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Most of the warships of the era were distinguished by their names, which were compounds of a number and a suffix. Thus the English term quinquereme derives from Latin quīnquerēmis and has the Greek equivalent πεντήρης (pentḗrēs). Both are compounds featuring a prefix meaning "five": Latin quīnque, ancient Greek πέντε (pénte).
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a translation of the Aristotelis Mechanica (Paris, 1517) [19] Orationes quinque (Venice, 1551) [19] In addition to the published works above, Fausto left unpublished a Latin epigram in a manuscript now in the Biblioteca Estense. [9] He also made marginal annotations in his copy of the editio princeps of Homer's Iliad, published at Florence in 1488.
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Artist's rendition of the ostracon. The Khirbet Qeiyafa ostracon is a 15-by-16.5-centimetre (5.9 in × 6.5 in) ostracon (a trapezoid-shaped potsherd) with five lines of text, [1] discovered in Building II, Room B, in Area B of the excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa in 2008. [2]
Pakudha Kaccāyana was an Indian teacher and philosopher who lived around the 6th century BCE, contemporaneous with Mahavira and the Buddha.He was an atomist who believed in atomism which believed that everything is made of seven eternal elements – earth, water, fire, air, happiness, pain and soul.
Annalena Altarpiece with predella by Fra Angelico, c. 1438–40 (frame removed), sometimes considered the "first" instance of the sacra conversazione format [1]. In art, a sacra conversazione (Italian: [ˈsaːkra koɱversatˈtsjoːne]; plural: sacre conversazioni), meaning "holy (or sacred) conversation", is a genre developed in Italian Renaissance painting, with a depiction of the Virgin and ...
The Gbedu drum is traditionally used on state occasions or during ceremonies of Ogboni, the ancient Yoruba secret society. [1] The Gbedu, also called Ogido, is one of the four major drums in traditional Yoruba drum sets; the other major drums are the Dundun/Gangan or talking drum, the Batá drum and the Sakara drum.