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By the late fourth century B.C., children were no longer represented as miniature adults but rather were given childlike proportions and features.
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The Colossus of Rhodes, a representation of Helios, is built in Rhodes town harbour, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
The island was also famed in antiquity as a cultural centre and for the Colossus of Rhodes statue, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. -
From the end of the third millennium B.C., the scarab beetle served as an amulet in Egypt, where it represented the sun god. Beginning in the second quarter of the sixth century B.C. the scarab was the predominant type of Greek gem, cut in carnelian and other hardstones.
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The sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus was an important sacred centre in both ancient Greek and Roman times.
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Aristotle wrote on logic, nature, psychology, ethics, politics, and art. He is credited with developing deductive reasoning, the procedure of logic that fictional detective Sherlock Holmes used to solve his cases.
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The inscription states that the stele was erected to honor Timotheos and his son Nikon, both of the deme (political district) of Kephale.
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Delphi was an important ancient Greek religious sanctuary sacred to the god Apollo. Located on Mt. Parnassus near the Gulf of Corinth, the sanctuary was home to the famous oracle of Apollo which gave cryptic predictions and guidance to both city-states and individuals.
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The Temple of Zeus stood at the center of the Sanctuary of Zeus which contained a number of buildings and monuments that were used in the religious and athletic ceremonies of the ancient Games. Chief among these was the very long Altar of Zeus east of the Temple. Here athletes and pilgrims brought their animals to be sacrificed to Zeus with the hope that their prayers would be answered by him.
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Menander wrote over a hundred plays, his first at age 22. Eight of Menander's comedies were prize-winners. Menander is thought to have imitated Euripides and was in turn adapted by Roman writers of comedy, Terence and Plautus.
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Asclepius was the ancient Greek god of medicine and he was also credited with powers of prophecy. The god had several sanctuaries across Greece; the most famous was at Epidaurus which became an important centre of healing in both ancient Greek and Roman times and was the site of athletic, dramatic, and musical Games held in Asclepius’ honour every four years.
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Angustan Roman copy of a Greek relief attributed to Kallimachos, 425-400 BCE. Pentelic marble.
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Athenian democracy is the first known democracy in the world. Other Greek cities set up democracies, most following the Athenian model, but none are as well documented as Athens.
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Built to honor Athena Nike, the goddess of victory, the site upon which the temple was constructed has ceremonial roots that date back to the Bronze Age.
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Atlantis enthusiasts know Plato for his parable about it in Timaeus and other descriptions from Critias.
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Grave stelai, like this one, would have been erected in Greek cemeteries in memory of the deceased.
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This was a period of Athenian political hegemony, economic growth and cultural flourishing formerly known as the Golden Age of Athens with the later part The Age of Pericles.
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The second Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC) occurred during the Greco-Persian Wars, as King Xerxes I of Persia sought to conquer all of Greece.
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The battle of Platea was the final land battle during the second Persion invasion of Greece. It took place near city of Plataea in Boeotia and was fought between an alliance of the Greek, Sparta, Athens, Corinth, Megara and the Persian empire.
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By definition, kore (maiden) refers to statuies dipicting female figures, always of a young age ,which were created during the Archaic period, either as motive or commemoration statues.
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Euripides was an ancient writer of Greek tragedy, he third of the famous trio (with Sophocles and Aeschylus).
He wrote about women and mythological themes, like Medea and Helen of Troy.
