Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 93
he lionsskin over his head and body, covering his short tightly-fitting under-garment; he carries on his back a quiver fullof arrows, and wields in his right a sword (the blade shouldbe extended nearly to the A in the name). Each of thethree bodies of Geryones wears helmet, cuirass, and greaves,and… … has wounded his enemy with arrows, and the giant beginsto fail. Between the combatants lies Eurytion (EVPVTION= Ei/nrnW written backwards) on the ground dead ordying, a spear through his left thigh ; he wears a shepheids RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY 73 felt cap and some sort of skin over his…
Classical antiquities
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