Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 120
ck. He hastwo spears in his hand, and looks back (to the tent ofAchilles). The folding chair (uKkaSias) serves, by a kindof shorthand, to indicate the tent of Agamemnon. Thescene is a very free rendering of the Homeric story(Iliad, i.)—for instance, Agamemnon here appears himself,instead of letting… … Achilles is seated among his Myrmidons, and givesorders that Briseis be handed over to the heralds. On the G 98 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS right are Patroclus and Briseis, the latter in tears. One ofthe heralds wears a petasos and holds a caduceus ; theother has a staff (his helmet is a…
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