An outline history of sculpture for beginners and students, with complete indexes and numerous illustrations (1893)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, F.A. Stokes · leaf 91
79 even in this moment of his defeat. He is yet unwounded,but the weapon of his adversary may be before his eyes,and in another moment he may sink back in the agony ofdeath. It is now beHeved that the statue of the Dying Gaul,often called the Dying Gladiator, was the work of a sculptorof Pergamon,… … FiG. 54.—The Dying Gaul. tory that when these barbarians saw that all was lost theyfrequently slew their wives and children and then them-selves, to avoid being taken as prisoners, which really meantbeing made slaves. This warrior has thrown himself uponhis shield ; his battle-horn is broken, and…
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