Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 474
of death, Thanatos.But he is not represented as in any way horrible, and forthis and other reasons it is, at least, not the Euripideanversion of the story which is represented. We have simplyAlcestis between Hermes the conductor of souls andThanatos; and the connection between them is left forthe… … This gateway is not earlier than the third century B.C.It shows the false arch, the head of which is simply cutout of two stones which project over the wall stones. 416 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS 512. Syracuse. Map illustrating the Athenian and Carthaginian sieges,
Classical antiquities
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