Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 133
OI) bythe hair, and raises his sword to slay him ; the boytries to disengage himself, and stretches out his lefthand for mercy. Achilles wears a crested helmet, cuirasswith shoulder-pieces and leather flaps at the waist, under-neath that a short chiton, and greaves on his legs; at hisside is the… … This is one of the finest compositions to be found on any-Greek vase. 135. Diomedes carrying the Palladium. Silver coin [drachm) of Argos. Fourth century B.C. In the British Museum. Diomedes wears a chlamys fastened round his neck, and holds the Palladium in his left hand, a short sword in his…
Classical antiquities
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