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 215
ceived the prize; so that we may concludethat he brought this statue—the ideal Amazon of the Greeks—to itshighest perfection. Unfortunately, we know nothing of it, exceptthat it was of bronze, and stood with the statues of the other ar-tists in the temple of the Ephesian Artemis. The Amazon of… … Fi;;. 55.—Amazon. Berlin. PROVINCIAL HEROIC LBQENDS. 213 cbratod for the boiuitv of her lops, wliioh wus in the possession ofNero. We still possess ft considerable number of Amazon statues, someof whieh are supposed to be imitations in marble of the renownedstatue at Ephesus. There are, moreover,…
Mythology, Classical · Art, Roman · Art, Greek
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