Brewer's: Æginetan Sculptures

Ægine′tan Sculptures

Sculptures excavated by a company of Germans, Danes, and English (1811), in the little island of Ægina. They were purchased by Ludwig, Crown Prince of Bavaria, and are now the most remarkable ornaments of the Glyptothek, at Münich.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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