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Tanagra
[ tan-uh-gruh, tuh-nag-ruh ]
noun
- a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Spartan victory over the Athenians 457 b.c.
Tanagra
/ ˈtænəɡrə /
noun
- a town in ancient Boeotia, famous for terracotta figurines of the same name, first discovered in its necropolis
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The red tanagra shone like a glowing coal amid the dark forest.
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She was very pretty and dainty, like the soft-tinted statuettes that came from Tanagra.
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Surely, thought I, there never was a Tanagra figure to compare with hers.
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He settled at Tanagra in Bœotia; where he lost all his companions, who were slain by a dragon.
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Her head is swathed in folds of diaphanous white, through which the features are visible, like the veiled Tanagra.
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