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A manual of ancient sculpture, Egyptian - Assyrian - Greek - Roman (1886)

Redford, George, d. 1895 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 187

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event, while the figuresnearest the centre are as it were listening {Newton). To the view of Yisconti it is now objected that if the threegrandly-posed draped figures were intended to be the Fates theywould have been placed in the central part of the composition.Several authorities agree with… … o;^ wW H W O H o U 2 164^ STATUES IN THE EAST PEDIMENT. Welcker (1845) the three daughters of Kekrops—Aglauros orAgraulos, Herse and Pandrosos ; and Overbeck (1857) adoptsthis view ; while Dr. Brunn, also connecting them with Selene,thinks they are personifications of the Clouds. These daughtersof…

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