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Gellius, Aulus
(Encyclopedia) Gellius, AulusGellius, Aulusjĕlˈyəs [key], fl. 2d cent., Roman writer. He was a lawyer who spent at least a year in Athens and wrote Noctes Atticae [Attic nights], a collection of…Tyrtaeus
(Encyclopedia) TyrtaeusTyrtaeustərtēˈəs [key], fl. 7th cent. b.c. at Sparta, Greek elegiac poet. Fragments of his martial elegies in Dorian Greek, which were written to spur Spartan soldiers to…Greek architecture
(Encyclopedia) Greek architecture the art of building that arose on the shores of the Aegean Sea and flourished in the ancient world. In addition to temples, the Greeks also built a number of other…Anacreon
(Encyclopedia) AnacreonAnacreonənăkˈrēən, –ŏn [key], c.570–c.485 b.c., Greek lyric poet, b. Teos in Ionia. He lived at Samos and at Athens, where his patron was Hipparchus. His poetry, graceful and…choragic monuments
(Encyclopedia) choragic monumentschoragic monumentskərăjˈĭk, –rājˈ–, kō– [key] [Gr.,=of the choragus, the chorus leader], small decorative structures erected in ancient Greece to commemorate the…Aratus, Greek poet
(Encyclopedia) AratusAratusərāˈtəs [key], fl. 3d cent. b.c., Greek court poet, from Soli in Cilicia. He wrote an astronomical treatise, Phenomena, which was quoted by Paul at Athens.Pheidippides
(Encyclopedia) PheidippidesPheidippidesfīdĭpˈĭdēz [key], fl. 490 b.c., semilegendary Athenian courier sent to Sparta to request help when the Persians landed at Marathon. He ran 150 miles in two days…Hippodamus
(Encyclopedia) HippodamusHippodamushĭpŏdˈəməs [key], fl. 5th cent. b.c., Greek architect, b. Miletus. He was the first to plan cities according to geometric layouts. For Pericles he remodeled Piraeus…Agoracritus
(Encyclopedia) AgoracritusAgoracritusăgˌōrăkˈrĭtəs [key], fl. 5th cent. b.c., Athenian sculptor born on the island of Paros, said to have been the favorite pupil of Phidias. His best-known work was…herm, in Greek art
(Encyclopedia) hermhermhûrm [key], in 6th-century Greek art, vertical pillar surmounted by a bearded human head and often having a phallus below. These structures were considered sacred to Hermes.…Trending
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