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- style. An acroterion placed at the outer angles of the pediment is an acroterion angularium (angulārium means ‘at the corners’). The acroterion may take...
- Acroterion of winged gorgon, 540-530 BC, from the temple...
- quadriga, a chariot drawn by four horses, which was on top of the roof as an acroterion. This sculpture, as well as the cult statue of Jupiter in the main cella...
- bust of a well-dressed young girl that may have served as the antefix or acroterion of the temple as possibly being a representation of Hebe. Hebe was also...
- epigraphs; statues; architectural elements such as columns, cornices, and acroterions; bas reliefs, tombstones; and sarcophagi. Such collections are often...
- found in the Archaeological Museum of Olympia. The group was probably the acroterion of one of the treasuries at Olympia; earlier theories suggested it was...
- acromegalia, acromegaly, acromion, acronym, acrophobia, acropolis, acrostic, acroterion, acrotomophilia actin- beam, ray Gr**** ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖνος (aktís, aktînos)...
- is a Central European military helmet with a finial topped by a spike. Acroterion Alem (finial) Crocket Chigi (architecture) Giboshi Mandir kalasha Souvenir...
- deities Ceres, Minerva, Hercules, and Mars. Above the inscription is an acroterion comprising gilded statues of Minerva, Pax (the Roman goddess personifying...
- marble, Archaeological Museum of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece Ancient Gr**** acroterion decorated with a double palmette, c. 350–325 BC, marble, Metropolitan...