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Date "ANTEFIXA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Definition: ANTEFIXA

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AntiquitiesAntefixa. Terra-cottas exhibiting various ornamental designs, and used in architecture to cover the frieze (zophorus) of the entablature. They were probably Etruscan in their origin, and were used by the Greeks. The specimen here given represents Athené superintending the construction of the ship Argo. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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