Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 122
eld is an eagle flying, seen as it werewith the body in profile, the wings and tail from below—acommon way of representing such figures in early Greekart. With Hector converses Andromache (ANAFOAM fE),who wears her peplos as a veil. A second group is formedby Paris and Helen. Paris (P^NZ), as… … The flesh of the women is represented ]>y white, as isusual on Greek vases of this period ; all the inscriptions are retrograde. 100 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS 126. Hector and Andromache. On a red-Jigured Attic vase (amphora) from Vvlci, in the BritishMuseum. Fifth century B.C.
Classical antiquities
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