gammadion
US // (ɡæˈmeɪdɪən) //
伽玛迪翁,伽玛迪恩,伽玛迪昂,伽玛德翁
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n.名词 noun
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plural -dia
- : a decorative figure composed of a number of Greek capital gammas, esp radiating from a centre, as in a swastika
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inswastika
Examples
In early Greek art the Swastika and Gammadion are everywhere, especially as embroidery on dress.
It is, therefore, in this latter region that we must look for the first home of the gammadion.
There remains, therefore, the supposition that the gammadion might have been introduced into the two countries by the same nation.
But in Persia itself the gammadion only appears as an exception on a few rare coins approaching our era.
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