Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 319
274 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS 337. Augur with his staff and chicken. On a Roman, relief of the year 2 B.C. at Florence. … The figure represents the Emperor Augustus wearing thetoga, which is drawn over his head, since in performingreligious ceremonies the head was veiled. He holds thecurved wand or lituus used for marking out the heavensfor purposes of augury. Beside him is one of the chickensfeeding (cp. No. 338).…
Classical antiquities
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