Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 118
ship isready to start; the rudder and oars are visible ; a shield isfastened to the ornament at the stern (d^Aao-roi, aplustre),which is also decorated with two Bacchic staffs (Ovpcroi)and a tambourine (rvfnravov)—symbols of which the signi-ficance is not quite clear, Above, in the distance, is a… … Achilles is about to draw his sword, but is restrained byAthena. The bearded figure who holds back Agamemnonis probably Nestor. 122. Briseis taken by Agamemnon. On a Greek vase {styphos) in the Louvre. Early fifth century B.C. Agamemnon (A A[A]ME$MO[N] by mistake for Ay afieLivav)wearing a fillet…
Classical antiquities
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