Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1887)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, Thomas L · Des Moines, Iowa : G.S. Cline · leaf 346
cipal scenes ofthe Trojan war arc depicted; but we must remark, that the his-torical subjects do not extend to a later period than that of theIleracleidai. HISTORICAL SUBJECTS ON VASES. 333 Among the incidents represented are the opening scenes ofthe Iliad, the quarrel of Agamemnon and Achilles,… … VASE REPRESENTING TKuJAN WAR {Fouiid at Pompeii.) the last night of Troy. Many subjects from the Odyssey alsooccur. Incidents from the Greek drama are of common occur-rence, such as the death of Agamemnon, Orestes and Pyladesmeeting Electra, the death of Clytemnestra, the Furies pursuingOrestes. We…
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