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22: 145:. Nothing is, unfortunately, preserved from that ex-voto. Pausanias mentions that a simulation of the Trojan Horse was also dedicated by the Argives, of which only the rectangular base is preserved; finally, an impressive semi-circular pedestal where the statues of the descendants of the Seven Heroes stood. 46: 106:, and some of his descendants. Cyriacus of Ancona, visiting the antiquities of Delphi in 1436, mistook the semi-circular base of this ex-voto of the Argives for the remains of the temple of Apollo. 98:, the visitor would see a semi-circular pedestal dedicated by the Argives after 369 B.C., to stress their contribution to the building of the city of 138: 102:, the capital of the liberated Messenians. The so-called pedestal of the Argive kings depicted the mythical founder of the dynasty, 78:
within the sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi. It was, after all, one of the most powerful cities of the archaic and classical period.
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further up the Sacred Way. The first one depicted the Seven heroes who campaigned against Thebes led by the fallen king
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Three ex-votos by the Argives and one by the Athenians stood next to the
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Bommelaer, J.-F., Laroche, D.,1991, Guide de Delphes. Le site, Paris
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