Acanthus mollis
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Acanthus mollis, commonly known as bear's breeches, sea dock, bear's foot plant, sea holly, gator plant or oyster plant, is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae and is native to the Mediterran
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Capital of a Corinthian pilaster in Paris
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Callimachus (sculptor)
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Callimachus was an architect and sculptor working in the second half of the 5th century BC in the manner established by Polyclitus. He was credited with work in both Athens and Corinth and was probabl
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…and portions of root) and its susceptibility to attacks from slugs and snails. The shape of the leaf of this plant inspired the ancient Greek sculptor Callimachus (fifth c. BCE) to model the capital of the Corinthian column. Since then, the Corinthian order column has been used extensively in Greco-Roman and…
The Venus Genetrix, sometimes attributed to him.