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Myths of the Odyssey in art and literature (1882)

Harrison, Jane Ellen, 1850-1928 · London, Rivingtons · leaf 136

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ts in the distance. No more livelypicture of a sea fight can be conceived; the whole bay isaglow with action, and everywhere the relentless fury of thegiants finely contrasts with the helpless ruin of the wrecks.We must turn to our fourth picture (in Autotype IV.),to hear the last notes of the… … THE MYTH OF THE L^STRYGONES. 55 fourth picture is still Lsestrygonian. A mighty nakedgiant standing in the foreground holds in both hands ahuge boulder; he is about to let it fall on a tiny Greek,who grovels on the ground before him, holding out hispiteous supplicating hands. Behind the…

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