Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 145
s on whom the charm has worked its effect. 146. Scylla.From a Greek vase (amphora) at Naples. About 300 b.c. Scylla, in more or less close agreement with thedescriptions of Vergil (Jen. iii. 426 f.) and Ovid (Metam,xiii. 732, xiv. 59), is represented as a woman to the waist,which is surrounded by… … (denarius) issued by Sextus Pompeius between 38and 36 B.C. coin, issued by Sextus Pompeius, son of thegreat Pompeius, as PRAEFedus ORAEMARITmae ET CLASsis, Smatns Consulto,Scylla is represented with two dolphinstails, instead of the monster of the pre-ceding picture. She holds in her handsan oar…
Classical antiquities
Internet Archive · University of Toronto, Robarts Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
