Mosso, A. (Angelo), 1846-1910 · London, Unwin · leaf 328
hort. In the HomericEpos men and gods are unshorn, and the heroes who take part inPatroklos funeral games run races with their hair flying in thewind. This usage lasted till the historic age of Greece. WhenXerxes sent a spy to find out how many Greeks were assembledat Thermopylae the spy returned… … FIG. 157.—MAX PLAYING A DOUBLE FLUTE.Painting on a sarcophagus at Hagia Triada, discovered b} the Itahan Mission that when they are about to pass through a supreme trial theSpartans must, according to usage, first arrange their hair. V. The Eumenides of i^schylus, because of the predominance…
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