Apollonius of Tralles
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Apollonius of Tralles (Greek: Απολλώνιος ὁ Τραλλιανός) (in Caria) was an Ancient Greek sculptor who flourished in the 2nd century BCE. With his brother Tauriscus, he executed the marble group known as the Farnese Bull, representing Zethus and Amphion tying the revengeful Dirce to the tail of a wild bull.[1]
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- ^ public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Apollonius of Tralles". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 188. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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