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 44
^ theformer, armed with his trident, is seated ; the latter, crowned PAINTINGS AND DECORATIONS. 37 with laurel, is on foot, and leans with his right arm on a lyre.On the wall opposite to this is a picture of Vulcan present-inof the arms of Achilles to Thetis. The celebrated shield issupported by… … DEUCCI.ES DTlTTNK. (From Pompeii,.) points out to her with a rod the mar\cls of its workmanship.Agrccabl} to the Homeric description the shield is encircled withthe signs of the zodiac, and in the middle are the bear, thedragon, etc. On the ground are the breast-plate, the greavesand the helmet. In…
Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities
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