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		His body was of ivory, his robe of gold.
		His head was of somewhat archaic type: the Otricoli mask which used to be regarded as a copy of the head of the Olympian statue is certainly more than a century later in style.
		Of the Athena Parthenos two small copies in marble have been found at Athens which have no excellence of workmanship, but have a certain evidential value as to the treatment of their original.
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/p/ph/phidias.html (996 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Vatican
		Pius IX paid 268,000 lire ($53,600) for the colossal gilt bronze statue of Hercules.
		The Barberini Hera, as it is called, is an exquisite work of art.
		The great mosaic in the floor, in the centre of which is a monster porphyry shell, was discovered at Otricoli in 1780.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15276b.htm (16574 words)

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