Weir, Irene, 1863-1944 · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn & Company · leaf 168
144 VASE PAINTING IN GREECE HS slaying the hundred-headed Hydra, or capturingthe Cretan bull and the Erymanthian boar. Apollo,too, is a favorite hero; there are endless repre-sentations which show him in every familiar act,— as sun god, whose locks shed abroad a radiancedivine; as musician, holding… … The Birth of Athena as herdsman, as lover of the beautiful Daphne, andas god of the sacred Delphic mysteries. The adventures of Zeus and his constant inter-ference in human affairs; the birth of Athena, herfrequent presence in times of stress, her characteras presiding goddess and patron saint of…
Painting, Greek · Painting, Greco-Roman
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