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  2. Clothing in ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    Small gold ornaments would be sewn onto their clothing and would glitter as they moved. [3] Common designs on jewelry in ancient Greece included plants, animals and figures from Greek mythology. [4] Gold and silver were the most common mediums for jewelry. [91]

  3. Seneca mythology - Wikipedia

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    Some important figures in Seneca mythology are: Eagentci (Awëha:'i—Fertile Earth [2]), whose name translates as "ancient-bodied one", is the Earth-mother, or First Mother. Her Huron name is Atahensic. Djieien was a man-sized spider who survived most attacks because its heart was buried underground. He appears in the tale "Hagowanen and ...

  4. Senecan tragedy - Wikipedia

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    In keeping with Seneca's philosophical background, his tragedies focus on ethical and moral problems, as opposed to the emotional and dramatic tensions that inspired other tragedians. [5] Like the Greek dramatists, Seneca based his tragedies on different Greek myths (such as Medea or Agamemnon).

  5. Seneca the Younger - Wikipedia

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    Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (/ ˈ s ɛ n ɪ k ə / SEN-ik-ə; c. 4 BC – AD 65), [1] usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, dramatist, and in one work, satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature.

  6. Greek dress - Wikipedia

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    Clothes were mainly homemade, and often served many purposes (such as bedding). Despite popular imagination and media depictions of all-white clothing, elaborate design and bright colors were favored. [1] Ancient Greek clothing consisted of lengths of linen or wool fabric, which generally was rectangular.

  7. Oedipus (Seneca) - Wikipedia

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    Oedipus is a fabula crepidata (Roman tragic play with Greek subject) of c. 1061 lines of verse that was written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca at some time during the 1st century AD. It is a retelling of the story of Oedipus , which is better known through the play Oedipus Rex by the Athenian playwright, Sophocles .

  8. Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    Greek mythology has changed over time to accommodate the evolution of their culture, of which mythology, both overtly and in its unspoken assumptions, is an index of the changes. In Greek mythology's surviving literary forms, as found mostly at the end of the progressive changes, it is inherently political, as Gilbert Cuthbertson (1975) has argued.

  9. Shirt of Nessus - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, the Shirt of Nessus, Tunic of Nessus, Nessus-robe, or Nessus' shirt (Ancient Greek: Χιτών τοῦ Νέσσου, romanized: Chitṓn toû Néssou) was the poisoned shirt that killed Heracles. It was once a popular reference in literature. In folkloristics, it is considered an instance of the "poison dress" motif. [1]