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 59
f these sculptures, which, though tlieir exquisite finish could nothave been appreciated by the spectator below, were all elaboratelywrought. No. 92 are the heads of the two horses of Hyperion representedrising from the sea, which was under the chariot of the Sun. Ithas been conjectured by Mr.… … No. 92. No. 93 is a youthful male figure, reclining on a lions siiin, in theattitude of Heracles on the silver coins of Crotona. It has beencalled Theseus, Heracles, Cephalus, Cecrops, Dionysos (Bacchus), andHermes (Mercury). The name Theseus, whereby it is most generallyknown, is perhaps the best…
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