Callistrate: Quatorze visions (statues et bas-relief). Etrurie American Research Center in Egypt

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Callistrate: Quatorze visions (statues et bas-relief). Etrurie American Research Center in EgyptProbably a witness to the rise of Christianity during the 4th century, Callistrates, an otherwise unknown author, owes his escape from the dustbin of history to this small collection of Descriptions of Masterpieces of Greek Sculpture. This shows the value, inversely proportional to its length, attributed to it by those who preserved it for us! In fact, we are in the presence of 14 poems in prose for the first time since the 17th century, translated