A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 452
ution of marriage, the abolition of bloody-sacrifices, and the worship of the gods, are all attributed to Cecrops.Another and later tradition makes him a native of Sais in Egypt,who led Egyptians to Attica and thus introduced arts and civiliza-tion there; but this is rejected by those best able to… … Centaur. (Bas-relief, Parthenon, Athena.) proceeded from Ixion and a cloud. They are celebrated for theiicontest with the Laplthae. This arose at the marriage of Pirlthous,and is sometimes connected with a combat between the Centaursand Hercules (Hercules.) They were expelled from their homeand…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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