Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 151
hand) is taming the bull,while Medea, who is accompanied by Eros, looks on from abalcony. On the right is a tree round which coils theserpent that guarded the fleece. Jasons shield is repre-sented as it were hanging to a wrall in the background.From the tree on the left hangs a taenia. There are… … RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY 121 151. Jason and the Serpent. South Italian rase from Buvo; in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.Fourth century B.C. The painting has been a good deal restored. The central feature of the scene is a tree, on whichhangs the golden fleece, guarded by a huge serpent.Jason (HAinN,…
Classical antiquities
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