Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 332
BIASF, written from right to left round the figure of a dyingwarrior. Lanzi reads it thus: VIBIA SEXTI FILTA, and con-siders that the dying warrior represents the father of Vibia, andthat the daughter wore the gem as a seal. A careful examina-tion of its workmanship can alone decide if it really… … BELLEKOPHON TRAINING PEGASUS. From CI Gem. GREEK GLYPTIC ART. Pliny remarks that rings used for signets were unknown to theGreeks at the period of the Trojan war, as Homer nowhere makesmention of them. Plutarch gives an opposite opinion, as, accord-ing to him, Polygnotus painted Ulysses with a ring…
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