Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 136
n, stands finishing aclay model of a horse, the right hind leg of which is stillunfinished. A lump of clay is on the ground. Hanging onthe wall are carpenters tools (saw, drill, and apparently abow for working the drill), with which Epeius will constructthe wooden figure. Cf. Homer, Od. viii. 492 :… … The Ureek heroes descend from the horse by means of aladder and a rope ; on the wall of the Acropolis a figure(Cassandra 1) gives the alarm. 112 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS 138. Laocoon and his children. Marble group in the Vatican. About 100 B.C.
Classical antiquities
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