Ancient Greece : a sketch of its art, literature & philosophy viewed in connexion with its external history from earliest times to the age of Alexander the Great (1915)
Cotterill, H. B. (Henry Bernard), b. 1846 · London : G. G. Harrap · leaf 430
e) is descendingwith her chariot into the waves. The other figures, sometimescalled Theseus (or Olympus ), The Three Fates (or TheSeasons ), and so on, are all of uncertain meaning. The subjectof the west pediment was the contest of Poseidon and Athene forthe land of Attica (see p. 32). Poseidon… … 5 !<: THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE the Erechtheion.) The central group of Poseidon, Athene,and the horses of Athenes chariot were destroyed as has beenexplained. Carreys sketch depicts Poseidon as a huge nudefigure starting backwards in amazement before Athene, muchas Marsyas does in Myrons group (see…
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