Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Venus de Milo or Aphrodite of Melos[ b] is an ancient Greek marble sculpture that was created during the Hellenistic period. Its exact dating is uncertain, but the modern consensus places it in the 2nd century BC, perhaps between 160 and 110 BC. It was rediscovered in 1820 on the island of Milos, Greece, and has been displayed at the Louvre ...
The study of the lives of women in classical Athens has been a significant part of classical scholarship since the 1970s. The knowledge of Athenian women's lives comes from a variety of ancient sources. Much of it is literary evidence, primarily from tragedy, comedy, and oratory; supplemented with archaeological sources such as epigraphy and ...
Himation. Statues at the "House of Cleopatra" in Delos, Greece. Man and woman wearing the himation. A himation ( / hɪˈmætiˌɒn / hə-MAT-ee-un, [ 1] Ancient Greek: ἱμάτιον) was a type of clothing, a mantle or wrap worn by ancient Greek men and women from the Archaic period through the Hellenistic period ( c. 750–30 BC). [ 2]
The Temple of Athena Nike ( Greek: Ναός Αθηνάς Νίκης, Naós Athinás Níkis) is a temple on the Acropolis of Athens, dedicated to the goddesses Athena and Nike. Built around 420 BC, the temple is the earliest fully Ionic temple on the Acropolis. It has a prominent position on a steep bastion at the south west corner of the ...
Pages in category "Greek female models" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Julia Alexandratou;
Kinney Shoes. The G.R. Kinney Company was an American manufacturer and retailer of shoes from 1894 [ 1] until September 16, 1998. [ 2] It was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in March 1923, with the symbol KNN. [ 3] The shoe concern was started by George Romanta Kinney whose father ran a general store in rural Candor, New York.
The Acropolis of Athens (Ancient Greek: ἡ Ἀκρόπολις τῶν Ἀθηνῶν, romanized: hē Akropolis tōn Athēnōn; Modern Greek: Ακρόπολη Αθηνών, romanized: Akrópoli Athinón) is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance ...
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. One of the most widely distributed photos of the abolitionist movement . [ s 3] Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators at Washington Arsenal. 7 July 1865. Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C., United States. [ s 1] Portrait of Sir John Herschel.