Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 421
arge. Hekneels on his right knee, and holds his lance couched, whilehe protects himself with his shield, the device of which is aneagle A short sword hangs at his left side. Probably inreal warfare he also wore a cuirass. To the right aretraces of the name of Tarsus in Aramaic letters. 3(54… … A storming party approach the walls of a city, againstwhich they have planted a ladder (kAi/io,£) • the ladder wasperhaps held in position by the two kneeling figures underit holding ropes, which may once have been represented bymeans of colour. These kneeling figures carry at theirbacks staff-like…
Classical antiquities
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