The museum of classical antiquities : being a series of essays on ancient art (1860)
Falkener, Edward, 1814-1896, Wood, J. E, Davies, Benjamin Rees · London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts · leaf 173
s, we have now to examine * An Aiu-eus of Galba. Brit. Mus. t Amazons riding on horseback, says Oderici, are seen on other Greek coins; but Amazons riding with a turreted head I do not remember to have seen, excepton the coins of those cities wliieh were founded by Amazons, and a turreted lieadis… … In the centre of the eastern pediment we see a male and femalefigure sitting opposite to each other, with an attendant standingon each side of them. The difference in size between theprincipal figures and their attendants is a sufficient evidence oftheir representing divinities. This custom of…
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