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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Clisthenes in the Olympic Games
Clisthenes, also known as the Father of Athenian democracy, is depicted competing in a chariot race in the Olympic games.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Colossus at Rhodes
Colossus at Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Colossus at Rhodes
Statue of the Greek god Helios. It is currently considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was one of the tallest statues during its time, standing at over 30 meters (107 feet).
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Comedy Masks
Masks used in Comedy - Morey, 1903
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Comedy Masks
While Greek tragedt grew farther and farther away from the humor and burlesque so characteristic of the old satyr dances and songs, comedy arose to incorporate within itself much of this early spirit. The comedies supplied...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Corinthian Helmet
A greek helmet or corinthian design.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Cornu
A wind instrument, anciently made of horn, but afterwards of brass. Like the tuba, it differed from the tibia in being a larger and more powerful instrument, and from the tuba itself, in being curved nearly in the shape of a C, with a...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Coryatic Portico
Coryatic Portico of Temple in Acropolic, Athens. - Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Cothurnus
The cothurnus or buskin, rose above the midddle of the leg so as to surround the calf (sura), and sometimes reached as high as the knees. It was laced in front, and the object in so doing was to make it fit the leg as closely as...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Crested Helmets
The crested Achilles was pressing on in his chariot." Some idea of the ancient crests may be formed from the following woodcuts, selected from ancient gems." - Anthon, 1891
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Cresus Showing Solon His Treasures
Afterwards [Solon] went to Sardis and made the acquaintance of Cresus. It was on this occasion that the celebrated interview occurred which has been so much repeated for its lesson. Cresus, desiring to make an impression on his visitor,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Crete Writings
Prehistoric Writing from Crete - Morey, 1903
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Culter
A knife with only one edge, which formed a straight line. The blade was pointed, and its back curved. It was used for a variety of purposes, but chiefly for killing animals either in the slaughter house, or in hunting, or at the altars...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Cyathus
A Greek and Roman liquid measure, containing one-twelfth of the sextarius, or .0825 of a pint English. The form of the cyathus used at banquets was that of a small ladle, by means of which the wine was conveyed into the drinking-cups...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Delphi
An ancient Greek town. In Greek mythology, the most important oracle resided at Delphi.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Diadem
Diadem from Mycenae - Morey, 1903
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Dionysus
The Theater of Dionysus (Restoration) - Morey, 1903
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Dionysus Seat
Seat of the Priest of Dionysus - Morey, 1903
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Egg and Dart Motive
The evolution of the egg-and-dart motive.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Erechtheum Restored
The building of the new Erechtheum was not commenced till the Parthenon and Propylea were finished, and probably not before the year preceding the breaking out of the Peloponnesian war. Its progress was no doubt delayed by that event,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Euripides
The next evolution is presented in Euripides. He is less ideal than his predeccesor, but truer to nature. His drama is more of a reality. He takes his stand in the midst of human life as it is. His language is the language of the people....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Fax
A torch. In the annexed woodcut, the female figure is copied from a fictile vase. The winged figure on the left hand, asleep and leaning on a torch, is from a funeral monument at Rome. The other winged figure represents Cupid as Lethaus...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Fibula
A brooch, consisting of a pin, and of a curved portion furnished with a hook. The curved portion was sometimes a circular ring or disc, the pin passing across its centre and sometimes an arc, the pin being as the chord, of the arc. The...