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A manual of Greek archaeology (1886)

Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 260

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res ofdivinities, treated withthe religious feeling thatprevailed at the time ofthe Persian wars.* Cer-tain types of femininedivinities in particularare marked by an air ofaustere dignity. Repre-sented as standing witharms hanging down,clothed in costumes withstraight vertical folds,they preserved… … FlG. 76.—HERMES CRIOPHORUS. (Terra-cotta from Thespise.) 248 GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY. style of which has all the characteristic featuresof the art of the fifth century B.C. We are rightin supposing that some of these figurines repro-duced, in much smaller dimensions, certain cele-brated works of the…

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