Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 167
t Admetus shouldescape death if he could find a willing substitute (Eur.Ale. 12 f). A messenger has come (from the oracle ofApollo ?) to tell him he must make his choice ; he reads themessage to the king, who sits wrapped in anxious thought.Beside him is Alcestis (veiled as bride), her right… … ADMETUS HEARS HIS DOOM. the bridesmaid, who starts up in horror. The reproductionmust not be supposed to render faithfully the style of theoiiginal painting. 163. Alcestis led away by Hermes. Mosaic in the Vatican. The figures here are evidently, from their dress (cothurnietc.), meant to represent…
Classical antiquities
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