The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]., Volume 2Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1807 |
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... night fire from hea- ven consumed the statue . Julian believ- ing this to be a contrivance of the Chris- tians , put their ministers to the torture . BUPALUS . THE great work of this artist was a 34 Eminent Antient Artists .
... night fire from hea- ven consumed the statue . Julian believ- ing this to be a contrivance of the Chris- tians , put their ministers to the torture . BUPALUS . THE great work of this artist was a 34 Eminent Antient Artists .
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Thomas Frognall Dibdin. BUPALUS . THE great work of this artist was a fi- gure of Juno ; but he is yet more me ... Artists . 35.
Thomas Frognall Dibdin. BUPALUS . THE great work of this artist was a fi- gure of Juno ; but he is yet more me ... Artists . 35.
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... seventy cubits high , was the performance of this statuary , who was the pupil of Lysippus . This wonder of the world occasioned Chares to be cele- brated in verse and prose , by almost every eminent 36 Eminent Antient Artists .
... seventy cubits high , was the performance of this statuary , who was the pupil of Lysippus . This wonder of the world occasioned Chares to be cele- brated in verse and prose , by almost every eminent 36 Eminent Antient Artists .
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... artist was not Laches . There is an epigram in the Anthology ascribed to Simonides , which affirms that the Colossus ... Artists . 37.
... artist was not Laches . There is an epigram in the Anthology ascribed to Simonides , which affirms that the Colossus ... Artists . 37.
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... artist , representing the Argonautic expedition , for which he gave the enormous sum of one hundred and forty - four thousand ses- terces . This picture afterwards came into the hands of Agrippa , who placed it in the portico of the ...
... artist , representing the Argonautic expedition , for which he gave the enormous sum of one hundred and forty - four thousand ses- terces . This picture afterwards came into the hands of Agrippa , who placed it in the portico of the ...
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