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grbs-4671	Faraone, Christopher A.	Hephaestus the Magician and Near Eastern Parallels for Alcinous’ Watchdogs	1987	24	.pdf	application/pdf	13366	506	59	On the other hand, although there are indeed several extant examples of Greek portal lions and dogs, the most eloquent testimony to Greek talismanic statues is to be found largely in just these sorts of legends, which refer to animals wrought by Hephaestus and given as presents to gods and men. FARAONE, CHRISTOPHER A., Hephaestus the Magician and Near Eastern Parallels for Alcinous' Watchdogs , Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, 28:3 (1987:Autumn) p.257 CHRISTOPHER A. FARAONE 269 mental dog statues are attested in archaic Greece in the late sixth century, when they appear to have been stationed as guardians of public places41 and tombs.42 Although there are no surviving exam­ ples of monumental dog figures in Mesopotamia, literary evidence points to their use in pairs at the threshold during the Neo-Assyrian period, along with the other figures mentioned above.	cache/grbs-4671.pdf	txt/grbs-4671.txt