Aeginetan
- a word derived from Aegina.
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The fact that the Aeginetan scale of coins, weights and measures was one of the two scales in general use in the Greek world is sufficient evidence of the early commercial importance of the island.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
They form almost the only existing specimens of the Aeginetan school.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
In a sort of stiff grace, combined with a sense of things bright or sorrowful directly felt, the Aeginetan workman is as it were the Chaucer of Greek sculpture.
From Greek Studies: a Series of Essays by Pater, Walter
Unlike the Aeginetan pediment-figures and those of the Parthenon, these figures are left rough at the back.
From A History of Greek Art by Tarbell, Frank Bigelow
He has a certain archaistic mannerism in his work recalling the Aeginetan marbles, which individuality puts a Manship stamp upon his work, striking a distinctly personal note.
From Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts by James, Juliet Helena Lumbard
