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Handbook to the antiquities in the British Museum : being a description of the remains of Greek, Assyrian, Egyptian and Etruscan art preserved there, with numerous illustrations (1851)

Vaux, W. S. W. (William Sandys Wright), 1818-1885 · London : Murray · leaf 41

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11. PHIGALEIAN SALOON. 23 of the Centaurs and Lapithas, at present arranged consecutively onthe left hand side of the Phigaleian Room, and in order of numbersfrom right to left. We now proceed to describe slab by slabthe second subject, the Contest between the Greeks (Athenians) andthe Amazons. The… … (ireeks and the Amazcns, comprises four figures, one Greek and threeAmazons. To the left, a fallen Amazon is strugsjling with a Greek,who has seized her (apparently) by the hair of the head. To theright, another Amazon is protecting with her shield one who is on theground, and unarmed. The…

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