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18 07, 2017

Who was Anaximander? Infinity and Greek science

By |2019-01-26T12:31:48-08:00July 18th, 2017|Greeks, Science|Comments Off on Who was Anaximander? Infinity and Greek science

Theater of Miletus, where Anaximander the mathematician lived Where was Anaximander from? Anaximander the mathematician was born about 610 BC in the Greek city of Miletus, in what is now Turkey. So [...]

2 07, 2017

Greek art history: rhythm, order, and pattern – Ancient Greece

By |2019-07-16T14:07:53-07:00July 2nd, 2017|Art, Greeks|Comments Off on Greek art history: rhythm, order, and pattern – Ancient Greece

Greek art: A slave woman plays a kithara (Athens, ca. 480 BC) Greek art: order and chaos Artists in ancient Greece thought of art as a way of creating order [...]

1 07, 2017

Parthenon metopes – Greek architecture

By |2018-04-22T10:26:03-07:00July 1st, 2017|Architecture, Greeks|Comments Off on Parthenon metopes – Greek architecture

Metope from the Parthenon On the metopes, just under the roof, Phidias carved the battle between Lapiths (men) and centaurs (the Centauromachy), Greeks against Amazons (Amazonomachy), the gods against the [...]

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