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The Smell of Gods: Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Once Not Only Painted But Also Perfumed
In Sicily, for instance, a statue of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt ... This is not how people admired these works of art ...
Ancient statues were colorful — and perfumed
But in reality, ancient works of art were colorful ... writer Cicero referenced the treatment of a statue of the Greek goddess Artemis in Sicily, while the poet Callimachus' description of ...
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Smell like a god: Ancient sculptures were scented, Danish study shows
Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were ... spoke of a ritual treatment of a statue of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, the forest and animals in Greek ...
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Archaeologists unearth 1,700-year-old statue of Greek god's messenger
alongside fragments linked to Artemis (goddess of hunting) and Nemesis (symbol of justice). Aspendos (or Aspendus) was an ancient Greco-Roman city in the Antalya province. It was situated on the ...
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KS2 Ancient Greece: 2. Gods, goddesses, myths and magic
We meet Homer, famous writer of Ancient ... Goddess of wisdom and war.Dionysus: God of wine and fruitfulness.Aphrodite: Goddess of love.Demeter: Goddess of the harvest.Ares: God of war.Artemis ...