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Definition of Hypogaeum
1. hypogeum [n HYPOGAEA] - See also: hypogeum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypogaeum
Literary usage of Hypogaeum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hellenistic Relief Molds from the Athenian Agora by Clairève Grandjouan (1989)
"59, a reference to painted plaster decoration from the hypogaeum of St. Aloia which
includes figures, dated to the 3rd century BC; it may be this material ..."
2. History of Art in Primitive Greece: Mycenian Art by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1894)
"For the present we may remark that stone objects, whether arms or implements,
are of rare occurrence in this hypogaeum, and arrow-heads are almost all in ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The lettering of the chief inscription being of the time of Domitian or thereabouts,
and the fact that the hypogaeum itself belongs to the earliest age of ..."
4. The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome: A Companion Book for Students and by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1897)
"29; 1865, p. 20; 1869, p. 78), but the evidence he was able to collect was merely
circumstantial. The discovery of a beautiful hypogaeum of the second ..."
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