Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1883)
Yaggy, Levi W, Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis), b. 1844 · Alexandria, Va., W.P. Grant & co. · leaf 245
Aphrodite,as in a manner the ideal of a beautifully adorned woman. Thesehand-mirrors frequently occur in vase paintings, particularly inthose containing bathing utensils. The carrying of a stick seems to have been a common cus-tom. It is mostly of great length, with a crutched handle;young Athenian… … j^RIMEp AND pUNI^HJVIENTg ; j]o|^TRACTg, Peed?, J^tc. Truth or justice was thought to be the main cardinal virtueamong the Egyptians, inasmuch as it relates more particularly toothers; prudence, temperance, and fortitude being relative quali-ties, and tending chiefly to the immediate benefit of the…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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