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A guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum (1899)

British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Smith, A. H. (Arthur Hamilton), 1860-1941 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 166

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form of the A is that used in the Argive alphabet, but thisalphabet is thought to have been used in early times in Rhodes.As regards the subject, the scene on the vase only partiallycorresponds with the Homeric account {II. xvii. 59, etc.), in whichMenelaos strips Euphorbos of his armour and then…

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