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Echinus :: Echinus (n.) The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature..

Peplus :: Peplus (n.) An upper garment worn by Grecian and Roman women.

Perseus :: Perseus (n.) A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danae, who slew the Gorgon Medusa..

Grecian :: Grecian (a.) Of or pertaining to Greece; Greek.

Grecianize :: Grecianize (v. i.) To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech..

Vase :: Vase (n.) A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust. of Portland vase, under Portland..

Pallas :: Pallas (n.) Pallas Athene, the Grecian goddess of wisdom, called also Athene, and identified, at a later period, with the Roman Minerva..

Hellenic :: Hellenic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Hellenes, or inhabitants of Greece; Greek; Grecian..

Socratical :: Socratical (a.) Of or pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage and teacher. (b. c. 469-399), or to his manner of teaching and philosophizing..

Grecian :: Grecian (n.) A jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist.

Acropolis :: Acropolis (n.) The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens..

Philippic :: Philippic (n.) Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon..

Grecize :: Grecize (v. t.) To render Grecian; also, to cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form; as, the name is Grecized..

Penteconter :: Penteconter (n.) A Grecian vessel with fifty oars.

Grecize :: Grecize (v. i.) Alt. of Grecianiz.

Grecian :: Grecian (n.) One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or history..

Greek :: Greek (n.) A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece..

Polemarch :: Polemarch (n.) In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high military and civil officer..

Archipelago :: Archipelago (n.) The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands..

Minerva :: Minerva (n.) The goddess of wisdom, of war, of the arts and sciences, of poetry, and of spinning and weaving; -- identified with the Grecian Pallas Athene..

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