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Gargoyle. The guardian spirit of Notre Dame Cathedral

Replica, France, Paris

In the Middle Ages, such chimerical creatures were part of the architectural decor and were considered the guardians of Gothic cathedrals.

The gargoyle is a fantasy and horror monster inspired by the gargoyle architectural element. While they were believed in mythology to frighten away evil spirits, the idea of such statues physically coming to life is a more recent notion. Like golems, they are usually made of magically animated or transformed stone, but have animal or chimera traits and are often guardians of a place such as a cathedral or castle. They can also be depicted as vessels for demonic possession or as a living species resembling statues.

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Chimera. The guardian spirit of Notre Dame Cathedral

Replica, France, Paris

In the Middle Ages, such chimerical creatures were part of the architectural decor and were considered the guardians of Gothic cathedrals.

The chimeras are winged female demons, half-woman, half-bird, who utter piercing cries. They appear from Antiquity in Roman belief (the first texts on the subject were indeed written in Latin and seem to refer to an ancient popular belief).

The chimera of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral is the best known of the gallery of chimeras. It was popularized by the engraver Charles Meryon who published a famous engraving of it in 1850.

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Bull — a mythological animal from Mesopotamia, Ishtar Gate

Mesopotamia, Babylon, Ishtar gate
VII-VI centuries BC NS.
Original: brick, glaze
Berlin, Pergamon Museum

By order of King Nebuchadnezzar II, Babylon was surrounded by a double wall with eight gates. One of these was the Ishtar Gate, located at the end of the Processional Road. On New Year's Day, a procession with statues of the gods took place here.

The gate is dedicated to the goddess Ishtar or Inanna, as the Sumerians called her. Ishtar is the goddess of love, fertility and war. The powerful goddess is beautiful, wise and perceptive, she holds in her hands the fate of all that exists, bestows luck and vitality on people. The gate was made of bricks covered with a blue glaze that glittered in the sun. Blue is the color of the goddess Ishtar. The gates and the Processional Road are decorated with bas-reliefs of mythical animals: dragons, bulls and lions.

Bulls, considered incredibly strong and ferocious, were dedicated to the god Adad, the god of rains and storms, fertility and harvest. The bull embodied the power of natural forces that destroy and create.

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Lion — a mythological animal from Mesopotamia, Ishtar Gate

Mesopotamia, Babylon. Ishtar gate
VII-VI centuries BC NS.
Original: brick, glaze
Berlin, Pergamon Museum

By order of King Nebuchadnezzar II, Babylon was surrounded by a double wall with eight gates. One of these was the Ishtar Gate, located at the end of the Processional Road. On New Year's Day, a procession with statues of the gods took place here.

The gate is dedicated to the goddess Ishtar or Inanna, as the Sumerians called her. Ishtar is the goddess of love, fertility and war. The powerful goddess is beautiful, wise and perceptive, she holds in her hands the fate of all that exists, bestows luck and vitality on people. The gate was made of bricks covered with a blue glaze that glittered in the sun. Blue is the color of the goddess Ishtar. The gates and the Processional Road are decorated with bas-reliefs of mythical animals: dragons, bulls and lions.

The Processional Road is decorated with images of walking lions. They seem to accompany and guard the solemn procession. The lion was considered a symbol of strength and power. In the Sumerian tradition, the king of beasts was dedicated to the supreme god Marduk. Leo is the constant companion of the Great Mother Ishtar.

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Ages of Love - a copy of Thorvaldsen's bas-relief

Replica

B. Thorvaldsen, Denmark, 1824.

Original: marble. Copenhagen, Thorvaldsen Museum

The genius of astronomy and the starry sky - a copy of Thorvaldsen's relief

Replica

B. Thorvaldsen, Denmark.

Original: plaster. Copenhagen, Thorvaldsen Museum

In Roman religion, the genius is the individual instance of a general divine nature that is present in every individual person, place, or thing. Much like a guardian angel, the genius would follow each man from the hour of his birth until the day he died.

Each individual place had a genius (genius loci) and so did powerful objects, such as volcanoes. The concept extended to some specifics: the genius of the theatre, of vineyards, and of festivals, which made performances successful, grapes grow, and celebrations succeed, respectively. It was extremely important in the Roman mind to propitiate the appropriate genii for the major undertakings and events of their lives.

The Christian theologian Augustine equated the Christian "soul" with the Roman genius, citing Varro as attributing the rational powers and abilities of every human being to their genius.

The genius of dance - a copy of Thorvaldsen's relief

Replica

B. Thorvaldsen, Denmark.

Original: plaster. Copenhagen, Thorvaldsen Museum

In Roman religion, the genius is the individual instance of a general divine nature that is present in every individual person, place, or thing. Much like a guardian angel, the genius would follow each man from the hour of his birth until the day he died.

Each individual place had a genius (genius loci) and so did powerful objects, such as volcanoes. The concept extended to some specifics: the genius of the theatre, of vineyards, and of festivals, which made performances successful, grapes grow, and celebrations succeed, respectively. It was extremely important in the Roman mind to propitiate the appropriate genii for the major undertakings and events of their lives.

The Christian theologian Augustine equated the Christian "soul" with the Roman genius, citing Varro as attributing the rational powers and abilities of every human being to their genius.

The genius of poetry - a copy of Thorvaldsen's relief

Replica

B. Thorvaldsen, Denmark.

Original: plaster. Copenhagen, Thorvaldsen Museum

In Roman religion, the genius is the individual instance of a general divine nature that is present in every individual person, place, or thing. Much like a guardian angel, the genius would follow each man from the hour of his birth until the day he died.

Each individual place had a genius (genius loci) and so did powerful objects, such as volcanoes. The concept extended to some specifics: the genius of the theatre, of vineyards, and of festivals, which made performances successful, grapes grow, and celebrations succeed, respectively. It was extremely important in the Roman mind to propitiate the appropriate genii for the major undertakings and events of their lives.

The Christian theologian Augustine equated the Christian "soul" with the Roman genius, citing Varro as attributing the rational powers and abilities of every human being to their genius.

The genius of music - a copy of Thorvaldsen's relief

Replica

B. Thorvaldsen, Denmark.

Original: plaster. Copenhagen, Thorvaldsen Museum

In Roman religion, the genius is the individual instance of a general divine nature that is present in every individual person, place, or thing. Much like a guardian angel, the genius would follow each man from the hour of his birth until the day he died.

Each individual place had a genius (genius loci) and so did powerful objects, such as volcanoes. The concept extended to some specifics: the genius of the theatre, of vineyards, and of festivals, which made performances successful, grapes grow, and celebrations succeed, respectively. It was extremely important in the Roman mind to propitiate the appropriate genii for the major undertakings and events of their lives.

The Christian theologian Augustine equated the Christian "soul" with the Roman genius, citing Varro as attributing the rational powers and abilities of every human being to their genius.

Lamassu — sumerian sphinx, winged bull.

Replica. Made of terracotta.

Mesopotamia, Karkemish. XII century. BC.

Among the Sumerians and Assyrians, the Sphinx was the keeper of the doors. Winged geniuses with the body of a bull or lion and with a human head guarded the entrance to cities and temples and symbolized vigilance and strength.

Pegasus - the legendary winged horse

Etruscan culture. IV century BC.

Original: terracotta. Tarquinia, Archaeological Museum

Pegasus is a winged horse born from the body of the Gorgon Medusa killed by Perseus. Pegasus has become a symbol of the blessing of the sky, which comes always when it is possible to pass the "tests of the Gorgon" - darkness and chaos.

From the blow of the hooves of Pegasus on Mount Helikon, a source of inspiration arose, which was guarded by Apollo himself. Poets, artists, doctors made pilgrimages to this source - all those who were looking for inspiration, serving Harmony and Beauty.

Pegasus's wings are a symbol of his heavenly nature. These are the wings of divine inspiration and heroic enthusiasm. Not everyone is able to ride Pegasus, for this you need a golden bridle, which means purity of soul and heroic spirit.

Shiva — copy of the statuette of the Idian deity

Replica. India

Shiva - one of the three main gods (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva) of the Hindu pantheon - is the embodiment of the transforming principle in the Universe.

Shiva is depicted in the guise of an ascetic, dressed in the skin of a tiger he killed. Snakes on Shiva's body are a hint of the legend of how the formidable god saved all living things by drinking a deadly poison. In Shiva's hand there is a small drum - a symbol of the awakening of the Universe after sleep. Shiva was also revered as the patron god of ascetics and the conscious forces of the universe.

Shiva, also known as Mahadeva is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hinduism.

Shiva has pre-Vedic tribal roots, and the figure of Shiva as we know him today is an amalgamation of various older non-Vedic and Vedic deities, including the Rigvedic storm god Rudra who may also have non-Vedic origins,[16] into a single major deity.

Shiva is known as "The Destroyer" within the Trimurti, the Hindu trinity that includes Brahma and Vishnu. In the Shaivite tradition, Shiva is the Supreme Lord who creates, protects and transforms the universe. In the Shakta tradition, the Goddess, or Devi, is described as one of the supreme, yet Shiva is revered along with Vishnu and Brahma. A goddess is stated to be the energy and creative power (Shakti) of each, with Parvati (Sati) the equal complementary partner of Shiva. He is one of the five equivalent deities in Panchayatana puja of the Smarta tradition of Hinduism.

Shiva is the primal Atman (soul, self) of the universe. There are many both benevolent and fearsome depictions of Shiva. In benevolent aspects, he is depicted as an omniscient Yogi who lives an ascetic life on Mount Kailash as well as a householder with wife Parvati and his two children, Ganesha and Kartikeya. In his fierce aspects, he is often depicted slaying demons. Shiva is also known as Adiyogi Shiva, regarded as the patron god of yoga, meditation and arts.

The iconographical attributes of Shiva are the serpent around his neck, the adorning crescent moon, the holy river Ganga flowing from his matted hair, the third eye on his forehead, the trishula or trident, as his weapon, and the damaru drum. He is usually worshipped in the aniconic form of lingam. Shiva is a pan-Hindu deity, revered widely by Hindus, in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Dolphin - antique bas-relief

Sculptural relief, replica.

Ancient Greece. V century BC.
Original: chalcedony. Gemma Descamena with Fr. Chios.
Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Dolphin is a symbol of Poseidon, king of the deep sea. Dolphins accompany sailors, playing and having fun, surrounded by sparkling spray. They are also companions of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, born in sea foam. Either appearing above the waves, now hiding in the depths of the sea, the dolphin is a symbol of the connection between the visible and the invisible as two sides of a single life.

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Priest of Amenhotep of the Temple of Amun - a copy of a statue from the Pushkin Museum in Moscow

The statue.

Ancient Egypt. Thebes, necropolis of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna.

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Hatshepsut, 1479-1425 BC e.

Original: The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.

Please note that this is not a finished product. This is one of the most difficult replicas in our store to make. It will take 2-3 months to produce it after we receive your payment.

The paired figurines of the priest Amenhotep and his wife, the priestess (singer) of the god Amon Rannai, come from tomb No. 345, located in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of the nobility of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, on the western bank of Thebes. According to the inscriptions, both were ordered by the son of this couple. The figurines are made of valuable ebony, the woman's bracelets and necklaces are made of gold foil, the eyes are inlaid with glass. Amenhotep's priestly apron is made of plaster and silver plated. Amenhotep has a typical voluminous priest's apron on one strap, there is no wig on his shaved head. Rannai is dressed heavily. A form-fitting dress that accentuates her surprisingly slim figure. On the head is a puffy wig, woven from many braids and fastened with a ribbon in the parting. On the chest there is a tiered necklace of golden lotus petals. Both spouses are shod in sandals. The manner of processing of precious ebony - imported material that was transported from the southern regions. The master seems to deprive it of its natural texture, Coating the surface to absolute perfection. The group as a whole produces the same impression of perfection and poise due to its proportions, combination of materials, flawless silhouette lines, and regular facial features. As if the embodiment of the ancient Egyptian concept of nefer (Egyptian beauty, blessing), the figures exist outside of time and space.

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Priestess Rannai of the Temple of Amun - a copy of a statue from the Pushkin Museum in Moscow

The statue.

Ancient Egypt. Thebes, necropolis of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna.

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Hatshepsut, 1479-1425 BC e.

Original: The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.

Please note that this is not a finished product. This is one of the most difficult replicas in our store to make. It will take 2-3 months to produce it after we receive your payment.

The paired figurines of the priest Amenhotep and his wife, the priestess (singer) of the god Amon Rannai, come from tomb No. 345, located in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of the nobility of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, on the western bank of Thebes. According to the inscriptions, both were ordered by the son of this couple. The figurines are made of valuable ebony, the woman's bracelets and necklaces are made of gold foil, the eyes are inlaid with glass. Amenhotep's priestly apron is made of plaster and silver plated. Amenhotep has a typical voluminous priest's apron on one strap, there is no wig on his shaved head. Rannai is dressed heavily. A form-fitting dress that accentuates her surprisingly slim figure. On the head is a puffy wig, woven from many braids and fastened with a ribbon in the parting. On the chest there is a tiered necklace of golden lotus petals. Both spouses are shod in sandals. The manner of processing of precious ebony - imported material that was transported from the southern regions. The master seems to deprive it of its natural texture, Coating the surface to absolute perfection. The group as a whole produces the same impression of perfection and poise due to its proportions, combination of materials, flawless silhouette lines, and regular facial features. As if the embodiment of the ancient Egyptian concept of nefer (Egyptian beauty, blessing), the figures exist outside of time and space.

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Nefertiti - a copy of the famous bust from the Neues Museum, Berlin

This is the jewel in our collection of sculptural reproductions. Copy of the bust of Nefertiti from the Ägyptisches Museum Berlin collection, presently in the Neues Museum.

The copy is made of a special artificial stone and painted with paints that will not lose their brightness even after many years. All work is done by highly skilled craftsmen.

Please note that this is not a finished product. Each Nefertiti bust will be custom made for you within three months of receiving your payment. We guarantee full (down to the smallest detail) compliance of your replica with the original in Berlin. The only difference between our copy is the restored eye, which in the original was deliberately damaged in ancient times.

Thus, you can become the owner of the rarest masterpiece of world art: a bust of Nefertiti, which looks like a living queen.

Neferneferuaten Nefertiti was a queen of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten. Nefertiti and her husband were known for a religious revolution, in which they worshipped one god only, Aten, or the sun disc. With her husband, she reigned at what was arguably the wealthiest period of Ancient Egyptian history. Some scholars believe that Nefertiti ruled briefly as Neferneferuaten after her husband's death and before the ascension of Tutankhamun, although this identification is a matter of ongoing debate. If Nefertiti did rule as Pharaoh, her reign was marked by the fall of Amarna and relocation of the capital back to the traditional city of Thebes.

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Socrates — statuette of the famous philosopher

Sculpture, figurine, replica.

Ancient Greece.

Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of thought. An enigmatic figure, he authored no texts, and is known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers composing after his lifetime, particularly his students Plato and Xenophon. Other sources include the contemporaneous Antisthenes, Aristippus, and Aeschines of Sphettos. Aristophanes, a playwright, is the main contemporary author to have written plays mentioning Socrates during Socrates' lifetime, though a fragment of Ion of Chios' Travel Journal provides important information about Socrates' youth.

Plato's dialogues are among the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity, from which Socrates has become renowned for his contributions to the fields of ethics and epistemology. It is this Platonic Socrates who lends his name to the concepts of Socratic irony and the Socratic method, or elenchus. However, questions remain regarding the distinction between the real-life Socrates and Plato's portrayal of Socrates in his dialogues.

Socrates exerted a strong influence on philosophers in later antiquity and in the modern era. Depictions of Socrates in art, literature and popular culture have made him one of the most widely known figures in the Western philosophical tradition.

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Aspasia — bust of the famous woman philosopher

Sculpture, replica.

Ancient Greece. V century BC.
Berlin, State Antique Collection.

Aspasia was the influential lover and partner of Athenian statesman Pericles in Classical-era Athens. The couple had a son, Pericles the Younger, but the full details of the couple's marital status are unknown. According to Plutarch, her house became an intellectual centre in Athens, attracting the most prominent writers and thinkers, including the philosopher Socrates. Aspasia is mentioned in the writings of Plato, Aristophanes, Xenophon and others.

Aspasia was a metic and although she spent most of her adult life in Greece, few details of her life are fully known. Several scholars have credited ancient depictions of Aspasia as a brothel keeper and a pr******te, though this has been disputed. Aspasia's role in history provides crucial insight to the understanding of the women of ancient Greece. Very little is known about women from her time period. One scholar stated that, "To ask questions about Aspasia's life is to ask questions about half of humanity."

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Leo Tolstoy — a bust of the famous Russian writer

Sculptural portrait, bust

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received multiple nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1910, and that he never won is a major controversy.

Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, he is best known for the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877), often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction. He first achieved literary acclaim in his twenties with his semi-autobiographical trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth (1852–1856), and Sevastopol Sketches (1855), based upon his experiences in the Crimean War. Tolstoy's fiction includes dozens of short stories and several novellas such as The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886), Family Happiness (1859), and Hadji Murad (1912). He also wrote plays and numerous philosophical essays.

In the 1870s Tolstoy experienced a profound moral crisis, followed by what he regarded as an equally profound spiritual awakening, as outlined in his non-fiction work A Confession (1882). His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him to become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist. Tolstoy's ideas on nonviolent resistance, expressed in such works as The Kingdom of God Is Within You (1894), had a profound impact on such pivotal 20th-century figures as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Tolstoy also became a dedicated advocate of Georgism, the economic philosophy of Henry George, which he incorporated into his writing, particularly Resurrection (1899).

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Fyodor Dostoevsky — bust of the famous Russian writer

Sculptural portrait, bust

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was a Russian novelist, philosopher, short story writer, essayist, and journalist. Dostoevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed works include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). Dostoevsky's body of works consists of 12 novels, four novellas, 16 short stories, and numerous other works. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychological novelists in world literature. His 1864 novel Notes from Underground is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature.

Born in Moscow in 1821, Dostoevsky was introduced to literature at an early age through fairy tales and legends, and through books by Russian and foreign authors. His mother died in 1837 when he was 15, and around the same time, he left school to enter the Nikolayev Military Engineering Institute. After graduating, he worked as an engineer and briefly enjoyed a lavish lifestyle, translating books to earn extra money. In the mid-1840s he wrote his first novel, Poor Folk, which gained him entry into Saint Petersburg's literary circles. Arrested in 1849 for belonging to a literary group that discussed banned books critical of Tsarist Russia, he was sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted at the last moment. He spent four years in a Siberian prison camp, followed by six years of compulsory military service in exile. In the following years, Dostoevsky worked as a journalist, publishing and editing several magazines of his own and later A Writer's Diary, a collection of his writings. He began to travel around western Europe and developed a gambling addiction, which led to financial hardship. For a time, he had to beg for money, but he eventually became one of the most widely read and highly regarded Russian writers.

Dostoevsky was influenced by a wide variety of philosophers and authors including Pushkin, Gogol, Augustine, Shakespeare, Dickens, Balzac, Lermontov, Hugo, Poe, Plato, Cervantes, Herzen, Kant, Belinsky, Hegel, Schiller, Solovyov, Bakunin, Sand, Hoffmann, and Mickiewicz.

His writings were widely read both within and beyond his native Russia and influenced an equally great number of later writers including Russians such as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Anton Chekhov, philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche and Jean-Paul Sartre and the emergence of Existentialism and Freudianism. His books have been translated into more than 170 languages.

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Pythagoras — bust of a famous philosopher and mathematician

Bust, decorative sculpture, replica.

Ancient Greece.
Original: marble.

Pythagoras of Samos was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism. His political and religious teachings were well known in Magna Graecia and influenced the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and, through them, Western philosophy. Knowledge of his life is clouded by legend, but he appears to have been the son of Mnesarchus, a gem-engraver on the island of Samos. Modern scholars disagree regarding Pythagoras's education and influences, but they do agree that, around 530 BC, he travelled to Croton in southern Italy, where he founded a school in which initiates were sworn to secrecy and lived a communal, ascetic lifestyle. This lifestyle entailed a number of dietary prohibitions, traditionally said to have included vegetarianism, although modern scholars doubt that he ever advocated for complete vegetarianism.

The teaching most securely identified with Pythagoras is metempsychosis, or the "transmigration of souls", which holds that every soul is immortal and, upon death, enters into a new body. He may have also devised the doctrine of musica universalis, which holds that the planets move according to mathematical equations and thus resonate to produce an inaudible symphony of music. Scholars debate whether Pythagoras developed the numerological and musical teachings attributed to him, or if those teachings were developed by his later followers, particularly Philolaus of Croton. Following Croton's decisive victory over Sybaris in around 510 BC, Pythagoras's followers came into conflict with supporters of democracy and Pythagorean meeting houses were burned. Pythagoras may have been killed during this persecution, or escaped to Metapontum, where he eventually died.

In antiquity, Pythagoras was credited with many mathematical and scientific discoveries, including the Pythagorean theorem, Pythagorean tuning, the five regular solids, the Theory of Proportions, the sphericity of the Earth, and the identity of the morning and evening stars as the planet Venus. It was said that he was the first man to call himself a philosopher ("lover of wisdom") and that he was the first to divide the globe into five climatic zones. Classical historians debate whether Pythagoras made these discoveries, and many of the accomplishments credited to him likely originated earlier or were made by his colleagues or successors. Some accounts mention that the philosophy associated with Pythagoras was related to mathematics and that numbers were important, but it is debated to what extent, if at all, he actually contributed to mathematics or natural philosophy.

Pythagoras influenced Plato, whose dialogues, especially his Timaeus, exhibit Pythagorean teachings. Pythagorean ideas on mathematical perfection also impacted ancient Greek art. His teachings underwent a major revival in the first century BC among Middle Platonists, coinciding with the rise of Neopythagoreanism. Pythagoras continued to be regarded as a great philosopher throughout the Middle Ages and his philosophy had a major impact on scientists such as Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton. Pythagorean symbolism was used throughout early modern European esotericism, and his teachings as portrayed in Ovid's Metamorphoses influenced the modern vegetarian movement.

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Pericles — bust of a prominent and influential Greek statesman

Bust, decorative sculpture, replica.
Ancient Greece. 430 BC.
Original: marble. Berlin, State Antique Collection

Pericles was a prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens during its golden age, specifically the time between the Persian and the Peloponnesian Wars. He was descended, through his mother, from the powerful and historically-influential Alcmaeonid family. Pericles had such a profound influence on Athenian society that he was acclaimed by Thucydides, a contemporary historian, as "the first citizen of Athens". Pericles turned the Delian League into an Athenian empire and led his countrymen during the first two years of the Peloponnesian War. The period during which he led Athens, roughly from 461 to 429 BC, is sometimes known as the "Age of Pericles", but the period thus denoted can include times as early as the Persian Wars or as late as the next century.

Pericles promoted the arts and literature, and it is principally through his efforts that Athens acquired the reputation of being the educational and cultural center of the ancient Greek world. He started an ambitious project that generated most of the surviving structures on the Acropolis, including the Parthenon. This project beautified and protected the city, exhibited its glory and gave work to its people. Pericles also fostered Athenian democracy to such an extent that critics call him a populist. He, along with several members of his family, succumbed to the Plague of Athens in 429 BC, which weakened the city-state during a protracted conflict with Sparta.

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