Colossal-Type Statue of Neptune

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Liana Miate
by Luis García
published on 30 September 2022
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Probably sculpted in a workshop in Aphrodisias (Asia Minor), it was at Palaemon's sanctuary in Isthmia (near Corinth), where it was described by Pausanias (II, 2, 1) in the 2nd century CE. It is an important sample of the Roman Empire's classicism.

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