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A catalogue of the Sparta Museum (1906)

Sparta Museum, Tod, Marcus Niebuhr, 1878-1974, Wace, A. J. B. (Alan John Bayard), 1879-1957 · Oxford : Clarendon Press · leaf 144

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ed as (i) A. Orestes andClytemnestra, B. Orestes and Electra; (2) A. Eriphyle and Polynikes,B. Eriphyle and Alcmaeon; (3) A. Menelaus and Helen meeting at thesack of Troy, B. Alcmene and Zeus. It is impossible to say if any ofthese is right or if the true explanation is still to seek. Good,… … Fig. 28. is seated on a solid throne with curved back and legs. Her arms, overwhich the sleeves fall in regular curving lines, a;re laid on the sides of thethrone, her feet are set apart, but are level; and the chiton falls insymmetrical folds between them and at the sides. Three locks fallforward…

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