Wonders of bodily strength and skill : in all ages and all countries (1873)
Depping, Guillaume, 1829-1901, Russell, Charles, tr · New York : Scribner, Armstrong & Co. · leaf 262
get. But the shooting of jthe others is to be com- THE BOW IN ANCIENT TIMES. 257 pletely put into the shade, for the arrow which the old mandischarges flies through the air with such incredible speedthat the feathers with which it is winged take fire, its passageis marked by a train of flame, and… … Archer bending his Bow.(From a painted vase in the Museum of the Louvre.) pray to the gods, while JEne&s embraces Acestes, loadshim with presents, and addresses him thus : Take these,O old man ! for the great god of Olympus by such a portenthas shown his desire to raise thee above thy rivals.…
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