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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 155 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ACROLITHS (Gr. arcpoXcOoc, i.e. ending in See also:stone) , statues of a transition See also:period in the See also:history of plastic See also:art, in which the See also:trunk of the figure was of See also:wood, and the See also:head, hands and feet of See also:marble. The wood was concealed either by See also:gilding or, more commonly, by drapery, and the marble parts alone were exposed. Acroliths are frequently mentioned by See also:Pausanias, the best known specimen being the Athene Areia of the Plataeans.

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