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 350
ncipal scenes ofthe Trojan war are depicted; but we must remark, that the his-torical subjects do not extend to a later period than that of thePleracleidse. HISTORICAL SUBJECTS ON VASES. 333 Among the incidents represented are the opening scenes ofthe IHad, the quarrel of Agamemnon and Achilles,… … VA8E REPRESENTING TROJAN WAR (Found 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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