Acroterion (redirect from Akroterion)
sometimes incorporated into furniture designs. The word comes from the Greek akrōtḗrion (ἀκρωτήριον 'summit, extremity'), from the comparative form of the adjective...
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Trivirostra akroterion is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias. "WoRMS - World...
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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...
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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:...
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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...
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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.;...
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related to whistling. Stekelenburg, A.V. van. "Whistling in Antiquity", Akroterion, vol. 45, pp. 65–74 (2000). Kahn, Ric. "Finally, whistling is cool again"...
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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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]...
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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...
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Africa, 1908 - 1956". Akroterion. 58: 131. Henderson, William (2013). "The Classical Association of South Africa, 1908 - 1956". Akroterion. 58: 144–147. "A...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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Latin sacrum promunturium and ancient Greek ἱερὸν ἀκρωτήριον (hieron akrōtērion). Some sacred promontories were: Cap Corse, northern Corsica Cape Fiolente...
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Archaic, circa 570-560 B.C.E.Delphi Archaeological Museum, Delphi. Marble akroterion of the goddess Nike from the Aarchaic temple. Delphi, Greece. Archaic...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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'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...
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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)...
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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)...
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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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Historia, Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift, Wiener Studien, Die Admissant, Akroterion, Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, Die Saaier, Vernuwing, Taalseminaar, Acta Academica...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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