Scopas
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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“The AU has got to play a critical role,” said Scopas Poggo, a professor at Ohio State University.
From Slate
Simonides was a poet for hire, who had been commissioned to sing an ode in celebration of some high-up or other—Cicero has it as a Thessalonian nobleman called Scopas, though Quintilian simply has it as an anonymous “pugilist” who’d just won a famous victory.
From Literature
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Inside the temple was the statue of Apollo in a tunica talaris, or long garment, between his mother Latona and his sister Diana, the work of Scopas, Cephisodorus, and Timotheus.
From Project Gutenberg
The same apparent disproportion exists between Niobe and her children, in the celebrated group at Florence, supposed to be by Scopas.
From Project Gutenberg
Nous savons que l'Apollon Cithar�de de Scopas �tait dans le temple d'Apollon Palatin, �lev� par Auguste; les m�dailles, Properce et Tibulle, nous apprennent que le dieu s'y voyait rev�tu d'une longue robe.
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