Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 207
168 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS 198. Fight between Centaur and Lapith. Attic marble relief from a metope of the Parthenon. About 440 B.C.In the British Museum. … The Centaur, compounded of the body of a horse, withits neck and head replaced by the body, arms and head of aman, has got the better of the Lapith, who, sunk on theground, supports himself on his right arm and raises hisshield on his left. The Centaur, however, has pushed asidethe shield with his…
Classical antiquities
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