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Ephesus (Antiquity), Parthian monument

Author(s) : Mallios Yorgos (2/10/2003)
Translation : Panourgia Klio

For citation: Mallios Yorgos, "Ephesus (Antiquity), Parthian monument",
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Έφεσος (Αρχαιότητα), Μνημείο Πάρθων (2/6/2006 v.1) Ephesus (Antiquity), Parthian monument (2/15/2006 v.1) 

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anaxyrides (trousers)
Type of trousers. They were thought, by the ancient Greeks and Romans, as characteristic of the barbarians' attiré. Among many peoples (Persians, Scythians, Thracians) men used to wear leather-made, wide and comfortable trousers. The Amazons were portrayed wearing skin-tight trousers decorated with horizontal zig-zag lines.

bucranium, (plur. -a)
Decorative motif representing an ox killed in religious sacrifice. This motif was represented, in stone, on the frieze, or stone lintels, above the columns in Doric temples.

cornice
1. (Antiq. and Byz.) Member of the entablature or the architrave that projects in the elevation of a secular or religious building. As a horizontal member it may run along a wall. The cornice may also be the projecting part of the roof, protecting the building from rain.2. (Byz. archit.) Decorative architectural element used to articulate the walls of a church, both on the inside and on the outside, by marking the division between the vertical wall and the spring of the vaults. It usually bears painted or sculptural decoration of vegetal or geometric motifs.

frieze (1. architecture), (2. painting)
1. The part of the entablature resting on the architrave and below the cornice. In the Doric order the frieze is decorated with two alternative motives, namely the triglyph and metope, while in the Ionic order the frieze is a decoratively carved band.2. Decorative horizontal band that sweeps parts of a vessel or the highest part of the walls in a room.

garlands
Derorative ornament with flowers and fruits, tied with ribbons and plant stalks.

genius -ii
In ancient Rome Genius was the spirit that protected and guided an individual or even an entire gender or family. In certain cases they was considered that it lived in a statue and it gave him supernatural forces. Allegorically it is often portrayed as a young man.

himation, the
Rectangular woolen (mainly) cloth that was worn over the chiton (cloak). It could be wrapped around the shoulders and the body in different ways and was fastened with a belt or with brooches.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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