History of ancient pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. Based on the work of Samuel Birch (1905)
Walters, H. B. (Henry Beauchamp), 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885. History of ancient pottery · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 209
ROM ORDINARY LIFE We may also note the rarer occurrence of such scenes as the harnessing of a chariot (Frontispiece)1 or the equipping of a war-horse.2 In the departure scenes the usual type on B.F. vases is that of a four-horse chariot to the right, which the warrior is mounting or has mounted ; a… … From Hoppin. FIG. 137. WARRIOR ARMING ; SCYTHIAN ARCHERS (AMPHORA BY EUTHYMIDES IN MUNICH). placing the quadriga to the front.4 Or, again, the warrior is seen on horseback, accompanied by his groom,5 or a company on foot set out in marching array.6 On later vases the more 1 13. M. B 303 -05; Berlin…
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