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Sculptures of at least three Greek characters (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pietas

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'sculptures' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'at least three greek characters' is the wordplay.
'at least three' becomes 'pi' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'greek characters' becomes 'etas' (eta is a Greek letter).
'pi'+'etas'='PIETAS'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pietas that I've seen before include "Representations of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus" , "Ta, pies can make sacred statues" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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