Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 19
ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS 5. The Zeus of Otricoli. Mank in the Vatican, Rome. Roman copy of a Greek original of the Hellenistic period. … A bust, cut away behind so as to form a mere mask,representing Zeus with heavy, leonine hair. The headwas once supposed to be a reproduction of the typeintroduced by Pheidias (see No. 4); but although theinfluence of Pheidias is dimly to be traced, this headlacks the strength and severity of fifth…
Classical antiquities
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