Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 71
tdrawn by two lions. In her right hand she holds alaurel branch to which fillets are attached, in her left thetambourine (rvjiTravov, tympanum) which was beaten byher votaries. To the right of the pine tree (sacred to thegoddess), on a portion of the relief not given here, standsher worshipper… … The upper portion of a fine statue of the goddess,wearing a walled crown as city-goddess. 66. Cybele. Coloured terracotta relief in the Hermitage at St. Petersburg.Graeco-Roman. From near Smyrna. The Mother of the Gods is represented in a shrine withCorinthian columns. Such models of temples were…
Classical antiquities
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