Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 137
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. … This group (the right arm of Laocoon, which has hecnrestored wrongly in modern times, is here omitted) wasmade by Agesander, Polydorus and Athenodorus ofRhodes. It is earlier than Veigils time, but there isno reason to suppose that he was inspired by it. Theson on the right is nearly dead; the…
Classical antiquities
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