Mycenae : a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenae and Tiryns (1878)
Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890 · New York, Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 405
gold. Of this vase,therefore, it may be said thatthe early artist endeavouredto the utmost to combinesolidity with splendour. There was also found thelarge drinking-cup of alabaster represented under No. 479 ;it is lOj in. high, and its form is not unlike our presentglasses. There were further… … No. 479. A large Goblet of Alabaster. Sepulchre I. Size 3 : 8, about. 3l8 THE FIRST SEPULCHRE. [Chap. IX. to nature, except for a spiral line which protrudes fromtheir neck; just below this spiral we see a long serpentacross the bodies of the two eagles: both the serpent andthe spiral may have a…
