) MODERN SCHOLARSHIP". Akroterion. 68: 65–83. doi:10.7445/68--1058. ISSN 2079-2883. Jones, Brian (2002-09-11)...

Greek historian Ephorus of Cyme (4th century B.C. ) who called it Hieron Akroterion, a name translated into Latin as Promontorium Sacrum ("Sacred Promontory")...

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places whose names are known were Eğirdir itself (historically known as Akroterion), Parlaos, Malos, and Prostanna; and places whose ancient names are not...

Finds from the Lion terrace on Delos. Boreas kidnaps Oreithya. Central akroterion of the Athenians Temple of Apollo on Delos. Athenians work, 421-417 BC...

83–113. ISSN 0018-098X. JSTOR 146780. Boulter, Patricia Neils (1953). "An Akroterion from the Temple of Ares in the Athenian Agora". Hesperia: The Journal...

ISBN 978-0-521-84522-9. Henderson, W. J. (2011). "A Race-Horse Called Pherenikos". Akroterion. 56. Stellenbosch University: 21–30. Pindar. "Pythian III". Perseus Project...