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Also Known As Pre-Classical period

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The Calf Bearer, marble statue, c. 570 bc; in the Acropolis Museum, Athens.
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“Dionysus and the Maenads,” amphora by the Amasis Painter, c. 530 bc; in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris
Amasis Painter
Greek artist
Heraion of Perachora
Humfry Payne
British archaeologist