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Ancient Greek And Roman Statues Were Meant To Be Sniffed – And They Smelled Divine
Greco-Roman sculptors created artworks with more than just visual beauty in mind, and strove to indulge all of the senses in ...
Greek Reporter1d
The Mysterious Ancient Greek Sage Who Slept for 57 Years
The life of ancient Greek sage, philosopher and prophet Epimenides of Crete straddles history and myth, but some of his works ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...
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Greek MP questioned over gallery attack on ‘blasphemous’ art
A Greek lawmaker was questioned Monday after violently attacking artworks he considered blasphemous in one of Athens’s main art galleries. Nikolaos Papadopoulos broke into the National Gallery ...
Euronews16d
Greek lawmaker attacks ‘offensive’ paintings in Athens' National Gallery
Greece's National Gallery said a Greek lawmaker attacked four paintings in an exhibition at the museum in Athens, including one he had previously criticized as offensive on religious grounds.
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Greek Far-Right MP Vandalises ‘Blasphemous’ Exhibit at National Gallery
Greek MP Nikolaos Papadopoulos ... “There is no censorship in art,” said Nikitas Kaklamanis, the speaker of Greece’s parliament. The Ministry of Culture “never takes actions of censorship ...
Greek Reporter22d
Greek Statues Were Not Only Painted and Dressed But Also Perfumed, Study Reveals
Classical writings offer insight into this practice. Roman orator Cicero described how the statue of Artemis in Segesta was anointed with perfumes. Greek poet Callimachus wrote about the statue of ...
Greek City Times22d
Ancient Greek Hermes Statue Unearthed During Aspendos Excavations
Among them is a statue of Hermes, a Greek god from the Roman Imperial Period. Accompanying this discovery, sculptures of Aphrodite and Eros, as well as fragments believed to be of Artemis and Nemesis, ...
Daily Express22d
Archaeologists unearth 1,700-year-old statue of Greek god's messenger
the messenger of Zeus in ancient Greek mythology. Statue fragments of other deities including Eros, Aphrodite, Artemis and Nemesis have also been discovered at the site. According to a statement ...
Anadolu Ajansi23d
Statue of Hermes, messenger of Zeus discovered in Turkish coastal resort city of Antalya
The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced on Monday the discovery of a marble statue ... god in Greek mythology—as well as fragments of statues of Aphrodite, Eros, Artemis, and ...
Greek City Times26d
Historic First: Ancient Greek Tragedy Hippolytus to Debut at Hong Kong Arts Festival
Scheduled for March 1st and 2nd, 2025, this production represents a major milestone in bringing contemporary Greek art and ancient drama to new international audiences. The play, a co-production of ...