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ee the grapes.In suggesting these analogies, however, it is well to anticipatea possible misunderstanding. What! it may be asked, isthe Hermes then an allegory, a group of symbols to be relatedto outside things by a mental identification key ? Did the artistthink of these analogies when he made his… … Fig. 85. — Apollo Sauroctonus. Louvre, Paris. 222 The Message of Greek Art or his picture thus and so because he must. He does not knowwhy. He is lured on by a vision which appeals to him and willnot be denied. Praxiteles made the Hermes thus because heliked him better so. But there is a reason for…
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