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Hellenistic Engraved GemsEngraved gems were used by the Greeks as seals and amulets, but were primarily valued as ornaments. Their iconography was drawn from a wide range of motifs and standard devices current in other art forms. In the Hellenistic period gem cutters remained faithful to the classical tradition, but were able to develop new subjects and styles. Portraits, especially of royalty, became the commonest subject in glyptic after Alexander, a practice that continued

It covers Components 23 and 24 from the 'Culture and the Arts' Component Group:

action or inaction

ποιητική γλώσσα

and personal reflections

The Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes

a policeman and a godfather of the night

the giants will overrun Mount Olympus and it'll be the end of them all

Jussi Adler-Olsen

This is the OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Latin A-Level (Group 2) prescription of Seneca's Letters

but enough is known to indicate that marriage is the theme

Students at universities abroad

from Ennius to Augustine