Sentences with phrase «mythical greek»

There's a kitschy Lucifer with eyes - for - pecs, by the Australian painter and covenist Rosaleen Norton; Kiki Smith's Sirens, little human - headed birds of bronze that recall the mythical Greek bird - women who lured sailors to shipwreck with their songs; BREYER P - ORRIDGE's x-ray-like image of two arms with eyes in the palms of their hands, signifying the Hamsa, defenses against the evil eye.

The title of this energetic group show is lifted from Conrad's The Secret Agent, in which an anarchist bookseller intent on blowing up civilisation describes his co-conspirator as having «Hyperborean manners» — those of a mythical Greek people who inhabited a land where everything was perfect.

Twisted into circles, the alligator sculptures reference the mythical Greek ouroboros (the serpent devouring its own tail), reminding us of an eternal cycle of destruction and renewal.

In any case, the game trades its former mythical Greek setting for a mythical Norse one.

Much like the Amazons in DC take inspiration from the mythical Greek Amazons, the inspiration for Dora Milaje can be found in the N'Nonmiton or Dahomey Amazons.

The film stars Kellan Lutz as the mythical Greek hero — the son of Zeus, a half - god, half - man blessed with extraordinary strength.

«The Legend of Hercules» is the first of two films focusing on the mythical Greek hero.

Each girl is named after a mythical Greek.

Instead of looking like a golden, mythical Greek goddess you wanted to, you came out looking like a grease ball.

Inspired by Mythical Greek symbols and shapes in the galaxy, this earring features double open hoops adorned with two charms on each side.

With an ingenuous heart and a free spirit, the 18K gold - plated Arya Lariat Necklace is a delicate piece inspired by Mythical Greek symbols and shapes of the galaxy.

Hippocrates (400 BCE), the mythical Greek «Father of Medicine,» seems to have prescribed total abstinence from food while a «disease» was on the increase, and especially at the critical period, and a sparse diet on other occasions.

It lies in the northern part of (3:9:4.0 +49:36:47.8, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Perseus, the mythical Greek Hero who uses the Gorgon Medusa's severed head to change Cetus into stone.

Gustavo Díaz - Jerez, a composer and pianist, and Vico designed Iamus (named after a mythical Greek prophet who understood the language of birds) to employ basic rules of musical notation and the ranges of notes available to various instruments.

Not exact matches

The idea of Jesus arose like so many other religious and mythical figures, particularly Classical Greece, and just as the Greek gods were revered and accepted as real, so too is this Jesus Christ figure.

i can't believe in mythical gods and monsters like the greeks or egyptians did.

If you're putting unrealistic mythical expectations on your relationship, it might end up more Greek tragedy than romantic comedy.

Thus the foundation of Greek culture was aesthetic, specifically the aestheticizing of mythical meanings.

Indeed by aesthetic projection of the gods, the Greeks subordinated mythical meanings to the rational consciousness.

Jesus was not a mythical God like the Greek gods.

This unique mixture of mythical teachings and Mediterranean influences combine for some truly unique Greek baby names.

Being one of the oldest languages spoken on the planet today, names with a Greek origin provide a historic and mythical feel fit for a baby king, queen or warrior.

Egyptians used opium, the Greeks chewed willow bark and, on a mythical level, Artemis asked Zeus if she could remain an eternal virgin just so that there would be no chance of experiencing the pain of childbirth!

Evolution hounded even mythical creatures like the centaur, usually shown in idyllic settings in Greek mythology.

Both children and staff dressed up as Ancient Greek characters, from mythical Minotaurs to Greek gods, to add to the buzz and excitement around school throughout the day.

With her follow - up, Miller (who teaches high school Greek and Latin) transforms the mythical witch Circe into a feminist icon.

By definition, «Chimera» refers to a fire - breathing female monster from Greek mythology, typically with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail, but it can also represent any mythical creation of the imagination.

The promotional in - game movie for Gaia Blade that was shown at the 2001 Tokyo Game Show displayed a rather lush «real time simulation» RPG set in a mythical almost ancient Greek inspired landscape.

The series, which until now played much like Dragon Quest clones in a mythical ancient Greek setting, had some interesting names behind it.

Toward the very end of the 1950s, still working with abstraction but now introducing figuration as well, Schwabacher began painting compositions based on Greek mythical subjects such as Orestes, Sisyphus, Antigone, Prometheus, and a series based on Orpheus and Eurydice.

Named Psychopomps after the mythical creatures that conduct souls into the after - life, their historical representation includes Hermes and Charon from Greek -LSB-...]