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... lived at Athens in the seventy - sixth Olympiad . He is celebrated for executing the statues of Harmodius and Aristogiton , designed to replace those in bronze , which had been taken away by Xerxes . Alexander the Great restored the ...
... lived at Athens in the seventy - sixth Olympiad . He is celebrated for executing the statues of Harmodius and Aristogiton , designed to replace those in bronze , which had been taken away by Xerxes . Alexander the Great restored the ...
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... lived only to lay the foundation , it was completed by Isidorus of Miletus . A fragment of his work , Περι Παραδοξων Μηχανημάτων , was first published by Du Puy , in the Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences for 1777 , accompanied with a ...
... lived only to lay the foundation , it was completed by Isidorus of Miletus . A fragment of his work , Περι Παραδοξων Μηχανημάτων , was first published by Du Puy , in the Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences for 1777 , accompanied with a ...
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... history of Alexander , and some treatises on morals . ANTIDOTUS , a Greek painter , pupil of Euphranor , lived in the 104th Olym- piad , 364 years B. c . He was more remarkable for the laborious finishing of his pictures , than 6 ANT ANT.
... history of Alexander , and some treatises on morals . ANTIDOTUS , a Greek painter , pupil of Euphranor , lived in the 104th Olym- piad , 364 years B. c . He was more remarkable for the laborious finishing of his pictures , than 6 ANT ANT.
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... lived 300 B. c . He was the founder of the sect of the Sadducees . ( Brucker . ) ANTIGONUS , one of Alexander's most celebrated generals . In the divi- sion of the provinces , after the king's death , he received Pamphylia , Lycia , and ...
... lived 300 B. c . He was the founder of the sect of the Sadducees . ( Brucker . ) ANTIGONUS , one of Alexander's most celebrated generals . In the divi- sion of the provinces , after the king's death , he received Pamphylia , Lycia , and ...
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... lived to nearly the age of a hundred , always enjoyed good health , and even when upwards of eighty years old was able to visit his patients on foot . He appears to have been a contemporary of Galen , who gives a detailed account of his ...
... lived to nearly the age of a hundred , always enjoyed good health , and even when upwards of eighty years old was able to visit his patients on foot . He appears to have been a contemporary of Galen , who gives a detailed account of his ...
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Page 38 - It : and at that moment a horse, passing by, neighed at the horse which was represented in the piece, supposing it to be alive ; upon which the painter said, " One would imagine that the horse is a better judge of painting than your Majesty.