Description of Greece 10.19.4

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Literature: prose
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Description of Greece 10.19.4
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τὰ δὲ ἐν τοῖς ἀετοῖς, ἔστιν Ἄρτεμις καὶ Λητὼ καὶ Ἀπόλλων καὶ Μοῦσαι δύσις τε Ἡλίου καὶ Διόνυσός τε καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες αἱ Θυιάδες. τὰ μὲν δὴ πρῶτα αὐτῶν Ἀθηναῖος Πραξίας μαθητὴς Καλάμιδός ἐστιν <ὁ> ἐργασάμενος· χρόνου δὲ ὡς ὁ ναὸς ἐποιεῖτο ἐγγινομένου Πραξίαν μὲν ἔμελλεν ἀπάξειν τὸ χρεών, τὰ δὲ ὑπολειπόμενα τοῦ ἐν τοῖς ἀετοῖς κόσμου ἐποίησεν Ἀνδροσθένης, γένος μὲν καὶ οὗτος Ἀθηναῖος, μαθητὴς δὲ Εὐκάδμου
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Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Object/ Person Ornamented
Temple of Apollo at Delphi
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Military: Arms and Armour
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Military: Spoils
Medium/a Ornamenting
Carvings of Artemis, Leto, Apollo, Muses, setting Sun, Dionysos, Thyiad women. Arms of gold on architraves. Shields and arms taken from the Battle of Marathon
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Praxias and Androsthenes, sculptors
Item Identifier
A01004
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