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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 93 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANTHEMION (from the Gr. h.v8Epaw, a
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flower)  , the conventional
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design of
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flower or
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leaf forms which was largely employed by the Greeks to decorate (r) the fronts of ante-fixae, (2) the upper portion of the
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stele or
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vertical tombstones, (3) the necking 93 of the Ionic columns of the
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Erechtheum and its continuation as a decorative
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frieze on the walls of the same, and (4) the cymatium of a
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cornice . Though generally known as the
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honeysuckle
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ornament, from its resemblance to that flower, its origin will be found in the flower of the
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acanthus plant .

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