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Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by Sally Hoelscher. Uncover expert takes and answers in our crossword blog. ... CAPES (55A: Superheroes' billowing garments) Any mention of ...
Velificatio is a stylistic device used in ancient Roman art to frame a deity by means of a billowing garment. It represents "vigorous movement," an epiphany, [1] or "the vault of heaven," often appearing with celestial, weather, or sea deities. [2]
Coat of many colors, the garment that Joseph owned, which was given to him by his father, Jacob. (Jewish mythology) Penelope's burial shroud, which Odysseus's wife Penelope pretended to weave for her deceased father-in-law. She claimed that she would choose a suitor when the shroud was complete, but secretly unraveled it every night to delay ...
The oldest is a fifth-century BC skyphos from Taranto, now in the Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney (53.30), which shows a figure labeled "Aura", seated on a rock by the sea, with velificatio, a billowing garment that forms an arch overhead. [33] The other is found on a volute-krater funerary vase (c. 370–350 BC), now in the British ...
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A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
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Horo were used as far back as the Kamakura period (1185–1333). [4] When inflated the horo was said to protect the wearer from arrows shot from the side and from behind. [5] [6] [1] This was tested in the Ancient Discoveries episode "Ancient Special Forces" (Episode 6 of Season 8) and found to be surprisingly effective at stopping arrows (shot from a period-appropriate Japanese bow) before ...