archaic smile

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WOTD – 13 April 2024

Etymology

A detail of the Moschophoros (μοσχοφόρος, Calf-bearer, c. 570 B.C.E.), a statue with an archaic smile now in the collection of the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece.

From archaic +‎ smile, referring to the Archaic period of Ancient Greek art.

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Noun

archaic smile (plural archaic smiles)

  1. (Ancient Greece, art, sculpture, historical) A smiling facial expression commonly found on Greek statues of the Archaic period (circa 700–500 B.C.E.).

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