Greek bronzes . Fig. T, Statuette from Dodona {Paramythia), Poseidon. Ancient base British Museum. Ok. Fig. 33.—Bronze Statuette frofn Dodona {Paramytbia). Touth pouring Libation. British Museum. \ .*^./ilL: ? H^l ^^^^^^^^^^J*^ ^^^^^^^^H 7f> ^£./ys, ^frc^ri t/Am/^iU GREEK BRONZES 8i head and abundance of hair. The sculptor could not change that was famed above his contemporaries for minute finish down tothe smallest details. Another ancient statuette could not be foundwhere this is more admirably exemplified. The hair and beard arefull of the most b

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Greek bronzes . Fig. T, Statuette from Dodona {Paramythia), Poseidon. Ancient base British Museum. Ok. Fig. 33.—Bronze Statuette frofn Dodona {Paramytbia). Touth pouring Libation. British Museum. \ .*^./ilL: ? H^l ^^^^^^^^^^J*^ ^^^^^^^^H 7f> ^£./ys, ^frc^ri t/Am/^iU GREEK BRONZES 8i head and abundance of hair. The sculptor could not change that was famed above his contemporaries for minute finish down tothe smallest details. Another ancient statuette could not be foundwhere this is more admirably exemplified. The hair and beard arefull of the most beautiful workmanship carried into the minutestdetails, while the powerful bodily forms are rendered with an extra-ordinary refinement extending to the observation of the finer musclesin the feet and even to a vein in the left arm. The animation hewas said to have imparted to his statues {^animosa signa) is conspicuousin the bronze. From the same find at Dodona we have also a figure of Zeus, which mayequally claim to belong to the school of Lysippos (Plate III.). Extremelyremarkable are the intense expr

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