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Head of a Maiden with "Lampadion" Hairstyle Greek 3rd - 2nd century BCE

Head of a Maiden with "Lampadion" Hairstyle Greek 3rd - 2nd century BCE

"The contemporary writer Dicaearchus (active about 320-300 BC), a pupil of Aristotle's, remarked that women described this hairstyle with topknot as the "lampadion", or little torch." - Walters Art Museum

Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland USA

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