Word: goddess
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Hillary Clinton is often compared with the conniving Lady Macbeth (by her enemies) or with the fierce and nurturing Roman goddess Juno (by her supporters). But these days she feels most like Cassandra, desperate to make the case for why she is staying in the race for the Democratic nomination...
Last November, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) unveiled the newest addition to its collection: a marble statue of the goddess Eirene, which, at nine feet tall, towers above visitors. Created around 2000 years ago, "Eirene" is an awe-inspiring piece of Greek antiquity, which constitutes a point of great pride for the museum. But she won’t be there for patrons to admire for much longer: the statue is on loan from the Italian government, and will be reclaimed...
...Italian government and the MFA, the museum transferred possession of 13 objects back to Italy. In return, the Italian government promised future collaborative efforts with the museum, including loans of cultural significance. The colossal "Eirene" is the first of these loans, and a fitting gesture: Eirene is the goddess of peace...
This sense of justice was informed by a sense of the divine. The Queen of the Night, a terra-cotta tablet that is the only other artwork to have survived from the period, displays a naked goddess wearing a horned headdress and carrying a rod - symbols of divinity and justice...
...streets ran parallel to the river. Between 1899 and 1917, German archeologists unearthed decorative elements that demonstrate the importance of Nebuchadnezzar's cosmic vision. Along Babylon's main thoroughfare, the Processional Way, there were palaces whose glazed bricks were adorned with 120 images of lions to honor Ishtar, the goddess of love and war. The road terminated at the Ishtar Gate, a massive structure encompassing the five fortification walls and rising more than 75 ft. (23 m). On its vivid blue, glazed-brick façade appeared 150 bulls and dragons, alternating in yellow and white, to honor Adad...