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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Aeneas and Ascanius
The following cut, taken from one of Sir W. Hamilton's fictile vases, and representing Aeneas followed by Ascanius, and carrying off his father Anchises, who holds the sceptre in his right hand, shows its form as worn by kinds. - Anthon,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Aeschines
Aeschines owes the perpetuity of his fame to the fact he was the only rival of Demosthenes. He was five years older than the great orator, being born in 389 B.C. In early life he served as a soldier, then as a public clerk, and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Alcibiades
The first noted public appearance of [Alcibiades] was on the occasion of the coming of the Lacedaemonian ambassadors requesting the surrender of Pylus. He at first violently opposed the petition, and even went so far as to urge the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Alexander
Sarcophagus of Alexander (So-called) - Morey, 1903
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Alexander Discovers the Body of Darius
Here [Darius] was assassinated by Bessus, the satrap of Bactria. He was discovered by Alexander in a dying condition by the roadside. He asked for a cup of water, thanked the giver, and died. And with him died the Empire of the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Alexandrian
Greeks of the Alexandrian Period. - Quackenbos, 1882
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Amphyx
Amphyces, Frontlets. A frontal, a broad band or plate of metal, which ladies of rank wore above the forehead as part of the head-dress. The frontal of a horse was called by the same name. The annexed cut exhibits the frontal on the head...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ampyx
Examples of Greek Head-dresses (Ampyxes).-Whitney, 1902
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: An Archaic Herm
A sculpture with a head or torso above a plain lower section.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: An Athenian Gravestone
A relief on the tomb of a certain Hegeso. It represents a woman, seated, taking a jewel from a casket held by an attendant.-Webster, 1913
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: An Athenian Inscription
A decree of the Council and Assembly dating from about 450 B.C.-Webster, 1913
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Anacreon
Though Anacreon has been famous as the poet of wine and love, few geniune fragments of his songs have come down to us. Those which pass under his name belong to his Greek imitators in later times. Specimens are given here in relief after...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Aplustria
Greek aplustria, or stern ornament.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ara
An alter. Ara was a general term denoting any structure elevated aove the ground, and used to receive upon it offerings made to the gods. Altare, probably contracted from alta ara, was properly restricted to the larger, higher, and more...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ara
An alter. Ara was a general term denoting any structure elevated aove the ground, and used to receive upon it offerings made to the gods. Altare, probably contracted from alta ara, was properly restricted to the larger, higher, and more...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Aries
The battering-ram, was used to batter down the walls of besieged cities. It consisted of a large beam, made of the trunk of a tree, especially of a fir or an ash. To one end was fastened a mass of bronze or iron, which resembled in its...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Aristophanes
A stature of Aristophanes, who was a prolific and commonly celebrated playwright of comedy. He is also known as the Father of Comedy.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Arma
Homer describes in various passages an entire suit of armour, and we observe that it consisted of the same portions which were used by the Greek soldiers ever after. Moreover, the order of putting them on is always the same. The...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Astor to Philip's Right Eye
It was during the siege of Methone that Philip had the misfortune to lose on of his eyes. A random arrow discharged from the rampart fell square in the king's face and destroyed one-half of his sight. When the arrow-head was drawn away,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Athena and Argo
Athena (Minerva) superintending the building of the Argo. - Smith, 1882
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Athenian Monument
Monument commemorating the triumph of an Athenian citizen in music, Lysicrates. -Breasted, 1914
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Athenian Youth on Horses
An illustration of a group of Athenian youth on horses.