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Apollonius of Tralles

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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APOLLONIUS OF TRALLES (in Caria), a Greek sculptor, who flourished in the 2nd century B.C. With his brother Tauriscus, he executed the marble group known as the Farnese Bull, representing Zethus and Amphion tying the revengeful Dirce to the tail of a wild bull.

See Greek Art, pl. i. fig. 51.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Apollonius of Tralles'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/apollonius-of-tralles.html. 1910.
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