Word: dionysius
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Dates: during 1888-1888
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...traces of votin slabs and statues to the number of fifteen. The most important of these is a life-size statue of a male, supposed to be the statue of the Sanctuary, at which so many offerings were made. Another theory is that it is the statue of the Dionysius, which stood in the Temple of Icaria. The prevalence of slabs containing the inscription "Dionysius" would tend to show that the latter theory is correct...
...American School at Athens has been engaged in making some highly important excavations in Attica and the surrounding country with great success. Mr. Earle, of Columbia, '86, appointed by the director of the schools to superintend the excavations at Sikyon, has lately discovered a broken Sikyonian statue, representing Dionysius; also several coins of great historic value. Moreover, he discovered an inscription dating back to about...