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Other ancient poets wrote about Sappho's life. She was a popular character in ancient Athenian comedy , [ 137 ] and at least six separate comedies called Sappho are known. [ 179 ] [ p ] The earliest known ancient comedy to take Sappho as its main subject was the early-fifth or late-fourth century BC Sappho by Ameipsias , though nothing is known ...
The phrase originates from the way deity figures appeared in ancient Greek theaters, held high up by a machine, to solve a problem in the plot. "Ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου μετάστηθι" — Diogenes the Cynic — in a 1763 painting by Jacques Gamelin Ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου μετάστηθι. Apò toû hēlíou metástēthi.
The wall paintings of ancient Thera are famous frescoes discovered by Spyridon Marinatos at the excavations of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini (or Thera). They are regarded as part of Minoan art , although the culture of Thera was somewhat different from that of Crete , and the political relationship between the two islands at the ...
Apelles of Kos (/ ə ˈ p ɛ l iː z /; Ancient Greek: Ἀπελλῆς; fl. 4th century BC) was a renowned painter of ancient Greece. Pliny the Elder , to whom much of modern scholars' knowledge of this artist is owed ( Naturalis Historia 35.36.79–97 and passim ), rated him superior to preceding and subsequent artists.
The art of ancient Greece is usually divided stylistically into four periods: the Geometric, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic. The Geometric age is usually dated from about 1000 BC, although in reality little is known about art in Greece during the preceding 200 years, traditionally known as the Greek Dark Ages.
Aspasia (/ æ ˈ s p eɪ ʒ (i) ə,-z i ə,-ʃ ə /; [2] Ancient Greek: Ἀσπασία Greek:; c. 470 – after 428 BC [a]) was a metic woman in Classical Athens. Born in Miletus , she moved to Athens and began a relationship with the statesman Pericles , with whom she had a son named Pericles the Younger .
The aphorism quotes the first two lines of the Aphorisms by the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates: "Ὁ βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή". The familiar Latin translation ars longa, vita brevis reverses the order of the original lines, but can express the same principle.
Little is known about Aristotle's life. He was born in the city of Stagira in northern Greece during the Classical period. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, and he was brought up by a guardian. At around eighteen years old, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty seven (c. 347 BC).