Word: milo
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...important accessions to the museum, during the past year. From the class of 1895 the museum has received a valuable marble statue, which is an original work of high character representing later Greek sculpture. It appears to be an Aphrodite and closely resembles the so-called Venus de Milo, though it is on a smaller scale. The head, right arm, left forearm and feet are missing, but in other respects the figure is in remarkably good condition. The modelling of the body is extremely refined and beautiful, and the surfaces, except in a few spots, are practically uninjured...
...rest or else both the minds and bodies active together. In the great statues of the first class, the Greek sculptors revealed the spirit and character of their subjects solely by consummate skill in choosing the pose. In the gentle lines of the pose of the Venus of Milo, for instance, one reads the gentle and amorous nature of the Goddess of love, while in the more severe lines of the status of Hera in Rome Juno's sterner and more unyielding character is translated...
Last night in the Fogg Lecture-room, Dr. Horace White of the New York Evening Post, delivered a lecture on "Cicero, Clodius and Milo," under the auspices of the Classical Club. Dr. White spoke of the three men in connection with the corruption and mob-rule that led to the downfall of the Roman Republic...
This left Pompey and Clodius supreme in Rome. Street fights quickly broke out between their partisans; and Pompey, with the support of Milo, determined to recall Cicero. The great orator returned in triumph, and nominally regained his former influence; but from that time he was really the tool of the triumvirate. More riots now ensued, till at length, in 53 B.C., Clodius was killed by Milo. The latter was exiled and survived his enemy only four years...
Classical Club. Cicero, Clodius, and Milo. Horace White, LL.D., of New York. Lecture Room of Fogg Museum, 8 p.m. The Middle Section of seats will be reserved for invited guests and members of the Club until...