Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 174
e death-demons. The one on the left has a hammer- the other,two snakes (compare the snakes held by the Erinyes, Nos.83, 84). 168. The sacrifice of Polyxena. On an Attic black-figured rase, found in Etruria. In the BerlinMuseum. Sixth Century B.C. The tomb is represented by a mound, on which we see… … leads Polyxena, who is veiled in her mantle, to the tomb.Behind are two heroes in armour, standing in front of thechariot of Neoptolemus, of which we see only the forepartsof the horses ; behind them again is another armed man. 169. The sacrifice of Polyxena. Vase with reliefs, from Thebes. In the…
Classical antiquities
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