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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 790 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DAMOPHON , a See also:

Greek sculptor of See also:

MESSENE

Messene, who executed many statues for the See also:

PEOPLE

people of Messene, See also:

MEGALOPOLIS

Megalopolis, Aegium and other cities of See also:

PELOPONNESUS (" Island of Pelops ")

Peloponnesus. Considerable fragments, including three See also:

COLOSSAL

colossal heads from a See also:

GROUP

group by him representing See also:

DEMETER

Demeter, Persephone, See also:

ARTEMIS

Artemis and the See also:

GIANT (O.E. geant, through Fr. giant, O.Fr. gaiant, jaiant, jeant, med. pop. Lat. gagante—cf. Ital. gigante—by assimilation from gigantem, ace. of Lat. gigas, Gr. yiyas)

giant Anytus, have been discovered on the site of See also:

LYCOSURA (mod. Palaeokastro or Siderokastro)

Lycosura in See also:

ARCADIA

Arcadia, where was a See also:

temple of the goddess called " The See also:

MISTRESS

Mistress." They are preserved in See also:

PART

part in the museum at See also:

Athens and partly on the spot. Hence there has arisen a See also:

GREAT

great controversy as to the date of the artist, who has been assigned to various periods, from the 4th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C. to the 2nd A.U. A See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

account of the whole See also:

MATTER

matter will be found in Frazer's See also:

PAUSANIAS

Pausanias, iv. 372-379. Frazer wisely in-clines to an See also:

early date; it is in fact difficult to find any See also:

period, when the cities mentioned were in a position to found temples, later than the See also:

time of See also:

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