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A manual of Greek archaeology (1886)

Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 237

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Fig. 66. —stele at Athens. 224 GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY … Fig. 67.stele from orchomenus. the principal motives fol-lowed in their sculpturaldecoration. The Dead and hisFamily. — According tomost ancient usage, thesculptured and paintedstele presented a likenessof the departed. Thusthe stele of Velanideza,signed Aristocles, showsa Greek warrior in…

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