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The Classical Orders of Architecture (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite), originating in ancient Greece and refined by the Romans, are fundamental design principles that significantly influence classical and neoclassical structures...

This black-figure pyxis is decorated with ibexes and felines. This type of vessel was used as a container for cosmetics or jewellery. The decorative subjects, the elongation of the body of the animals and the schematisation of the filling...

Detail of a Corinthian helmet, from the second half of the 6th century BCE. The decoration of the helmet suggests that it may have been produced in central Italy. Louvre Museum, Paris, France.

This text is part of an article series on the Delian League. The third phase of the Delian League begins with the Thirty Years Peace between Athens and Sparta and ends with the start of the Ten Years War (445/4 – 431/0 BCE). The First Peloponnesian...

A corinthian capital, situated in the Agora of Athens.

Etruscan-Corinthian Cotyla cup with the image of the Gorgon Medusa, from Pontecagnano, beginning 6th century BCE. Museo Nazionale dell' Agro Picentino (inv. 35272). Photo taken at the "Fantastic Creatures of Fear and Myth" exhibition in...

Mediterranean trade increased exponentially at the turn of the first millennium. During Rome's zenith, goods of all sorts began to move in all directions. As a common traveler aboard merchant ships, Paul traveled within such a milieu. Tracing...

A Corinthian vessel depicting animals and carrying a protome of a female head on the handle, c. 570 BCE. (Getty Villa, Malibu).

A Corinthian capital from the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens. Completed 131 CE.

A Corinthian alabastron vase depicting two lions and an owl, 595-500 BCE. These vessels were used for storing perfumes and fine oils. (Getty Villa, Malibu)