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A manual of Greek archaeology (1886)

Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 138

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Messenians. ToAgeladas must there-fore be assigned animportant place inthe history of Greekart, and to this dis-tinction should bejoined another not tobe forgotten: thisArgive sculptar^wasthe teacher of Myron,of Polycleitus, and ofPheidias. xBy his in-struction he preparedthe way for the periodof… … \FlG. 36.— HERACLES STRETCHING HIS BOW.(Carapanos collection.) 126 GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY. Sicyonian masters. Like them, he wrought in bronze,and, as is well known, through this material broughtout precisely those qualities that are to be found inthe archaic masters. \A bronze statue must haveperfect…

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