Charlemagne

Gudea

A ruler of Lagash in the post-Akkadian period, c 2125 BC, known from the numerous inscribed statues of him at Tello. These are among the best-known objects of Sumerian art.

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Nefertari

The principal wife of Rameses II (1279-1213 BC), often depicted at his side for at least the first 20 years of his reign. The smaller temple at Abu Simbel (in Nubia) was dedicated to her and the goddess Hathor. Rameses also built a magnificent tomb for her in the Valley of the Queens (in Thebes)....

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Petrarch

An Italian poet, often considered the first humanist and perhaps the most influential individual of the early Renaissance. In 1337 he visited Rome for the first time, to be stirred among its ruins by the evident grandeur of its past. He provided a strong impetus for archaeological research by loo...

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Hylas

Son of Theiodamas, king of the Dryopes, and of the Nymph Menodice. He was a favourite of Heracles, whom he accompanied on the Argonautic expedition. When Heracles disembarked upon the coast of Mysia to cut himself a fresh oar, Hylas followed him to draw water from a fountain, the Nymphs of which ...

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Peisistratus

Although Solon had given new laws to the city (594/593 BCE), factional strife was destabilizing Athens. In 546, the citizens accepted Pisistratus as tyrant because he promised to restore law and order. Earlier, he had successfully fought against Megara, even capturing its port Nisaea. [Herodotus,...

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Peisistratus

Pisistratus (Greek: Πεισίστρατος) tyrant of Athens, died 528/7 BCE.

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Arnth Velcha

Ancient etruscan aristocrat.

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Arnth Velcha

Epicurus

Epicurus (341 BCE – 270 BCE) was an ancient Greek philosopher, the founder of the Epicurean school in Athens, who taught that "Pleasure is the principle and end to a happy life." He was a prolific writer, amassing 37 volumes, but unfortunately, only f...

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Epicurus

Epicurus, (born 341 BC, Samos, Greece—died 270, Athens), Greek philosopher, author of an ethical philosophy of simple pleasure, friendship, and retirement. He founded schools of philosophy that survived directly from the 4th century BC until the 4th century AD....

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Rhea Silvia

Rhea Silva (Silvia) was forced to become a Vestal Virgin—a woman who took a thirty-year vow of celibacy and service to the goddess Vesta—by her uncle, King Amulius of Alba Longa. Amulius’ goal was to prevent the birth of heirs that could usurp his power, but his plan was foiled when Rhea Silva wa...

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Rhea Silvia

Ilia olarak da anılan Rea Silvia, Roma şehrinin kurucuları Romulus ve Remus ikizlerinin anasıdır. Aeneas'ın soyundan olan Rea'yı amcası Amulius çocuk doğurmasını önlemek için Vesta rahibesi yapmıştı, ama tanrı Mars ona yaklaşmış ve ünlü ikizlere gebe bırakmıştı.

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Romulus

The founder of the city of Rome. It is unnecessary in the present work to prove that all the stories about Romulus are mythical, and merely represent the traditional belief of the Roman people respecting their origin. Romulus, which is only a lengthened form of Romus, is simply the Roman people r...

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Remus

Also Romus, the twin-brother of Romulus, the sons of Mars and Rhea Silvia, and founders of the Roman empire. He was killed by his brother, or by the solder Celer, when he scoffed at the lowliness of the city wall. In remorse Romulus instituted the festival of the Lemuria for the souls of the depa...

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Smyrna

Adonis'in annesi olarak Myrrha. Cenchreis’in Kıbrıs kralı Cinyras’ın veya Oreithya’nın Asur kralı Theias’ın kızı. İsmini Smyrna kentine vermiş olduğu söylenir. Moira olarak da anılır.

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Smyrna

The mother of Adonis as Myrrha. She was the daughter of either the Cyprian king Cinyras by Cenchreis, or of the Assyrian king Theias by Oreithya. She is said to have given her name to the town of Smyrna. She is also called Moira.

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