Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 127
. Hephaestus wears the cxomis, leavinghis right shoulder bare, and on his head he has a conicalfelt cap (cp. No. 44). Before him is the anvil withhammers, etc. Another attendant is chasing the helmet.Greaves and cuirass lie in the foreground. The twoworkmen wear a cloth fastened round the waist;… … Hephaestus, wearing a short chiton drawn up underand falling over, so as to conceal, the girdle, sits on adiphros, holding the completed helmet in his left hand, ahammer in his right. The helmet has a visor and movablecheek pieces ; the portion above the visor imitates the hairof the forehead.…
Classical antiquities
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