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  5. \paperw4590 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 These statues are fragments of the Amazonomachy that decorated one side of the temple of Epidaurus, the largest Greek sanctuary built 
  6. in the fourth century BC. The anonymous artist gave the work dramatic force through the strong impression of movement, the broken rhythms and the contrast of bodily masses.