Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 386
lds an open parchment roll; a manuscript-case and a bundle of rolls are at his feet. He is surroundedby his friends, to whom he recites his work. Cp. Juvenal,Sat. i. 1 ff. 409. Greek lyre. Silver coin (slater) of the island of Calymna, near Rhodes. Sixthcentury b.c. In the British Museum. The lyre… … 336 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS 409a. Greek lyre. Silver coin of Mytilene in Lesbos. About 300 b.c. In the British Museum. The lyre is of the cithara kind, with five strings (cp. Xo.411). At the base of the right arm isattached the strap by which the instru-ment was held in position while…
Classical antiquities
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