Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 350
ith a case ofMS. rolls at his feet. Underneath thetoga he wears a tnnica, visible on hisbreast. The arm rests in a fold made bya portion of the garment which comesover the right shoulder, down in front ofthe breast, and is then thrown again overthe left shoulder; the orator was thusprevented from… … These baths were being built at the time of the destruc-tion of Pompeii in 79 A.D. They were entered from threestreets (entries a, a, a). The large space d is thepalaestra, for gymnastic exercises. At h is the excavationfor the swimming bath, from which an overflow channelleads to the closet e. The…
Classical antiquities
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