Weir, Irene, 1863-1944 · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn & Company · leaf 52
se the lofty twin peaks ofParnassos, smiling in the region of eternal snowand shot with the golden arrows of the sun godApollo, who dwelt on this mount of song, andwho symbolized not only heaven-given light butall that was brilliant, joyous, terrible in its bright-ness in the Greek mind.… … Delphi springs, and the currents of air streaming from thegorges of the mountains filled men with a mys-terious awe from the earliest times, and seemed toinvite the foundations of a temple. This oraclewas consulted in all affairs of importance, nationalas well as local. 30 THE GREEK PAINTERS ART…
Painting, Greek · Painting, Greco-Roman
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