Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 43
r representations. The way is led byHecate, carrying two blazing torches. Above the horsesflies Eros, holding in his left hand a libation-saucer (<f>id\i))and wreath, in his right a toy consisting of a wheelattached to a cord ; Hermes leans against a tree watching 26 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL… … (The vase is much restored ; the figures supporting theroof, for instance, are not ancient.) The king and queen of the lower world, Hades and Perse-phone, are seated on a kline in a kind of temple; two libation-bowls and a tympanum hang from the roof; Hades holdsa sceptre and a wine-cup (Kuvdapos);…
Classical antiquities
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