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 68
ir great hero, Theseus, took, an activepart in it. No. 1 represents a Greek contending successfully with a Centaur,and pressing him to the ground by the force of his left knee ; hisright arm grasps him round the neck. When Carrey made hisdrawings this metope was more perfect, and had lost only the… … No. 1. No. 2 represents, like the last, the success of a Greek over hisopponent. The Greek wears the chlamys, which falls behind himin light and graceful folds, and his legs are inclosed in cothurni,which fit close to the leg and reach as high as the calf. The head All these marbles are engraved in…
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