$H Area. Roman
|
R. (1) Any broad, open =
and
level space, and so a square or parade. Areae were adorned with
fountains and statues set up in honour of some
divinity, who frequently gave his name to the spot. Thus at (2) A threshing̴=
9;floor
in a field. (1883m1) |
$H Arena. Architecture, Roman
|
R. (1) Sand; a material
employed in building. (2) The level space =
forming
the area of an amphitheatre. (1883m1) |
|
(Arch.) The space reserved in the Roman circus for races=
and
gladiatorial combats. The term is also applied to entire buildings which =
are
employed as circuses or amphitheatres. (1891a1) |
$H Arenaria. Roman
|
R. A Roman game of b=
all for
two persons; it derived its name from the fact that the ball was made to
rebound from the ground (arena).
(1883m1) |
$H Areos. Or Arsu.
|
Another form of the name of the Syrian reb=
el Arsu or Aarsu, who intr=
oduced
monotheism into |
$H Areotectonics.
|
The application of military architecture to the construc=
tion
of fortifications. (1891a1) |
$H Arereth. Egypt
|
The Egyptian name of an unidentified peopl=
e on
the |
$H Ares. Greek
|
The Greek god of war. He is represented in art as a yout=
h of
powerful frame, wearing a helmet and carrying a shield and spear. A burni=
ng
torch and a spear are his attributes, while he is symbolised by a vulture=
and
a dog. (1891a1) |
$H Areste.
|
A cloth of gold, ela=
borately
figured, used for vestments. 13th century. It is not to be confounded wit=
h arras. (1883m1) |
$H Areta. Egypt
|
The Egyptian name of a country which was
conquered by Thothmes III. It was probably th=
e |
$H Arezzo Etruria
|
Many fine examples o=
f old
Etruscan pottery have been found in or near the town of
|
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$H Argana.
|
A City of |
$H Argei. Roman
|
R. (1) Certain sites at=
(2) Images or lay=
209;figures
made of bulrushes, which were cast into the |
$H Argent. Heraldry
|
Her. The metal silve=
r,
represented in engravings by a plain white. (1883m1) |
|
(Her.) The metal silver. It is generally written ar. In
engraving it is represented by a plain white surface. (1891a1) |
$H Argentan, Point d'.<= /span>
|
Lace made much in th=
e same
way as Point d'Alençon, but having the
flowers bolder and larger in pattern and in higher relief; the foundation,
called the bride‑ground, is also coarser. It takes its name from the
little town of
|
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$H Argentella.
|
A name given to a la=
ce made
in
|
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$H Argisteus. Or Aegisteus.
|
King of Idalion, in
the |
$H Argistis. Armenia
|
King of Ararat, the son of Minua,
king of Ararat or |
$H Argive.
|
A school of sculptur=
e,
contemporary with the ATTIC SCHOOL of Pheidias; of
which Polycletus was the head. He was the aut=
hor of
the Canon, or law of proporti=
on in
sculpture, exemplified in his Doryphorus (spear‑bearer); he worked principally=
in
bronze, and was famous for his chryselephantine statues. A specimen of th=
e Argive school of sculpture is the Discobolus of Myron (a
contemporary of Polycletus) in the |
$H Arhall. Egypt
|
The Egyptian name of an unidentified Asiat=
ic
country. (1876c1) |
$H Ari. Egypt
|
An Egyptian title, meaning properly Guardi=
an,
but sometimes rendered on the funereal inscriptions, "Companion"=
; or
"Citizen." (1876c1) |
|
The Egyptian name of the country of Arya, or |
$H Aria. 1. Egypt ; 2. Persia
|
A Greco-Egyptian priestess, the daughter of
Diogenes. She was a Kanephorus of the goddess=
Arsinoe Philadelphus, t=
he
daughter of Ptolemy Philadelphus, who was
worshipped at |
|
The Greek name of the district in |
$H Ariazantus. <= span class=3DGramE>"Men of Aryan Race."
|
The second great caste of the Medes, the <=
span
class=3DSpellE>Arizanti of the Greek historians. (1876c1) |
$H Ariba. Arabia
|
The first and most ancient inhabitants of =
|
$H Ariel. Or Erili. Cyprus
|
King of Soli, =
in the
|
$H Arienkhut. Egypt
|
A royal officer and priest of Osiris, and Smer of the palace of an early unnamed king of |
$H Aries or Ram. &nbs= p;
|
A battering‑ra=
m. It
consisted of a stout beam, furnished at one end with an iron head, shaped
like that of a ram, and was used to batter the walls of a city till a bre=
ach
was effected. The battering‑ram was at first worked by men, who sim=
ply
carried it in their arms, but in course of time it was suspended from a
wooden tower (Fig. 40), or a vertical beam, and worked with the aid of ro=
pes.
When the battering‑ram was enclosed in a kind of wooden shed hearin=
g some
resemblance to the shell of a tortoise, it was called by the name of that
animal (test=
udo)
(Fig. 41). Fig. 40. Battering‑ram. Fig. 41. Battering‑r=
am
in testudo.
(1883m1)
|
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$H Ariheb. Egypt
|
The Egyptian name of an unidentified town,
which is supposed to have been the Pharboetus=
of
the Greek writers. (1876c1) |
$H Ari-hes-nefer. Egypt
|
This
Ethiopian god is a son of Ra and Bast, and wa=
s one
of the chief deities of the tenth nome of
|
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$H Aril. Etruria
|
The name of an Etruscan deity, who bears t=
he
heavens on his shoulders. His analogue was the Atlas of Greek mythology.
(1876c1) |
$H Arima. Or Arima=
i.
|
A country near Media, bordering upon |
$H Arioch. Palestine
|
An early Palestinian king of Ellassar, who fought with the king of |
$H Arirantesf. Egypt
|
An uncertain Egyptian deity, who was
worshipped in the Greek period. (1876c1) |
$H Arirgi. Assyria
|
A district to the North of Assyria, which =
was
conquered by |
$H Arise. Egypt
|
The Egyptian name of an unidentified town.
(1876c1) |
$H Aristagoron. Cyprus
|
A Kypriote
functionary, who is mentioned in a votive inscription to the god Pandoseris, in behalf of his son, in the Cesnola collection. (1876c1) |
$H Arit. Egypt
|
An Egyptian constellation, one star in whi=
ch
has been thought to have been β Andromedae. (Renouf.) (1876c1) |
$H Arit. Egypt
|
One
of the gates of Hades, guarded by a mummiform
creature called Aau. (1902b1) |
$H Ariu. Egypt
|
The seventeenth or Cy=
nopolite
nome of |
$H Ariuru. Egypt
|
An Egyptian feminine name commonly used un=
der
the Saitic or the XXVIth=
and XXVIIIth dynasties. (1876c1) |
$H Arizagi. Syria
|
A city in |
$H Arizanti.
|
The Greek form of the Median name Ariazantus, which see. (1876c1) |
$H Ar=
k.
|
|
|
|
$H Arkam.
|
A later group of Amal=
ekite
tribes who settled in Tayma and the Eastern p=
art of
Arabia Patrea. They were expelled from |
|
The official title of the kings of the |
$H Arkamun. Ethiopia
|
An Ethiopian king. He lived in the reign of
Ptolemy Philadelphus, and was the Ergamenes of the Greeks. The sanctuary at Dakkeh in |
$H Arkebemro. Egypt
|
The Egyptian name of the city of |
$H Arkenkherel. =
Egypt
|
The name of an unidentified Ethiopian king,
probably of a very late period. (1876c1) |
$H Arkhate. Etruria
|
An Etruscan divinity, =
who
was represented as an old bald-headed man in a cloak, who warns Famu against the blandishments of the goddess Alpanu. (1876c1) |