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Ornament , ornament. Decorative devices, not essential to structure, but often necessary to emphasize or diminish the impact of structural elements, sometimes w… Anthropo- , anthropo- comb. form of Gr. ánthrōpos man; e.g. anthrōpológos treating of man, whence modL. anthrōpologia, Eng. anthropology (XVI); ecclGr. anthrōpom… Aegina , lion.
1. Carved representation of lions' masks in Classical architecture, especially on cornices (e.g. temple of Aphaia, Aegina (c. 490 BC)).
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