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 430
ms and dice, gold buttons and similar jewels;then followed six gold bracelets, and, on the top of all, the twosmall gold goblets. Some of these are mentioned by Homer: Far off were flung tlC adornments of her head;The net, the fillet, and the woven band,The nuptial-veil by golden Venus given. The… … temples, each of which has eleven square leaveswith a groove; these chains are joined to oneanother by four little cross chains, at the end ofwhich hangs a glittering golden idol of the tutelar0^^. goddess of Troy, nearly an inch long.The entire length of each of thesechains, with the idols,…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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