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A manual of Greek archaeology (1886)

Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 262

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agination, might be regarded asfaithfully enough representing the lost works of someof the great masters. To the figurines of the severe style belong bustsmoulded in terra-cotta, where may be recognisedtypes of the Ghthonian divinities. These busts werecommonly pierced in the upper part with a hole… … S/lat. -tt-Mtl. Fig. 77.—demeter.(Bust of Stamped Terra-cotta.) 250 . GREEK ARCHEOLOGY. called to mind the divinities of the lovappearing to mankind by showing only tlpart of their bodies above the earth. Onemost remarkable examples of this kind of mon»is a bust of Demeter, published by Heuzey,*…

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