The Daphnephoria, c.1874-76 by Frederic Leighton
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- The Daphnephoria, c.1874-76
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- Frederic Leighton
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- WGL176498
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- © Bridgeman Art Library / © Lady Lever Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool
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festival in ancient Thebes to celebrate a victory over the Aeolians; held every ninth year in honour of Apollo; at head of procession a pole is carried bearing several copper globes, the largest representing the sun or Apollo, the next largest the moon and the small globes the stars and planets;
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