Tombs in and near Rome ; Sculpture among the Greeks and Romans, mythology in funereal sculpture, and early Christian sculpture (1877)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884. Sculpture among the Greeks and Romans, mythology in funereal sculpture, and early Christian sculpture · Oxford : J. Parker ; London : John Murray · leaf 284
and this was madeby Meleager the reason for assigning the hide and tusks to her,a preference which caused the quarrel between himself and hismothers brothers, resulting in the death of all three. The figures on horseback are probably Castor and Pollux. Ovid(Met. viii. 372 seqq.) mentions them alone… … SCULPTURE. Description of Plate VI.Upper Part. Front of a Sarcophagus in the Lateran Pagan Museum.The upper part is sculptured with scenes from the story of CEdipus,the lower part with the fate of Adonis. (See p. 25.) Taking the story of CEdipus first, we see on the left hand hisfather Laius, king…
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