Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 342
s taken represents the birth ofAthena, fully armed, from the head of Zeus. Zeus sits onthis seat, which is a plain four-legged stool without anyback, the lions head being purely ornamental. Under-neath is a squatting sphinx, which acts as an additionalsupport to the middle of the seat. In the… … Heracles has made a bonfire of his furniture, and is aboutto throw one of his children on it. The furniture com-prises an easy chair, kAictiios (a), and backless seat, 8i</>pos(6); on the easy chair is a small casket, to the right ofwhich is a work-basket (/caAatfos); to the right again is…
Classical antiquities
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