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 49
will be observed that the combatants have changedarms, the Centaurs having the shields, and the Lapithae using thestones of their opponents. In the contest between the Greeks and Amazons, the Amazonsare represented with a great diversity in the forms and treatment oftheir drapery. Sometimes they… … .•j2 GREEK ANTIQUITIES. covered with long sleeves, and her lower limbs clothed in a sort oftrowsers. Their heads are either undefended, or covered by aclose-fitting helmet. Their legs are protected by boots, whichreach nearly to the knees ; their robes confined by a zone, withone or two belts…
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