Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 210
ith lionslegs and claws, and black feathers on the body excepton the breasts, which are red. The legends about the gold-guarding gryphons were evidently connected with theCentral Asian gold trade, and are illustrated by manyantiquities from the Greek colonies in the CimmerianBosporus. In this… … 33 y. s I | * s, - C3 < sw 3■i. — < * <i 8 5 RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY 171 Two other Arimaspians come to the rescue, one on the leftwith spear and pelta, one in the background (upper half ofthe body only shown) with a huge rock. The dress of thesavages is a tall Oriental head-dress of the…
Classical antiquities
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