Poulsen, Frederik, 1876-, Richards, G. C. (George Chatterton), 1867-1951 · London : Gyldendal · leaf 191
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 composition isstill quite primitive^ for… … Fig. 72.—Heracles and the Ceryneian stag {Fouillesde Delphes, iv, plate xli). intersects the upper frame of the field. Behind him hangquiver and chiton, while the lions skin, whose fiery-redthroat gapes over the heros fair locks, and whose paws,fastened before his breast, are executed in great…
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