Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 85
his arms tied at the wrists. Behind him is Heracles,wearing the lions skin on his head and as a sort of over-garment over his close-fitting chiton (cp. No. 89); at hisside hangs his sword ; he has let fly two arrows againstthe eagle, and is ready with a third. On the right isZeus, present like an… … Prometheus is here fastened with fetters to a rock ; afigure below his right foot appears to be meant for theEarth-goddess; the eagle tears at his breast. Heraclesadvances with his bow (the arrow is hidden by his leftarm); a quiver full of arrows hangs at his side. His cluband lions skin he has…
Classical antiquities
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