Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 60
were carved battles betweenLapiths and Centaurs. Below, on the basis, was the Birthof Pandora. All these details are poorly reproduced in thecopy; in particular, we must think away the ugly columnwhich the copyist found necessary to support the righthand. A copy which, though it is unfinished and… … The undraped parts of the arms and the foreparts ofthe feet are modern restorations. 44 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS The bronze original, from which this work must havebeen copied, is generally assigned to the time of Pheidias.Over her chiton Athena wears a heavy peplos, which isfastened on the…
Classical antiquities
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