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Sphinx - III

The wide eyes of the sphinx.

This sculpture was found near the Sacred Gate area in the Kerameikos where the Sacred Road which led from Athens to the sanctuary of Demeter at Eleusis started. This archaic marble sculpture was buried under the walls when the Sacred Gate was erected in the Themistoclean age.

 

Archaic Greek sculpture

560 - 550 BC

Athens, Keramikos, Museum

 

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Uploaded on June 12, 2015
Taken on May 21, 2015