Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 291
of Augustus was in keeping with a custom which hadgrown up in the ancient world, since the time of Alexanderthe Great, of regarding rulers as gods incarnate. Withregard to Augustus himself, cp. Hor. 0<l. iii. 3. 11 : quos inter (deos) Augustus recumbenspurpureo bibet ore nectar ; and Verg. Geo.… … The bust is over life-size, and wears a wreath of oak-leaves, the ends of the diadem, to which the wreath isattached, falling on the shoulders. The tip of the nose isthe only restored portion of the face. HISTORY 249 310-327. Representations of Ancient Authors. 310. Homer.Bust at Sanssouci
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