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Personifications of cities and provinces
Author(s) : Kadirea Maria (9/24/2007)Translation : Koutras Nikolaos
For citation: Kadirea Maria, "Personifications of cities and provinces",Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia MinorURL: <http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=9548>
GLOSSARY
chiton, the Item of clothing consisting of a square woollen textile seamed on both sides.
dexioses, the Scene at which two human figures are depicted in handshake, usually interpreted as a farewell to the dead. Such scenes are mainly found on funerary stelae.
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.
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.
pelte A small and light shield, of elliptical or 8-like shape. It was often covered with leather. Initially it was used by the barbarian warriors but later it has been adopted by the Greeks (peltasts) and the Romans.
1. Cities
1.1. Cities as Amazons
1.2. Cities as Tyche
2. Kingdoms and Provinces
2.1. Commagene
2.2. Roman provinces
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