Poulsen, Frederik, 1876-, Richards, G. C. (George Chatterton), 1867-1951 · London : Gyldendal · leaf 190
century,the hero is seen running alongside of the stag, which hehas seized by the antlers. Our metope, along with avase of severe r.f. style, is the first example of the newfighting scheme, which later becomes universal; its 1 Norman Gardiner, Journal of Hellenic Studies, xxv, 1905, p. 294 f.-… … Fig. 71.—Heracles and thelion (b.f. vase). 176 THE TREASURY OF THE ATHENIANS technical name ** wrestling stairs {dixcfyLiTXeKTOL KXi/xaKe?)is found in a passage of Sophocles Trachiniae (250). He-racles puts one knee on the back of the stag and twists itshead back and down. In the metope the…
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