Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 194
aof the temple, i.e., the gilded Nike which surmounted * We shall be in a better position to judge of the importance ofthese discoveries when the work of reconstructing the metopes, underthe direction of Treu, shall have been completed. Compare thepamphlet which serves as a guide to the casts from… … FlG. 56.- HERACLES, ATLAS, AND ONE OFTHE HESPERID^. (Metope of Olympia.) when the Messenians, after the victory at Sphacteria,ordered of him a statue of Nike, which, with an 182 GREEK ARCHEOLOGY. inscription at its base, has been found in the exca-vations.* The body is thrown forward, outlined…
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