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Argos, Heraion, Sima |
Argos, Heraion, West pediment, Head of Hera |
Argos, Heraion, West pediment, Palladion |
Argos, Relief of the Doryphorus of Polykleitos |
Argos, Theater, Statue of Aphrodite |
Arion
Arion (late seventh century BCE): Greek poet from Methymna on Lesbos.Life Arion (Mosaic from Ostia) Little is known about Arion’s life, although…Aristarchus
Aristarchus of Samos (c.310-c.230 BCE): Greek astronomer, discoverer of heliocentric system.Aristarchus of Samos was the first to catch a glimpse of the immense size of the universe. Until then, everyone had believed that the moon, sun, planets, and stars all…
Aristophanes |
Aristophanes
Aristophanes (c.445-c.380): Athenian poet, author of many comedies, of which eleven survive. Aristophanes The comedies of the Athenian playwright Aristophanes are a…Aristophanes on the Megarian Decree
Megarian Decree (c. 432 BCE): a set of economic sanctions, proposed by Pericles, against Megara, which was one of the causes of the Archidamian War. …Aristophanes on the peace
Aristophanes After eight years of war, an armistice of a year, and another year of war, the Archidamian War finally came…Aristotle
Aristotle (384-322): greatest philosopher of Antiquity, teacher of Alexander the Great. Aristotle Plato's most famous student was Aristotle of Stagira, the son of…