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 418
TTJs yei/eVewj.—Aeist. Orat, i. 19. EASTERN PEDIMENT OF THE PARTHENON. 375 She occupies, says Diodorus Siculus, the summit of the universe, — Tov aKpoTarov inex^-^ Tonov Toii avfnravTos k6(tixov.{^) She was said to be born from the summit of Jupiters head,because ether is the highest portion of the… … THE BIRTH OF MINERVA. (PASSERI, LUCERNE), We meet with a striking illustration of this hypothesis inan ornamental lamp, given by Passeri, (Lucerne, i. tab. 52,)where we behold Minerva just issued from the head of Jupiter,floating horizontally in the air.() Another stiU more hazardous conjecture,…
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