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Alter Channel, better known as Alter, was a private TV channel in Greece.It was launched in 1990 and owned by Eleftheri Tileorasi S.A. and was headed by Andreas Kouris. Alter's programming mainly consisted of news, current affairs shows and entertaining progra
Auto Alter - all the news from the world of automobiles, with a look at the all the latest models, test drives, smart buying tips, accessories and more Documento - documentary series (2005) Η Foni Tou Politi - current affairs program that looks at all the issues that affect Greeks today
Dedication of an altar. The word altar, in Greek θυσιαστήριον (see:θυσία), appears twenty-four times in the New Testament. In Catholic and Orthodox Christian theology, the Eucharist is a re-presentation, in the literal sense of the one sacrifice of Christ on the cross being made "present again". Hence, the table upon which the ...
The reconstructed Pergamon Altar in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. Side view Carl Humann's 1881 plan of the Pergamon acropolis. The Pergamon Altar (Ancient Greek: Βωμός τῆς Περγάμου) was a monumental construction built during the reign of the Ancient Greek King Eumenes II in the first half of the 2nd century BC on one of the terraces of the acropolis of Pergamon in Asia Minor ...
Behind the altar is a seven-branched candlestick, which recalls the seven-branched candlestick of the Old Testament Tabernacle and Temple in Jerusalem. Behind this is a golden processional cross. On either side of the cross are liturgical fans (Greek: ripidia or hexapteryga) which represent the six-winged Seraphim. Against the wall behind the ...
According to Thucydides, an altar of the twelve gods was established in the agora of Athens by the archon Pisistratus (son of Hippias and the grandson of the tyrant Pisistratus), around 522 BC. [14] The altar became the central point from which distances from Athens were measured and a place of supplication and refuge. [15]
The Greek theatre (centre) and the Altar of Hieron (middle right), seen from the west. The structure is aligned roughly north-north-west to south-east-east, and is located in the Neapolis, slightly to the southeast of the Greek theatre. [1] Almost nothing except the foundations of the structure survive today.
The Altar of the Twelve Gods (also called the Sanctuary of the Twelve Gods), was an important altar and sanctuary at Athens, located in the northwest corner of the Classical Agora. [1] The Altar was set up by Pisistratus the Younger, (the grandson of the tyrant Pisistratus ) during his archonship , in 522/1 BC.