A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1871)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 448
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, wdio 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, Athens.) proceeded from Ixion and a cloud. They are celebrated for their contest with the Lapithae. This arose at the marriage of Pirithous, and is sometimes connected with a combat between the Centaurs and Hercules (Hercules.) They were expelled from their home and…
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