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Then there is a sanctuary of the
Brauronian Artemis... The horse one sees here, referred to as wooden, is in bronze... But tradition has it that inside that horse were hidden the most valiant of the Greeks, and indeed the design (schema) of the bronze figure fits in well with this story. Menestheus
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Artemis Brauronia (of Brauron); the image is the work of Praxiteles, but the goddess derives her name from the parish of Brauron. The old wooden image is in Brauron, Artemis Tauria (of Tauros) as she is
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mentioning the name of the dedicator, Chairedemos. This is corroborated by the survival of the base of the sculpture on the
Acropolis, which is inscribed with the names of Chairedemos and its sculptor
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during the building of the
Propylaea. The date of the complex in its final shape is unclear, but a date around 430 BC, similar to that of the adjacent Propylaea, is commonly assumed.
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The entrance to the small sacred precinct, near its northeast corner, is still marked by seven rock-cut steps. They, and its northern enclosure, were probably created by
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fortification wall. All that remains of the eastern pare are foundations for walls, cut into the bedrock, as well as some very few architectural members of limestone.
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Bruno d'Agostino, The Trojan Horse between Athena and
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38 by 6.8 m; it stood in front of the southern
Acropolis wall, facing north. At its corners, there were two
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Rhodes, Robin F.; Dobbins, John J. (1979). "The
Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia on the Athenian Akropolis".
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Harris, Diane (1992). "Bronze
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The sanctuary on the
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