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Idyll XV
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Idyll XV, also called "The Women at the Adonis-Festival" in English, is a mime by the 3rd-century BC Greek poet Theocritus. This idyll describes the visit paid by two Syracusan women residing in Alexa
Gold octadrachm of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoë II (obverse)
Gold octadrachm of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoë II (obverse)
Hand spinning
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Spinning is an ancient textile art in which plant, animal or synthetic fibres are drawn out and twisted together to form yarn. For thousands of years, fibre was spun by hand using simple tools, the sp
The Spinner by William-Adolphe Bouguereau shows a woman hand-spinning using a drop spindle. Fibers to be spun are bound to a distaff held in her left hand.
The Spinner by William-Adolphe Bouguereau shows a woman hand-spinning using a drop spindle. Fibers to be spun are bound to a distaff held in her left
Woman Spinning by Théodore Jacques Ralli c. 1890, shows a Greek woman hand spinning in a small village.
Woman Spinning by Théodore Jacques Ralli c. 1890, shows a Greek woman hand spinning in a small village.
Woman spinning, fanned by attendant with whole fish on table, 700–550 BC from Neo-Elamite period in Susa
Woman spinning, fanned by attendant with whole fish on table, 700–550 BC from Neo-Elamite period in Susa
Woman spinning. Detail from an Ancient Greek attic white-ground oinochoe, ca. 490 BC, from Locri, Italy. British Museum, London.
Woman spinning. Detail from an Ancient Greek attic white-ground oinochoe, ca. 490 BC, from Locri, Italy. British Museum, London.