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The Smell of Gods: Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Once Not Only Painted But Also Perfumed
In Sicily, for instance, a statue of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, was ritually treated with perfumed oils. On the Greek ...
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Did Easter Come From an Ancient Greek Festival?
Did Easter come from an ancient Greek festival? Scholars have long linked the customs involved in this celebration with pagan ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were not just ... about the treatment of a statue of Artemis. People "anointed her with precious unguents" and "crowned her with chaplets and flowers," Cicero ...