Harrison, Jane Ellen, 1850-1928 · London, Rivingtons · leaf 306
be rash to establish any positive con-nection between this Siren figure on the neck of the vaseand the main subject, i.e., the abduction of the maiden; butit is noticeable that we do find Sirens present, as we shallagain see, as the fit witnesses of scenes of love and revelry.Most surely Dionysiac… … M^ ft THE MYTH OF THE SIRENS. 163 that we are sorry it is full; but, clumsy though she is, thishideous bird-maiden has a special charm for the archae-ologist, for in her right hand she waves the one attributeabout whose Dionysiac significance there can be no doubtfulopinion, the thyrsos. Of merely…
Homer · Mythology, Greek · Art and mythology · Art, Greek
Internet Archive · Cornell University Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
