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390 matches to Greek Project
Chaeronea, Battle. 338BC. Philip of Macedon defeats Greek city-states.
Chaos. Greek mythical pre-creation state of universe.
Chares. Greek bronze sculptor: Colossus of Rhodes 292BC.
Chimera. Greek lion/goat/dragon beast.
Chirico, Giorgio de. 1888-1978. Greek/It surrealist painter.
Chiron. Greek centaur.
Classical. 500-300BC Greek Art. Idealized figure sculptures. Doric, Ionic, Corinthian architecture. Praxiteles. Roman Art. 1C BC-2C AD. Greek forms; added arch. Sculpture: realistic portraits, dramatic bas-relief.
Classicism. Art and architecture in imitation of Greek and Roman styles. Neoclassical.
Clocks. 3500BC Gnomon. 2000BC Chinese. 8C BC sundial 4C BC Greek water clock. 300BC hemispherical sundial 160BC Rome. 12C mechanical. 1379 de Vick. 1657 Huygens pendulum.
Comus. Greek god of mirth and joy.
Corinthian. Most recent style of Classical Greek Architecture. Acanthus leaves on column capital.
Cressida. Unfaithful to Troilus, she deserted Troy for the Greeks.
Crete. c6100BC Knossos civilization. 3500BC Minoan. 1100BC Greek 67BC Rome. 826 Saracen. 960 Byzantine. 1205 Venice. 1669 Ottoman. 1912 Greece. 1941-45 Germany occupies.
Cronus. Greek Titan = Saturn. Swallowed own children.
Cumae. 750BC-1205. Oldest Greek colony in Italy. Near Naples.
Cyclades. Greek Islands in Delian League.
Cynicism. 4C BC-6C. Greek philosophy. Antisthenes. Diogenes.
Cyprus. Stone, Bronze Age civilizations. 1450BC Egypt. 1200BC Greek. 1000 Phoenicia. 709 Assyria. 569 Egypt. 6C Persia. 333 Macedonia. 294 Egypt. 47BC Rome...330 AD Byzantine. 7C Moslem. 1191 Crusaders. 1489 Venice. 1571 Turk. 1878 British lease...1914 Britain annexes. 1927 Crown Colony. 1960 Republic. 1963-4 Civil War, Greece and Turkey intervene. 1974 Turkey invades, partition.
Cyrenaics. 4C BC. Greek school of philosophy. Pleasure is the highest good. Epicureanism.
Daphnis. Greek mythological shepherd, inventor of bucolic poetry.
Dardanus. Greek ancestor of Trojan kings.
Darius I. 550-486BC. Persian King 522-. Defeated by the Greeks at Marathon after expanding empire. Great builder and administrator.
Delian League. 478-404BC. 140-400 Greek cities allied for mutual protection vs Persia. Basis of Athenian power. Revived 378 as Athenian League.
Deme. Subdivision of a Greek City-State.
Demeter. Greek goddess of agriculture = Ceres.