Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 180
vs, the typical weapon of the Amazons, althoughGreek artists sometimes, as in No. 171, represent themwith other weapons). On the right is a companion, whohas dropped her weapon and raises her hand to her head ingrief; she wears a girdled chiton and boots, and carries thepelta or crescent-shaped… … Bellerophon (see Homer, Iliad, vi. 160 f.) has dismountedfrom Pegasus ; he wears the chlamys, petasos, and boots ofa traveller. Iobates (dressed like an Oriental potentate in Phrygian cap and rich dress, with sceptre) reads withastonishment the letter, which is written kv irivaKi tttvkt^.The figure…
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