A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1876)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York: Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge : Riverside Press · leaf 245
St. Maurice).The legend of St. Mauriceand the Theban Legion isone of the most ancient of alllegends, and has been so re-ceived as to have almost thesame importance, as if it werea strictly historical fact. TheTheban Legion was so calledbecause levied in the Thebaid.It was composed of 6,666 men,all… … I (Ilemshirk.) St. Maurica ILLUSTRATED IN ART. 227 was about to enter Gaul, he ordered this legion to accompany himthither. When they had passed the Alps the legion was divided: a partwent to the Rhine, and the remainder halted on the banks of LakeGeneva. Here Maxirain ordered a great sacrifice to…
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