Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 140
which is surmounted by a statue of the god.Neoptolemus has seized the old king by the hair, andplunges a sword into his side : inplicuitque comam laeva, dextraque coruscumextulit ac lateri capnlo terms abdidit ensem. (Verg. Aen. ii. 551.) From the right there approaches a female figure in thedress… … Cassandra, with outstretched arms, flies for refuge to thegoddess ; her left foot is on the step of the altar. Athenais represented in the usual form of the fighting goddess,with tall crested helmet, levelled spear, and shield (device, H 1U ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS a serpent). Ajax, son of…
Classical antiquities
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