Dance History Gallery

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The acanthus column with the three maidens holding the symbols of Apollo over their heads

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TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, marble
DATE: -328
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
COMMENTS: Initially thought to represent dancing Thyiads, the local equivalent of Maenads. Now believed to portray Athenian maidens, probably the three daughters of Cecrops, king of Athens.
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece

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