Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 189
Procne, the mother of Itys, holds him by the two arms ;her dumb sister Philomela gesticulates excitedly : pro voce manus fuit. Ovid, Met. vi. 607. Both women wear long chitons, with over-fold (d-oV-ny/xa),and full ko/Wos ; Philomela carries a sword at her left side. 152 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL… … Orpheus, wearing Thracian dress, i.e. a richly-embroideredsleeved chiton (xitwv ytipiSioTos), Thracian or Phrygiancap or KiSapis, with lappets which could be fastened underthe chin, chlamys laid over his knees, and slipper-likeshoes, sits playing a six-stringed lyre of the KiOdpa-form ;at his side…
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