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Dionysiac Technites were the people involved in staging musical and dramatic performances inside and outside the contests. They were under the protection of the god of drama, Dionysus. Their first guilds date from the 3rd c. BC, while a similar guild was established in Asia Minor in the second half of the century. Dionysiac Technites cooperated with Asia Minor cities and were protected originally by the Hellenistic kings and later by Rome. |
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Engraved gems in Asia Minor (Antiquity) |
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The art of engraving gems to be used as seals or decorative artefacts flourished from the mid-6th cent. BC onwards. It is closely related to the numismatic art both in terms of iconography and technique, for signets and coins were often produced by the same engravers. |
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Glasswork in Asia Minor (Antiquity) |
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Glassworking is an art form which was very popular in Asia Minor. Specimens of glasswork appear as early as the 2nd millennium BC. Important finds of the Archaic and Classical periods come from Gordium, Sardis, Pitane; of the Hellenistic period from Xanthus, Ephesus, and Iasus; of the Roman period from Pisidia, Phrygia, Cilicia and many other cities, while there is also the glass edict of Diocletian from Aphrodisias. All these finds give us an impressive picture of the attainments of glass... |
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Hellenistic and Roman bronze figurines in Asia Minor |
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Hellenistic terracottas in Asia Minor |
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The terracotta art flourished greatly in Asia Minor throughout the Hellenistic period. The production of Asia Minor workshops is characterized by a variety of thematic types and free-style modelling. The most significant centres were located in Myrina, Pergamon, Smyrna and Cnidus. |
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Ionian Origins of the Scythian Art |
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Scythian art, initially under Assyrian influence, will gradually become Ionian during the 7th century B.C. Ionian influences will be gradually replaced by Attic ones from the 5th century B.C. onwards. |
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Jewellery of the Hellenistic period |
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Lamps of the Hellenistic period at Asia Minor |
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Numismatic Art in Asia Minor (Antiquity) |
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The first coins in the Mediterranean area were cut in Asia Minor in the end of the 7th – beginning of the 6th century BC. The Greek contribution to the invention and evolution of minting was decisive, as testified both by the iconography and the inscriptions of the first coins. The 4th century was the golden age for the mints of Asia Minor. |
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Toreutic art in the Archaic and Classical period |
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