Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 235
The ships are represented on the right, half transformedinto Nereids; the enemy (MESSAPUS, TURNUS, and therest) are represented in astonishment; Turnus himself,contrary to the description in Vergil, appears to begalloping away like the rest. A company of foot-soldiersare seen among the rocks in the… … MESS A PUS is in command of the besieging party. Inthe foreground are a shield and a kettle boiling on a fire ;a number of the besiegers lie on the ground beneath thewalls (fusi per herbam, v, 164). Within the walls are seenthe Trojans. The crescent moon and stars in the skyindicate the night-time.…
Classical antiquities
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