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A manual of Greek archaeology (1886)

Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 134

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e of energetic activity. The most brilliant representative of the Spartanschool, towards the close of the sixth century B.C., isGitiades (Olympiad Lxv.—lxxi., 520 B.C.—496 Be)who constructed for Athena a shrine adorned withreliefs in bronze. At the same time architect andsculptor, he regulated the… … became the museum of all Greece, and was enrichedby sculptures which accumulated in the Altisy thesacred grove of Olympia. Only one Elean artist,however, is known inthe sixth century B.C.;he was Callon, authorof a group of thirty-seven figures in bronze,executed for the Mes- FlG. 33.—DIDYM7EAN…

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