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- sometimes incorporated into furniture designs. The word comes from the Gr**** akrōtḗrion (ἀκρωτήριον 'summit, extremity'), from the comparative form of the adjective...
- Paros Nike of Megara, statue from Megara Nike of Epidaurus, a temple akroterion Nike (Hadrian's Library), found in Hadrian's Library Nike of Marathon...
- Trivirostra akroterion is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias. "WoRMS - World...
- Press, 2000) Kool, S. "The Soother of Evil Pains: Asclepius and Freud." Akroterion 60, 2015, pp. 13–32. LiDonnici, Lynn R. The Epidaurian Miracle Inscriptions:...
- Poly****us the Younger, c.350 BC Ancient Gr**** pair of volutes on an akroterion, 350–325 BC, marble, Metropolitan Museum of Art Roman volutes around a...
- 0.90 m. Winged female figure, either a freestanding sculpture or an akroterion (roof ornament). Possibly by Archermos. 570-560 BC. From the Temple of...
- related to whistling. Stekelenburg, A.V. van. "Whistling in Antiquity", Akroterion, vol. 45, pp. 65–74 (2000). Kahn, Ric. "Finally, whistling is cool again"...
- the discovery and excavation of the world's oldest known shipwreck". Akroterion. 46: 5–20. doi:10.7445/46-0-116. Jackson, C. M.; Nicholson, P. (2010)...
- Washington Post. J L Hilton (2005). "Lucian and the Great Moon Hoax of 1835". Akroterion. 50. University of KwaZulu-Natal. doi:10.7445/50-0-78. Gunn, James E.;...
- Latin sacrum promunturium and ancient Gr**** ἱερὸν ἀκρωτήριον (hieron akrōtērion). Some sacred promontories were: Cap Corse, northern Corsica Cape Fiolente...