Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 242
Fig. 271.—VeuusofMilo. Fig. 272.—Statue of Heraies, Capitol. lime-tree, were sacred to her, but varied according to thelocality and times. GRECIAN PEOPLE AND MFTHOLOGr. 221 Hermes (Mercury) is the god of shepherds and of … Fig. 273.—Diaaa of Versailles. pastures, and also of commerce and trade. When a childhe invented the lyre from a tortoise-shell which he was 222 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. forced to give up to Apollo. He is represented withwings on his cap and feet, and a heralds staff as themessenger of the gods, and with…
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