Viardot, Louis, 1800-1883 · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 200
eath of Moliere, and seven years before the birth ofVoltaire, that this supreme deed of barbarism was perpetrated, thedestruction of the central figures of both pediments of the Parthenon ! GRECIAN SCULPTURE. 171 sovereign of gods and men is introduced presentinghis daughter to the other… … Fig- 37-—Heads of Horses. (From the Parthenon.) maiden with the piercing glance ; the earth re-sounded far and wide; the sea held back herwaves ; the purple billows quivered ; the brilliantson of Hyperion reined in his swift steeds for atime, * * * and the wise Zeus rejoiced. As wehave before…
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