A manual of ancient sculpture, Egyptian - Assyrian - Greek - Roman (1886)
Redford, George, d. 1895 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 185
m,is evident; of which Mr. Newton remarks, this attributionwould be strengthened if the reclining nude figure could beidentified with Dionysos ; and on the assumption of Biondstedthat they are the Horse who guarded the gates of Olympus, theposition of Iris next to them would represent her as on… … Fig. 93.—The Horses Head. Car of Selene. that the whole subject was the moment before the birth ofAthene. To this it must be an obvious objection that the figuredisplays the action of rapid movement upwards and away fromthe central group. Hebe as the daughter of Zeus and Herawould not be an…
Sculpture, Ancient
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