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Delphi (1920)

Poulsen, Frederik, 1876-, Richards, G. C. (George Chatterton), 1867-1951 · London : Gyldendal · leaf 307

An illustration from Delphi, 1920, leaf 307
Pliny, Nat, Hist., xxxiv. 64; Plutarch, Alexander, 40. 292 MONUMENT OF THE THESSALIAN PRINCES The base of the group has been discovered at Delphi in achamber to right of the staircase^ which north of the templeleads up to the theatre (fig. 150)^ and the metrical inscriptionreports that the group… … Fig. 150.—Block from the base of Lysippus Lion-group. King Alexander on his Asiatic expedition; he laid thelion low on the borders of the Nomad Syrians. In consideration of the sons tender age, it was assumedthat the group was erected long after 320, about 300 B.C.,but against that are the other…

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