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the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Rhoecus
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a Samian sculptor of the 6th century B.C. He and his son Theodorus were especially noted for their work in bronze. Herodotus says that Rhoecus built the temple of Hera at Samos. In the temple of Artemis at Ephesus was a marble figure of night by Rhoecus. His name has been found on a fragment of a vase which he dedicated to Aphrodite at Naucratis. His sons Theodorus and Telecles made a statue of the Pythian Apollo for the Samians.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Rhoecus'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/r/rhoecus.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Rhoecus'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/r/rhoecus.html. 1910.
