Gems, selected from the antique, with illustrations (1804)
Dagley, Richard, -1841, Murray, John, 1778-1843, Whittingham, Charles, 1767-1840 · London : Printed for John Murray, 32, Fleet Street, Dean Street by C. Whittingham · leaf 56
he student, who desires to form himself on the trueprinciples of the antique, this figure offers the most perfect model of that noblesimplicity which is the secret magic of the great ancients. We call this a Clio, or the Muse of History, from two circumstances uni-formly preserved in all her… … / 5 this involution of the hand in the dress is an allegory of that signification welearn from the following passage in Livy, when speaking of a procession of thepriestesses of Egeria * or Fidelity: They sacrificed with their right hands en-veloped in their garments, so that not even their fingers…
Gems · Mythology, Greek · Art, Ancient
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