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A manual of Greek archaeology (1886)
Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 149
Fig. 40.—discobolus.(Museum of Athens.) character of a portrait. Elegance is more evident inthis work than in another head in bas-relief repre-senting a discobolus, which seems to have been part ofa stele, bearing the name of Xenophantus. (Fig. 40.) tThe features are fine, somewhat elongated, and… … ep/ionapis roKvtOy rm APIStiOK ©i ii -X- -A k ■ ,- FlG. 41.—STELE OF ARISTION. (Found at Velanideza. Museum of Athens.) copied from life. It is thetrue Athenian type, withall its characteristics. Thehair is twisted and tiedtogether into a mass bya band: a kind of semi-Oriental coiffure which…Art, Greek
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