A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 41
porpayioSiai). The other vase (No. 53) is a parodyof the myth of Cheiron cured by Apollo. The blind Centaur, whoseequine body is represented pantomime-fashion by a second actor DRAMA. 29 pushing behind, ascends the steps leading up to the stage, wherestands the slave Xanthias. Behind is the… … ^W** Fig. 18.—Scene from a Roman Tragedy. Hercules Disputing with Mars (No. 55). 1:1. fig. 17) gives a scene from a comedy, not improbably the mock-marriage scene from the fourth act of the Casino, of Plautus. Thesteps leading up to the door of the house divide the actors into twogroups. On the…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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