Definition of Apotropaion. Meaning of Apotropaion. Synonyms of Apotropaion

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Definition of Apotropaion

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Meaning of Apotropaion from wikipedia

- decoration from the first half of the 6th century BC, which served as an apotropaion on a shield. It was found during the excavations at Olympia and is now...
- be that the function of a gorgoneion was apotropaic, as a device (an apotropaion) to ward away unwanted things, and which was in origin a dancer-worn...
- Judge Ferdinand Fernandez writing for the panel that "the FAA is not an apotropaion designed to avert overburdened court dockets; it is designed to avert...