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A manual of Greek archaeology (1886)

Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 162

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hadentered upon a new method marked by freedom andboldness of style. Myron excelled in his renderingsof material life ; his animal figures bore the stamp ofreality, and the poets of the Anthology praise toexcess a bronze cow executed by him. The epigramascribed to Anacreon is well known :—… … ^JTjG. 45.—COPY OF THE DISCOBOLUS.(Rome.) no grp:ek archeology. the cow of Myron breathing, thou maycst wish tocarry her away with thy oxen.* With Calamis and Myron, another artist who didnot belong to the Attic school, Pythagoras of

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