A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 46
ontispiece). These boats are also interesting asreminding us of the legend that Kinyras, king of Cyprus, promisedMenelaos to send fifty ships to help the Greeks against Troy. Hesent but one, carrying forty-nine others of terracotta, manned byterracotta figures. After the taking of Troy, Agamemnon… … Fig. 23.—Early Greek Warship (No. 70). is hard to suppose that it is merely a coincidence. The small modelwar-galley (No. 73) from Corinth, containing warriors armed withcircular shields, is interesting from the place of its discovery, forCorinth was traditionally an early shipbuilding centre, and…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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