Lycosoura Artemis
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lycosoura-artemis-277-947914
title:
Lycosoura Artemis
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The Lycosoura Artemis is the remnant of a colossal sculpture of Artemis, created in the Hellenistic period and discovered in Lycosura, present day Arcadia, Greece. The bust is an acrolith, a composite of many different materials, and is attributed to the sculptor Damophon, who was prominent in the Peloponnese in the early portion of the 2nd century B.C. Artemis was worshipped alongside Demeter, the Titan Anytos, and Despoina whose name remains unknown. The historian Pausanias documented the life
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description:
A Hellenistic cult statue of Artemis, part of Cthnoic/Eleusinian from Lycosoura, Arcadia, Greece
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycosoura_Artemis
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date modified:
2024-02-17T20:25:34Z
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