• The Peplos Kore is an ancient sculpture from the Acropolis of Athens. It is considered one of the best-known examples of Archaic Greek art. Kore is a type...
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  • of patterning is seen on the Peplos Kore. Historians originally believed that the Peplos Kore was wearing a regular peplos, but in fact she was wearing...
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    Panathenaea peplos, from the Parthenon frieze The Peplos Kore, colour reconstruction of statue of c. 530 BC Athena wearing a luxurious peplos, one that...
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    classical pronunciation: [per.se.pʰó.nɛː]), also called Kore (/ˈkɔːriː/ KOR-ee; Greek: Κόρη, romanized: Kórē, lit. 'the maiden') or Cora, is the daughter of Zeus...
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  • symbolism of the jewelry, peplos, and the lotus flower used on the statue. One reconstruction of the polychromy on Phrasikleia Kore displays an impressive...
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    change was introduced some time before the Peplos Kore (Acropolis 679), around 10 or 15 years after the Kore of Lyons. The juxtaposition of the Attic korai...
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    famous examples of the archaic smile is the Kroisos Kouros, and the Peplos Kore is another. By the middle of the Archaic Period of ancient Greece (roughly...
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    not as the birth of the "Hesiodic" Pandora. The Athena wore a half-open peplos on the right side, as was the rule for female representations in the first...
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    The Antenor Kore, recovered from the Perserschutt Part of the damaged Hekatompedon pediment The damaged Moscophoros The damaged Peplos Kore The damaged...
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    Parthenon Korai of the Acropolis of Athens Antenor Kore Euthydikos Kore Kritios Boy Kore 670 Peplos Kore Moschophoros Mourning Athena Nike Fixing her Sandal...
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    the Farnese Hercules, the Barberini Faun and Charioteer of Delphi. The Peplos Kore is perhaps the best known exhibit in the museum. It is a plaster cast...
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    embroidered patterns on the peplos of an Archaic kore, c.530 BC, marble, Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece Polychrome on the Peplos Kore, c.530 BC, Parian marble...
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    times. Horse (6th BC) Moschophoros (560 BC) Peplos Kore (c. 530 BC) Acropolis Kore (510 BC) Detail of a Kore (530–520 BC) Kritios boy (c.480 BC) Caryatids...
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    Athens, Acropolis Museum. Phrasikleia Kore, c. 550 BC, Athens, National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Peplos Kore, c. 530 BC, Athens, Acropolis Museum...
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  • Zerubbabel. c. 530 BC—Temple of Apollo at Delphi is built. c. 530 BC—Peplos Kore, from the Acropolis, Athens, is made. It is now at Acropolis Museum,...
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    statue along with the other korai, such as the Antenor Kore, the Euthydikos Kore, and the Peplos Kore, were discovered in excavations on the northwest side...
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    Peplos Kore at the Acropolis Museum. Relics of the polychromy are visible....
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  • Zerubbabel. The Temple of Apollo at Delphi is built (approximate date). Peplos Kore, from the Acropolis in Athens, is made. It is now at Acropolis Museum...
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    Parthenon Korai of the Acropolis of Athens Antenor Kore Euthydikos Kore Kritios Boy Kore 670 Peplos Kore Moschophoros Mourning Athena Nike Fixing her Sandal...
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    typically for small busts and figurines, rather than carved. Venus de Milo Peplos Kore Lycian sarcophagus of Sidon Statue of Augustus from Prima Porta Hermes...
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    The Euthydikos Kore is a late archaic, Parian marble statue of the kore type, c 490–480 BCE, that once stood amongst the Akropolis votive sculptures. It...
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    Acropolis Statue of the so-called Peplos Kore (three variants) Cuirassed Torso (two variants) So-called Chios Kore So-called Persian Rider Riace Bronzes...
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  • Delphi Hermes of Praxiteles Kroisos Kouros Kleobis and Biton Moscophoros Peplos Kore Statue of King Leonidas - Thermopylae Statue of Liberty (Mytilene) Statue...
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    The Kore of Lyons (French: Coré de Lyon) is a Greek statue of Pentelic marble depicting a bust of a young girl of the kore type, conserved at the musée...
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    "Naxian Sphinx" from Delphi, 570–560 BCE, the figure 222 cm (87 in) high Peplos Kore, c. 530 BCE, Athens, Acropolis Museum Late Archaic warrior from the east...
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    The Moschophoros or calf-bearer, c. 570 BC, Athens, Acropolis Museum Peplos Kore, c. 530 BC, Athens, Acropolis Museum Frieze of the Siphnian Treasury...
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    Parthenon Korai of the Acropolis of Athens Antenor Kore Euthydikos Kore Kritios Boy Kore 670 Peplos Kore Moschophoros Mourning Athena Nike Fixing her Sandal...
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    The Antenor Kore The Euthydikos Kore (detail) The Moscophoros Part of the damaged Hekatompedon pediment (Three-bodied daemon) The Peplos Kore The Kritios...
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    Reconstruction of the Peplos Kore with a meniskos...
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  • Parthenon Korai of the Acropolis of Athens Antenor Kore Euthydikos Kore Kritios Boy Kore 670 Peplos Kore Moschophoros Mourning Athena Nike Fixing her Sandal...
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