Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 137
But the great name of theArgive school is that of Ageladas, the period ofwhose activity extended from 515 B.C. to 455 B.C.His work is known only through the ancient writers,but this testimony shows that he successfully under-took most complicated and difficult subjects ; suchwas the statue of… … divinities from hishand are mentioned,such as that ofHeracles Alexicacos(averter of evil),set up in the deme ofMelite in Athens, anda statue of Zeus, forthe Messenians. ToAgeladas must there-fore be assigned animportant place inthe history of Greekart, and to this dis-tinction should bejoined…
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