The mythology of Greece and Rome : with special reference to its use in art (1894)
Seemann, Otto, 1825-1901, Bianchi, George Henry · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 196
f tiie marble roof.A liirj^e part of the ninety-two metopes of the outer frieze contain anunilier of the nn>st beautiful and life-like scenes from the liattle (ifthe (iiants and that of the Centaurs. Of these metopes, thirty-nineKtill renuiiu on the temple, thou<;h they are all in a terribly… … 4S.—Metope of the Parthenon. whole number on the south side having been thirty-two. They rep-resent, exclusively, scenes from the battle of the Centaurs. Ilere abearded Centaur is carrying off a woman, whom he holds in his pow-erful grasp; there, anotiier is galloping away over the body of…
Mythology, Classical · Art, Roman · Art, Greek
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