TANAGRA (city)
See also: TANAGRA
TANAGRA (in Greek old Τάναγρα/ Tánagra ) is old a quoted Greek of Béotie, located not far from Platées, with 20 km of Thèbes, close to the border with the Attic.
History
TANAGRA is identified in Grée quoted by Homère in the Catalog of the vessels . It is the place of the confrontation between Athens and the Ligue of the Peloponnese in 457 av. J. - C.. They is there that meet the Philistines before the Bataille of Délion, in 422 - 423 av. J. - C.
Figurines of TANAGRA
The Greek terra cotta known as “tanagréennes” were in vogue in the Greek world since the end of fourth century BC until the end of 3rd century a. J. - C.
Works were the object of an immediate passion, as well on behalf of the archeologists as of the collectors. The first collection entered to the Musée of Louvre since 1872.
It manufactured the false ones at once, in same time that one made a discovery similar to Myrina, in current the Turkey. Then it was Cyrène, in Italy, and Alexandria, in Egypt.
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