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Lykosoura, Arkadia,

The Group of Cult Statues in the Temple of Despoina at Lykosoura.

The temple of Despoina in the goddess's sanctuary at Lykosoura, Arkadia, contained a group
of four larger than life-size statues by the famous sculptur Damophon, who was renowned for his skill in making acrolithic statues.
The form and composition of the group is known both from its depiction on a coin issued by
Megalopolis in the Roman imperial period, and from the extensive descriptin by the travel writer
Pausanias, who visited the sanctuary in the middle of the 2nd c. AD

National Archaeological Museum, Athens

1734 : Head of Demeter. Lykosoura

National Archaeological Museum, Athens

1735 : Head of Artemis . Lykosoura

National Archaeological Museum, Athens

1736 : Head of Anytos.

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1737 : Fragment of Despoina's himation . Lykosoura

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2171 : Tritoness. Lykosoura

National Archaeological Museum, Athens

2172 : Tritoness. Lykosoura

National Archaeological Museum, Athens

2174 : Tritoness. Lykosoura

National Archaeological Museum, Athens

2175 : Tritoness. Lykosoura

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