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 (1882)
Yaggy, Levi W · Chicago, Western Publishing House; New York, Standard Publishing House; [etc.,etc.] · leaf 318
hich we have collected a few into one block. They are drawnof the same size as the originals. The lower corners of the cutrepresent ear-rings, seen in front and sideways. It is a portionof a plain gold spheroid, very thick, with a metal hook at theback to pass through thie ear. The next is of… … BacchanaHanwith a patera in onehand and a glass inthe other. He isprovided with batswings, and two belts,or bands of grapes,pass across his body.The bats wings sym-bolize the drowsinessconsequent upon harddrinking. There arealso represented goldrings with serpentsheads, the eyes ofwhich are inlaid…
Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities
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