Phidias: Athenian sculptor (around 490430 B.C.) who was responsible for the Parthenon sculptures and cult statues of Athena in Athens and Zeus at Olympia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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pigment: coloring agent derived from minerals and plants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pliny the Elder: Roman naturalist and writer, active in the first century A.D. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pompeii: city near Naples buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Poseidon: Greek god of the sea; known as Neptune to the Romans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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potash: potassium-rich salts derived by evaporating wood ash in iron pots and used in glassmaking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Praxiteles: famous fourth century B.C. Greek sculptor; best known as creator of the Aphrodite of Knidos. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ptolemy: Greek general from Macedonia who, after the death of Alexander the Great, became ruler of Egypt; the "Ptolemaic" period, when Egypt was ruled by Greeks, lasted from 332 B.C. to 30 B.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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pyramid: form of the superstructure of tombs in certain periods of Egyptian history; thought to represent the rays of the sun descending to earth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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pyxis: storage container; plural is pyxides | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||