Poulsen, Frederik, 1876-, Richards, G. C. (George Chatterton), 1867-1951 · London : Gyldendal · leaf 91
H iu 76 METOPES OF THE SICYONIAN TREASURY For the present^ to avoid confusion, we will retain the oldnomenclature the Metopes of the Sicyonian Treasury/and not rename them till certainty has been obtained as totheir provenance. The original si2;e of the metopes was90 by 55 centimetres; the very… … Fig. 19.—Europa on the Bull. are preserved, the remains, it appears, of twelve metopes;only the four most important metopes will be dealt with.I. Europa on the Zeus Bull (fig. 19).—The motive can bemost shortly described in the words of a scholiast to Homer (onIliadf xii, 292): * Zeus saw Europa,…
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