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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...
- resembles Gruyère and is an EU Protected Designation of Origin. There are Naxian varieties (produced from cow's milk) that tend to be milder and sweeter...
- Kouros, Naxian work, marble, circa 550 BC. Found on Delos. Kouros, Naxian work, torso, circa 550 BC. Found on Delos. Lion statues. Naxian work, 620-600...
- Lake Askanios in Bithynia who abducted HylasEuneicaMalisNycheia Naxian Nymphs Mount Drios on the island of Naxos nurses of infant Dionysus; were...
- only seven of the original lions remain. The Oikos of the Naxians (House of the Naxians), first quarter of sixth century BC, has a long hall with one...