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The Greek coinage , moreover , has the great interest of being the first invention ,
upon which all later coinages have been modelled , for the Chinese money ,
which originated about the same time , and apparently independently , did not ...
The Greek coinage , moreover , has the great interest of being the first invention ,
upon which all later coinages have been modelled , for the Chinese money ,
which originated about the same time , and apparently independently , did not ...
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... of the banker ; for in Greece from immemorial times the art of seal engraving
had been practised , and in later days each man had a seal which was so
peculiarly his own that one of Solon ' s laws forbad the engraver to keep an
impression of ...
... of the banker ; for in Greece from immemorial times the art of seal engraving
had been practised , and in later days each man had a seal which was so
peculiarly his own that one of Solon ' s laws forbad the engraver to keep an
impression of ...
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... but the kings who divided his great empire modified the type by introducing
real portraits of Alexander , as a deified hero , and later of themselves , as living
deities , so that the representation of a ruler ' s head on coins , which is still
practised ...
... but the kings who divided his great empire modified the type by introducing
real portraits of Alexander , as a deified hero , and later of themselves , as living
deities , so that the representation of a ruler ' s head on coins , which is still
practised ...
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At first merely a local god , originating in the town of Doliche in Commagene ,
near the Euphrates , he later acquired considerable popularity throughout the
Roman Empire , and his worship was carried far and wide by the Roman
legionaries ...
At first merely a local god , originating in the town of Doliche in Commagene ,
near the Euphrates , he later acquired considerable popularity throughout the
Roman Empire , and his worship was carried far and wide by the Roman
legionaries ...
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The use of the veil in religious rites at a much later date is again seen in the
marble portrait head of a woman ( No . 93 ) in Case 100 . It has been taken for the
portrait of a Vestal Virgin , but the absence of the characteristic six braids of hair ...
The use of the veil in religious rites at a much later date is again seen in the
marble portrait head of a woman ( No . 93 ) in Case 100 . It has been taken for the
portrait of a Vestal Virgin , but the absence of the characteristic six braids of hair ...
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Page 82 - LORD, the fire was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them. 4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: 6 But our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Page 44 - Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
Page 95 - And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
Page 44 - And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself.
Page 258 - ... thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life...
Page 53 - I have given bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothes to the naked, and a boat to the shipwrecked
Page 127 - Cupid, is supposed to represent Thetis consenting to be the bride of Peleus in the presence of Poseidon. That on the reverse, with a sleeping figure and two others, is supposed to be Peleus watching his bride Thetis asleep, while Aphrodite presides over the scene.
Page 46 - ... and the one in front does not in reality project more than the one behind it, yet, by mere drawing,* you see the sculptor has got them to appear to recede in due order, and by the soft rounding of the flesh surfaces, and modulation of the veins, he has taken away all look of flatness from the necks. He has drawn the eyes and nostrils with dark incision, careful as the finest touches of a painter's pencil : and then, at last, when he comes to the manes, he has let fly hand and chisel with their...
Page 133 - When thou art grown up, and hast taken to thcc a wife, being master of thy house, cast thine eyes on her who gave thee birth and provided thee with all good things, as did thy mother. Let her not reproach thee, lest she lift up her hands to God...
Page 77 - Love her tenderly and fulfill all her desires as long as thou hast thy life, for she is an estate which conferreth great reward upon her lord. Be not harsh to her, for she will be more easily moved by per-suasion than by force. Take thou heed to that which 'Erman, A.: ^gypten, etc., 224.
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| Title | A Guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum |
| Author | British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities |
| Compiled by | Arthur Hamilton Smith |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | order of the Trustees, 1908 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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