• 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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    Greek: Περσεφόνη, romanized: Persephónē), also called Kore (/ˈkɔːriː/ KOR-ee; Greek: Κόρη, romanized: Kórē, lit. 'the maiden') or Cora, is the daughter of Zeus...
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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 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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    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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  • 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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