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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Mitra
An eastern head-dress, sometimes spoken of as a characteristic of the Phrygians. It was also the name of the head-band or head-dress worn by Greek women, which was made of close materials. It must be distinguished from the reticulum,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Modern Parthenon
The Athenians, on their return to Attica, after the defeat of the Persians, found their city ruined and their country desolate. - Smith, 1882
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Monument of a Greek Solider
A monument of Athenian foot soldier, found near Marathon.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Mycenae
The Lion Gate" at Mycenae" - Morey, 1903
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Nebris
A Nebris is a fawn's skin, worn originally by hunters and others, as an appropriate part of their dress, and afterwards attributed to Bacchus, and consequently assumed by his votaries in the processions and ceremonies which they observed...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Needles and Pins
Needles and pins, chiefly aken from originals in bronze, vary in length from an inch and a half to about eight inches. - Anthon, 1891
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Nudus
These words, besides denoting absolute nakedness, were applied to any one who, being without an Amictus, wore only his tunic or indutus. In this state of nudity the ancients performed the operations of ploughing, sowing and reaping. The...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ocrea
A greave, a leggin. A pair of greaves was one of the six articles of armour which formed the complete equipment of a Greek warrior, and likewise of a Roman soldier as fixed by Servius Tullius. They were made of various metals, with a...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ocrea
A greave, a leggin. A pair of greaves was one of the six articles of armour which formed the complete equipment of a Greek warrior, and likewise of a Roman soldier as fixed by Servius Tullius. They were made of various metals, with a...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Olympia Buildings
Buildings and Environs of Olympia (Restoration) - Morey, 1903
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Oscillum
A diminutive through osculum from os, meaning a little face," was the term applied to faces or heads of Bacchus, which were suspended in the vineyards to be turned in every direction by the wind. Whichsoever way they looked they were...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ox Sacrifice
Represents an ox adorned for sacrifice. - Anthon, 1891
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Paeonius
Victory of Paeonius (Restored) - Morey, 1903
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Palium
The English cloak, though commonly adopted as the translation of these terms, conveys no accurate conception of the form, material, or use of that which they denoted. The article designated by them was always a rectangular piece of...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Palla
The palla, as well as the pallium and palliolum, was always a rectangular piece of cloth, exactly, or, at least, nearly square. It was, indeed, used in the very form in which it was taken from the loom, being made entirely by the weaver....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Panathenaic Procession
From the Frieze of the Parthenon. - Smith, 1882
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pancratium
An athletic game, in which all the powers of the fighter were called into action. The pancratium was one of the games or gymnastic contests which were exhibited at all the great festivals of Greece; it consisted of boxing and wrestling,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Parthenon
The Parthenon is a temple of the Greek goddess Athena, built in the 5th century BC on the Athenian Acropolis. It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered to be the culmination of the development...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Parthenon
The Parthenon is a celebrated temple at Athens, consecrated to Athena or Minerva, the protectress of the city, built on an elevated rock near the Acropolis, and has always been regarded as the most exquisite and perfect example of...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Parthenon Frieze
Bass-reliefs from the frieze of the Parthenon.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Patera
The patera was a broad and comparatively shallow bowl used for libations, and also for drinking out of at banquets. The following cut gives a front and side view of a bronze patera found at Pompeii. - Anthon, 1891
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Patera
A round plate or dish. The paterae of the most common kind were small plates of the common red earthenware, on which an ornamental pattern was drawn, and which were sometimes entirely black. The more valuable paterae were metallic, being...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pedum
A shepherd's crook. On account of its connection with pastoral life, the crook is often seen in works of ancient art, in the hands of Pan, Satyrs, Fauns, and shepherds. It was also the usual attribute of Thalia, as the muse of pastoral...