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The Greek painters' art (1905)

Weir, Irene, 1863-1944 · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn & Company · leaf 173

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Youth playing FluteStyle of Brygos 15° THE GREEK PAINTERS ART Homeric Subjects In the subjects of the Odyssey and the Iliad vasepainters found a field of the utmost attraction. Theadventures of Odysseus, his long wanderings, hisexciting experiences, were their never-ending sourceof inspiration. The… … Odysseus and the Sirens friends from the cave of Polyphemos, and the otheradventures connected with this event, were affairsof special interest, most amusingly and graphicallyillustrated on a large number of vases. As for Achilles, his wrath, his loss of Briseis, hisgrief at the death of Patroklos,…

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