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Delphi (1920)

Poulsen, Frederik, 1876-, Richards, G. C. (George Chatterton), 1867-1951 · London : Gyldendal · leaf 275

An illustration from Delphi, 1920, leaf 275
, leaning againsta column and flanked byburning torches, formthe actual image of thedivinity, in whose honourthree young girls, prob-ably Charites, dancedwith linked hands. Theydance lightly swaying,and the steps, the move-ment of the upper partof the body, and thecourse of the folds of drapery,… … Fig. 127.—The Hecate group of Alcamenes{Oesterr. Jahresh., xiii, 1910, plate in). THE COLUMN OF THE DANCING WOMEN 261 From this little copy we certainly get an idea of the HecateEpipyrgidia of Alcamenes on the Acropolis of Athens, andthis shows how much tradition there is in the Delphian group.…

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