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... horse ; who the soldier is I don't know , but Praxiteles modelled both the horse and the soldier . As one enters into the city there is a building for the getting ready of processions , which they conduct some annually , some at various ...
... horse ; who the soldier is I don't know , but Praxiteles modelled both the horse and the soldier . As one enters into the city there is a building for the getting ready of processions , which they conduct some annually , some at various ...
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... horse- back . Here too is a painting by Polygnotus of the marriage of the daughters of Leucippus , and by Micon of the Argu- nauts who sailed with Jason to Colchi : in this painting Acastus and his horses stand out remarkably well . And ...
... horse- back . Here too is a painting by Polygnotus of the marriage of the daughters of Leucippus , and by Micon of the Argu- nauts who sailed with Jason to Colchi : in this painting Acastus and his horses stand out remarkably well . And ...
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... horses and oxen make them into coats of mail no less handsome and strong than Greek coats of mail : for indeed whether they are struck point - blank or shot at they are proof . But linen coats of mail are not equally useful for ...
... horses and oxen make them into coats of mail no less handsome and strong than Greek coats of mail : for indeed whether they are struck point - blank or shot at they are proof . But linen coats of mail are not equally useful for ...
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... horses at Nemea . too is Perseus sailing to Seriphus , carrying to Polydectes the head of Medusa . But I am not willing to tell the story of Medusa under ' Attica . ' And , among other paintings , to pass over the lad carrying the ...
... horses at Nemea . too is Perseus sailing to Seriphus , carrying to Polydectes the head of Medusa . But I am not willing to tell the story of Medusa under ' Attica . ' And , among other paintings , to pass over the lad carrying the ...
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... horses . When they perceived the sailors they ran down to the ship , spoke not a word , but began to handle the ... Horse is here , and that this construction of Epeus was a design to break down the walls , every one knows who does not ...
... horses . When they perceived the sailors they ran down to the ship , spoke not a word , but began to handle the ... Horse is here , and that this construction of Epeus was a design to break down the walls , every one knows who does not ...
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