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detail of a the Parthenon frieze with the Panathenaic procession Athena Parthenos “Heracles,” marble statue produced in the workshop of Phidias, from the eastern pediment of the Parthenon, the Acropolis, Athens, c. 5th century bc; in the British Museum
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“Heracles,” marble statue produced in the workshop of Phidias, from the eastern pediment of the Parthenon, the Acropolis, Athens, c. 5th century bc; in the British Museum
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Seven wonders of the ancient world: Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Overview of the Statue of Zeus.
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Phidias
Phidias, marble sculpture by James Pradier, 1835; in the Louvre Museum, Paris.
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Phidias: sculpture of Heracles
Heracles, marble statue produced in the workshop of Phidias, from the eastern pediment...
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detail of a the Parthenon frieze with the Panathenaic procession
Panathenaic procession and cavalcade, detail of the north frieze from the Parthenon...
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Athena Parthenos
The Varvakeion, a Roman marble copy (c. ad...
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“Heracles,” marble statue produced in the workshop of Phidias, from the eastern pediment...
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum; photograph, J.R. Freeman & Co. Ltd.
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