Famous sculpture as seen and described by great writers (1910)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930 · New York, Dodd · leaf 186
oo is full and matronly ; she wears the veilthat has been her bridal attire ; ample drapery is cast abouther in beautiful, simple, almost careless folds; her hair islong and abundant. She is very calm for all her sorrow,and very gracious. Hers is a famous history. She is Demeter, the holy -^ddess.… … DEMETER OF CNIDOS, BRITISH MUSEUM THE DEMETER OF CNIDOS I 35 when of a sudden the earth yawned, and forth there bursta golden chariot, and Aides, the dread king of the lowerworld, seized the maiden and bore her weeping and wailingaway to be his queen in the shades below. The incidentwas known to…
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