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 348
Persephone. A very beautiful one, also at Rome, bears themythological scene of the parting between those types ofmarried love and constancy, Orpheus and Eurydice. The headof Orpheus is bent a little, but Eurydice is smiling farewell, andthe hand of Hermes, the Escort of Souls, is very light uponher… … THE GRAND CENTURYAcropolis. It is strangely simple and restrained. The goddess,clad in her helmet, leans upon her spear, with head bent down, toread the names once painted on a short pillar which is part ofthe relief. The severe lines of her drapery indicate the austerityof the unknown artists…
Art, Greek
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