The glory that was Greece : a survey of Hellenic culture and civilization (1915)
Stobart, J. C. (John Clarke), 1878-1933, Hopper, R. J. (Robert John), 1910- · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 112
ere still preserved from the oldercivilisation, and notably enough such objects are alwaysaccounted for: either Hephaestus has wrought them, or theyhave been handed down as heirlooms, or brought by theSidonians over the sea. Homer does not take his art forgranted. He uses the potters wheel in… … Seated Statue from Branchidae her web, and Andromache weaves flowers into hers. Whatpattern Penelope wove into her everlasting shroud is knownonly to those who know what song the sirens sang. Appro-priate to this prominence of the textile art is the style ofornamentation described, as we have read,…
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