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A catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan vases in the British Museum (1893)

British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Birch, S. (Samuel), 1813-1885, Newton, Charles Thomas, Sir, 1816-1894 · London, Printed by W. Nicol [etc.] · leaf 37

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. Theseus (hair looped up, cuirass), about to plunge sword into Minotaur,grasping his 1. horn. The Minotaur (bulls head and tail) kneels to r., lookingback, in 1. hand a stone. Athenian maiden and youth as d. f. B 175. Amphora. Theseus as e, seizing horn of Minotaur with r. hand, and grasping him… … rig- 37=S 313- . B 593. Pyxis. Theseus (with skin) as a. Minotaur falls to r., with stone in cither hand. On cither side, :i female figure j on 1. a nude youth,h. B 596. Cover of vase. Theseus (with endromides) grasps head of Minotaur with 1. hand and plunges sword into his body. Minotaur retreats…

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