The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c9.148
The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c9.148
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v1.c9.148
⁵⁸ If of the two Venuses by Praxiteles, the originator and great master of the sensuous style of rich voluptuous beauty, the citizens of Oxus decided to take the draped figure, as the more modest of the two, the people of Cnidos refused to give up the nude one, the renowned Cnidian Venus even to ransom their city from foreign conquerors.