A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 464
e abode of theshades. He was hated by mortals,and fierce in character. Black sheepwere the sacrifice offered him, andthe person offering turned away theface. He bore a staff with which todrive shades to his dominion, and toshow his power. He had a helmet,which he sometimes lent to gods andmen,… … Hades. (Vatican, Rome.) I IILUSTB.ATET> TN ART. 440 mint; and with the nymph Leuce, whom he made a poplar afterdeath. He is represented as seated on his throne with Proserpina.He resembles Zeus and Poseidon, except that his haii falls over hiaforehead. He is dark and gloomy, and has the keys of…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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