The Oxford History Of The Classical World

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Architectural Terracottas From Capua. The two antefixes (eaves ornaments) are both datable to the second half of the sixth century
B.C. and illustrate the strong Greek influence at Capua during the period of Etruscan rule. Both the female bust and the gorgon's
head with its frame of radiating tongues are related to work in the coastal cities of Cumae and Pithecusae.

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