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== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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File:Saturnalia dice Chronography of 354.png|link=Saturnalia and dice (nonfiction)|[[Saturnalia and dice (nonfiction)|Saturnalia and dice]] provide vital outlet for social pressure in ancient Rome. | |||
File:Dungeons and Dragons game.jpg|link=Dungeons & Dragons (nonfiction)|Plucky young polyhedron learns to play [[Dungeons & Dragons (nonfiction)|Dungeons & Dragons]], saves entire party. | File:Dungeons and Dragons game.jpg|link=Dungeons & Dragons (nonfiction)|Plucky young polyhedron learns to play [[Dungeons & Dragons (nonfiction)|Dungeons & Dragons]], saves entire party. | ||
Polyhedral dice set.jpg| | File:Polyhedral dice set.jpg|link=Polyhedral dice (nonfiction)|[[Polyhedral dice (nonfiction)|Polyhedral dice]] ready to play some [[Dungeons & Dragons (nonfiction)|Dungeons & Dragons]]. | ||
File:Dice_players_Pompeii.jpg|Bad luck at [[Dice (nonfiction)|dice]] blamed for eruption of Vesuvius. | File:Dice_players_Pompeii.jpg|Bad luck at [[Dice (nonfiction)|dice]] blamed for eruption of Vesuvius. | ||
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* [[Dice (nonfiction)]] | * [[Dice (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Dungeons & Dragons (nonfiction)]] | * [[Dungeons & Dragons (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Loaded dice (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Polyhedral dice (nonfiction)]] | |||
Artist: By Workshop of Diosphos Painter | |||
Description: English: Achilles (on the left) and Ajax the Great (on the right) playing dice, identified by inscriptions. Detail of a white-figure Attic lekythos. | |||
Date: circa 500 BC | |||
Medium: terracotta | |||
Dimensions: Height: 14 cm (5.5 in). Diameter: 6.2 cm (2.4 in). | |||
Attribution: | Attribution: | ||
Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011), CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14913532 | |||
Latest revision as of 09:13, 23 December 2016
Achilles and Ajax playing dice (nonfiction).
In the News
Saturnalia and dice provide vital outlet for social pressure in ancient Rome.
Plucky young polyhedron learns to play Dungeons & Dragons, saves entire party.
Polyhedral dice ready to play some Dungeons & Dragons.
Bad luck at dice blamed for eruption of Vesuvius.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Dice (nonfiction)
- Dungeons & Dragons (nonfiction)
- Loaded dice (nonfiction)
- Polyhedral dice (nonfiction)
Artist: By Workshop of Diosphos Painter
Description: English: Achilles (on the left) and Ajax the Great (on the right) playing dice, identified by inscriptions. Detail of a white-figure Attic lekythos.
Date: circa 500 BC Medium: terracotta Dimensions: Height: 14 cm (5.5 in). Diameter: 6.2 cm (2.4 in).
Attribution:
Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011), CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14913532
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