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In 1869 he discovered the surviving fragments of statuary in the Portico of the Danaids, [108] and he carried out his final excavations in 1870. During Rosa's excavations, the site was opened to the public on Thursdays, though visitors had to obtain a permit from the French government, and Rosa often led tours himself. [145]
The Danaides (1904), a Pre-Raphaelite interpretation by John William Waterhouse. In Greek mythology, the Danaïdes (/ d ə ˈ n eɪ. ɪ d iː z /; Greek: Δαναΐδες), also Danaides or Danaids, were the fifty daughters of Danaus, king of Libya. In the Metamorphoses, [1] Ovid refers to them as the Belides after their grandfather Belus.
[2] Strabo described the temple as founded by the Danaides rather than their father: "In Lindos there is a famous temple of Athena Lindia, founded by the daughters of Danaüs." [ 3 ] According to Callimachus , the cult image of Athena put in place by Danaus was originally a xoanon before it was replaced by a statue, which indicates that the ...
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Las Danaides is a fountain and sculpture in Mexico City's Alameda Central, in Mexico. [1] The statue depicts two women representing the 50 daughters of Danaus ( Danaïdes ). [ 2 ]
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In the UK, the temple-front applied to The Vyne, Hampshire, was the first portico applied to an English country house. A pronaos (UK: / p r oʊ ˈ n eɪ. ɒ s / or US: / p r oʊ ˈ n eɪ. ə s /) is the inner area of the portico of a Greek or Roman temple, situated between the portico's colonnade or walls and the entrance to the cella, or shrine.
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