Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 72
dess. 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 calledvato-Koi (aediadae) : cp. Acts of the Apostles, xix. 24.The goddess caresses… … (ill. ( l BELE. Coloured Terracotta Relief. From near Smyrna. RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY oo The figure on a base, who pours liquid from a jug intoa bowl which he holds in his left hand, has not beensatisfactorily explained—he is doubtless one of the attend-ants of Cybele. At the sides, outside the…
Classical antiquities
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