It is this subject matter that has brought Mason a large and enthusiastic following among sportsmen, but it is his exceptional performance with this motif that commends him to artists and discerning collectors.

Once he has been identified, however, a new melody is used to accompany his narrative, a bleak motif with barren octaves creating a rather ancient effect:

" This is the iconic motif by which Actaeon is recognized, both in ancient art and in Renaissance and post-Renaissance depictions.

It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek ( or Indo-European more generally ) names expressing " battle-prowess ", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line.

The subject has been popular in art since classical times ; it is one of several Greek myths of a Greek hero's rescue of the intended victim of an archaic sacred marriage, giving rise to the " princess and dragon " motif.

Prayer is a major motif in both the Gospel of Luke and Acts.

* The allene motif is frequently encountered in carbomers.

Inspired by the Black Death, The Dance of Death, an allegory on the universality of death, is a common painting motif in the late medieval period.

This trend is already apparent by the 8-coordination in CsCl, vs the halite motif adopted by the other alkali metal chlorides.

Also called the " caesium chloride structure ", this structural motif is composed of a primitive cubic lattice with a two-atom basis, each with an eightfold coordination ; the chloride atoms lie upon the lattice points at the edges of the cube, while the caesium atoms lie in the holes in the center of the cubes.

One of the potential helmet designs Brown rejected was a striped motif that was similar to the helmets adopted by the team in 1981 and which is still in use to this day ; however, that design featured yellow stripes on a turquoise helmet which were more uniform in width.

The echinus itself is decorated with an egg-and-dart motif.

According to David Leeming, writing in The Oxford Companion to World Mythology, the harrowing of hell is an example of the motif of the hero's descent to the underworld, which is common in many mythologies.

The contrasts between the tall, thin, fancy-struck, and idealistic Quixote and the fat, squat, world-weary Panza is a motif echoed ever since the book ’ s publication, and Don Quixote's imaginings are the butt of outrageous and cruel practical jokes in the novel.

Dedham pottery is a cherished class of antiques, characterized by a distinctive crackle glaze, blue-and-white color scheme, and a frequent motif of rabbits and other animals.

In the tradition of Holy Writ, the impossibility of coming face to face with God is a recurring motif, thus the commandment against graven images ( Exodus 20. 4-5 ).

The other motif that appears is Epictetus ' opinion on the judgment of events:

The design of the first Stars and Stripes by Hopkinson had the thirteen stars arranged in a " staggered " pattern technically known as quincuncial because it is based on the repetition of a motif of five units.

The flag is a common motif on decals for car windows, and clothing ornaments such as badges and lapel pins.

This sculpture is typical of the themes and style of this artist, and the most significant example of his " inside / outside " motif.

In most GTPases, the specificity for the base guanine is imparted by the base-recognition motif, which has the consensus sequence KXD.

On the other hand, the motif is continued through literature where the practice is not widespread.

The Bunzlauer potteries, however, continued to use the ever popular peacock's eye motif on their spongeware production ; they simply added new design lines offering an alternative to a new generation of buyer.

It was Wolanin who largely was responsible for establishing the designs typifying today's production ; this is based upon the continued use of the popular peacock's eye motif.

An exception to this self-imposed rule was the motif of " wounded soldiers ", which continued to preoccupy him after 1948, and was also thematically linked to the wartime massacres.

The background music of Wild Arms follows the games ' continued motif by providing a soundtrack reminiscent of Western films.

The variant motif continued to be extensively used in Neoclassical architecture from the late 1760s.

It continued with the " Loser " motif, but — whereas that song related to being a slacker in life, " Debra " relates to being a slacker in love, and a troubled one too.

As with the three other Doctors costumed during the John Nathan-Turner era, the above mentioned question marks on the Doctor's pullover and his umbrella handle continued the red question marked clothing motif that was introduced in the Fourth Doctor's final season and ended before the Seventh Doctor's regeneration.

The minor second motif in the chorus is continued throughout the movement.

" Financing aside and despite official Thai agency alternative explanations, the essential cause of the continued violence is likely to be rooted in historical animosity generated by a Buddhist culture taking over, and administering under an often corrupt motif, an Islamic culture.

The legend was a popular motif in art during Greek and Roman antiquity and served as an antithetical cautionary tale.

The Chaoskampf motif entered Greek mythology and ultimately Christian mythology, although the serpent motif may already be part of prehistoric Indo-European mythology as well, based on comparative evidence of Indic and Germanic material.

Angelo Casanova, Professor of Greek Literature at the University of Florence, finds in Prometheus a reflection of an ancient, pre-Hesiodic trickster-figure, who served to account for the mixture of good and bad in human life, and whose fashioning of men from clay was an Eastern motif familiar in Enuma Elish ; as an opponent of Zeus he was an analogue of the Titans, and like them was punished.

The classical Greek culture began to emerge around 1000 BCE featuring a variety of well crafted pottery which now included the human form as a decorating motif.

The abduction by Paris was another popular motif in ancient Greek vase-painting ; definitely more popular than the kidnapping by Theseus.

In his book Greek Religion, Walter Burkert notes the connection with the motif of far-off Dilmun: " Thus Achilles is transported to the White Isle, which may refer to Mount Teide on Tenerife, whose volcano is often snowcapped and as the island was sometimes called the white isle by explorers, and becomes the Ruler of the Black Sea, and Diomedes becomes the divine lord of an Adriatic island ".

The appearance of the gods and the Moirai may be related with the fairy tale motif, which is common in many Indo-European sagas, and also in Greek folklore.

The Lapiths won the ensuing battle, the Centauromachy, a favorite motif of Greek art.

More proteins containing βγ-crystallin domains have now been characterized as calcium binding proteins with Greek key motif as a novel calcium-binding motif.

Each motif, which is about forty amino acid residues long, is folded in a distinctive Greek key pattern.

Historians say the 20th-century use of the ichthys motif is an adaptation based on an Early Christian symbol which included a small cross for the eye or the Greek letters "

Christian art began, about two centuries after Christ, by borrowing motifs from Roman Imperial imagery, classical Greek and Roman religion and popular art-the motif of Christ in Majesty owes something to both Imperial portraits and depictions of Zeus.

One unique structural feature found in SMPI is in its extension between the first and second strands of the second Greek key motif which is known to be involved in the inhibitory activity of SMPI.

The flood myth motif is widespread among many cultures as seen in the Mesopotamian flood stories, the Puranas, Deucalion in Greek mythology, the Genesis flood narrative, and even in the lore of the K ' iche ' and Maya peoples of Central America.

Signs of the zodiac surround the central chariot of the Sun ( a Greek motif ), while the corners depict the 4 " turning points " (" tekufot ") of the year, solstices and equinoxes, each named for the month in which it occurs — tequfah of Tishrei, ( tequfah of Tevet ), tequfah of Ni ( san ), tequfah of Tamuz.

Scenes of cupids holding rich garlands, sometimes adorned with fruits, is another very popular Gandharan motif, directly inspired from Greek art.

The Panathenaic Stadium was recently selected as the main motif for a high value euro collectors ' coin ; the € 100 Greek The Panathenaic Stadium commemorative coin, minted in 2003 to commemorate the 2004 Olympics.

This motif is apparent in the paradoxical festivals of the shadowy sea-deity Leucothea (" white goddess "), celebrated in many cities throughout the Greek world.

The National Park was selected as main motif for two high value euro collectors ' coins: the € 10 Greek Birds and Flowers and Black Pine Trees commemorative coins, minted in 2007.