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Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)

Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 208

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y 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 forelegs, and is about to deliver… … The work of two sculptors, Aristeas and Papias, ofAphrodisias in Caria, who probably lived in the second 170 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS century after Christ and may have copied some earlier workin bronze of the Alexandrian school. Their signature islegible on the base. The pendant to this…

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