Apotheosis and after life : three lectures on certain phases of art and religion in the Roman Empire (1915)
Strong, Eugénie, 1860-1943 · London : Constable · leaf 134
eive fresh life by being brought into theservice of the Emperor. We have an example of itssuperb vitality in the reliefs found in recent yearsin the Roman Library at Ephesus, and now at Vienna{R.R., i. 142-5), which represent the Apotheosis ofMarcus Aurelius, and are well worth studying as aGreek… … DIVVS AVGVSTVS 91 into the stream of Ocean, typified by a youth holdinga rudder. On the second (plate xi.), the chariotof the Sun springs heavenward over the familiarfigure of Terra Mater, who reclines with the childrenat her side. The composition is purely Greek, andmoves swiftly and equably from…
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