The #DefiningBeauty exhibition will not only feature iconic white marble sculptures, but also beautiful terracottas like this amphora depicting the contest of Theseus and the Minotaur from around 550 BChttp://ow.ly/ICFJM
The exhibition opens 26 March – book your tickets nowhttp://ow.ly/ICnte
Taiwan: Lucky escape as boulder narrowly misses car
A driver had a lucky escape after a boulder narrowly missed a car in a sudden landslide caused by heavy rain in Taiwan.The incident was captured by a dashboard camera on another vehicle travelling along the coastal road in the north of the country.
No-one in the car was injured.
Sisyphus
n Greek mythology, Sisyphus, the king of Corinth, was famed as the craftiest of men and even considered himself a peer with the gods. He cheated death on two occasions and had to be dragged by Hermes to the underworld. His offence against the gods was so great that Sisyphus was condemned to roll a boulder up a steep hill in Hades. Before he could reach the top, the boulder would roll back down the hill and he was forced to endlessly repeat the cycle. In this Greek version of hell, Sisyphus was eternally condemned to perform demanding, but meaningless activity.
Sisyphus
‘The craftiest of men’, according to the ancient Greeks, and punished for his trickery by endless labour in the underworld. Throughout eternity he was required to roll a marble block to the top of a hill only to have it plunge back down just as it reached the crest. The symbol of futility, Sisyphus had been an avaricious King of Corinth.
Nintendo's Long Climb Starts Again
The boulder is back at the bottom of the hill. Now Nintendo begins long climb to push it to the top.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphora
An amphora (English plural: amphorae or amphoras) is a type of container of a characteristic shape and size, descending from at least as early as the Neolithic Period. Amphorae were used in vast numbers for the transport and storage of various products, both liquid and dry, but mostly for wine. It is most often ceramic, but examples in metals and other materials have been found.
雙耳瓶是一類陶瓷瓶，具有兩隻把手以及細長的頸部結構。雙耳瓶首先在前15世紀出現於敘利亞，然後傳播到世界各地，被古代希臘人與羅馬人用於運送與存儲葡萄、酒、橄欖油、油、穀物、橄欖、魚類等。後來，人們生產了一些高品質的手繪雙耳瓶，用於大量社會禮儀用途。這些雙耳瓶不同於其他強調功能的雙耳瓶，裝飾更具藝術性，常被用作獎勵。
boulder
(geology) A worn rock with a diameter exceeding 256 millimeters. Also spelled bowlder.
IN BRIEF: A large chunk of rock, often round.
A boulder rolled down the mountain. Tutor's tip: The "bolder" (braver) child climbed to the top of the "boulder" (big rock, also spelled "bowlder") first.
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