S ASSISTANT. 115 Latins distinguished by the word Tuscanicus.This style, according to Strabo, resembled theEgyptian, or rather the early Greek style.Quintilian calls it dry, and Cicero hard. Equestrian Statue (in sculpture), thestatue of a man on horseback. Pliny, in thebeginning of the… … the Parthenon, they must have surpassed allsucceeding ages. The Greekl erected eques-trian statues, says Pliny, in honour of thosewho obtained the prizes at their public games,in the horse races, or with chariots. TheRomans adopted equestrian statues in theircommemorative statues very early. [To be…
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