Word: elusinian
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...sculptures of the frieze of the Erechtheum were worked from separate blocks of marble, which were afterwards fastened upon the frieze. This frieze was of blue-black Elusinian marble, and must have thrown the sculptures into remarkable relief. Very few of the figures of the frieze have been preserved; not enough to enable us to determine the subject of the sculptor, so Dr. Wheeler did not discuss them...
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