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    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...
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    Pergamon (redirect from Pérgamo)
    /ˈpɜːrɡəmɒn/; Greek: Πέργαμον), also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos (Πέργαμος), was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Mysia. It is...
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    under the second, the great Altar of Zeus was built, decorated with friezes and statuary of great expressiveness. The Altar is the richest decorated monument...
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    "Hellenic Baroque", next to the frieze of the Gigantomachy of the Great Altar of Pergamon, characterized by the strength of attitudes, the virtuosity...
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    Paris X - Nanterre, Les enseignements de la carte de Grèce à l’échelle de 1/200.000 (publiée en 1852) (Pergamos - Digital Library of the University of...
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    sacrifices; the victim would be slain on the altar of burn offering, but the fire was not set on the altar. The most well known story about Helios is the...
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    Apollo (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    birthday gift. As a four-year-old child, Apollo built a foundation and an altar on Delos using the horns of the goats that his sister Artemis hunted. Since...
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