The mythology of Greece and Rome : with special references to its use in art (1900)
Seemann, Otto, 1825-1901, Bianchi, G. H. (George Henry) · New York : American Book · leaf 215
received 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. BerliDe PROVINCIAL HEROIC LEGENDS. 213 ribrated for the beauty of her legs, which was in the possession ofNero. We still possess a considerable number of Amazon statues, someof which are supposed to be imitations in marble of the renownedstatue at Ephesus. There are, moreover,…
Mythology, Classical · Art, Greek · Art, Roman
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