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 554
- said, lay prisoned in a beautiful garden,gazing on bright flowers and glistening fruits and laughingwaters, nut for all that his tongue was parched, and his limbs TANTALOS. 537 were faint with hunger. No drop of water might cool his lips,no luscious fruit might soothe his agony. If he bowed his… … ANCIENT SCULPTURING ON TANTALOS. among green leaves, a mighty rock beetled above his head, asthough it must fall and grind him to powder. Wherefore mensav, when the cup of pleasure is dashed from the lips of thosewho would drink of it, that on them has fallen the doom of thePhrygian Tantalos. 538…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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