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 346
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 theHeracleidse. HISTORICAL SUBJECTS ON VASES. 333 Among the incidents represented are the opening scenes ofthe Diad, the quarrel of Agamemnon and Achilles,… … VASE REPRESE^;Tl^o TUOJAN WAR. {Fouud 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 Pyladcsmeeting Electra, the death of Clytemnestra, the Furies pursuingOrestes.…
Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities
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