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dewas another which in turn gave support to the great cedar beamsof the coffered ceiling. In all this the builders followed a well-established tradition, save only in the widening of the temple. The sculptural adjuncts of the temple were four. First, andmost immediately emanating from Phidias was… … Art and Empire 137 had its precedent in the old temple as enlarged by Pisistratus.These sculptures of the Parthenon are reserved for considerationin the following chapter. They constitute distinctly the mostimportant single group of sculptures in the world, and the eastpediment must probably be…
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