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- spirit), and Naxian honey (which is largely derived from the nectar of thyme). The quarrying of marble on Naxos began before 550 BCE. Naxian marble was...
- Naxian marble is a large-crystaled white marble which is quarried from the Cycladic Island of Naxos in Greece. It was among the most significant types...
- The Colossus of the Naxians is a kouros statue made of Naxian marble which was about 9 metres high, now located in the Museum on Delos and originally...
- Sphinx of Naxos (560 BC) Delphi The Sphinx of Naxos, also Sphinx of the Naxians, now in the Archaeological Museum of Delphi, is a 2.22 meter tall marble...
- Emery, or corundite, is a dark granular rock used to make an abrasive powder. The rock largely consists of corundum (aluminium oxide), mixed with other...
- refer to some form of liaison between Zeus and Hera while describing a Naxian premarital ritual; see Hard 2004, pp. 136–7; Gantz, p. 58. Cf. Scholia on...
- Colossus of Dionysus, is a 10.7 metre tall unfinished statue of light grey Naxian marble with a weight of around 80 tonnes. It is located in an ancient quarry...
- national holiday, about the "prevailing ideology" of the main articles of the Naxian press and the direction of its first celebrations in the Country", Naxiaka...
- and is one of the earliest Ionic temples. It was built completely from Naxian marble. The temple was built around 530 BC. Based on the finds, the sanctuary...
- the Archaic temple. Delphi, Greece. Delphi Archaeological Museum, Delphi. Naxian marble statue of the Sphinx of Naxos which would have sat atop a ten-meter...