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painted Greek vase

Persephone being carried off to the underworld

Broken marble columns and stone bases stand on a large paved area at the Sanctuary of Eleusis, Greece, with green hills and scattered trees in the background.

Praxiteles: Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus

black-figure pottery

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