Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 645
t (e.g. supra i. 116n. 8 fig. 85, ii. 962 n. 2 with i. 134 fig. 100), or at least seated (F. Imhoof-Blumer in thefahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1888 iii. 289 f. pi. 9, 18 ( = my fig. 327) a bronze coinof Laodikeia on the Lykos (Plin. nat. hist. 5. 105 appellata primo Diospolis), struck… … Pyre-extinguishing rain 5*7 So much for the evidence of the vases. They portray the crisisof the drama, when Alkmene appeals from Amphitryon to Zeus,and a helpful thunderstorm extinguishes the pyre. But PlautusAmphitruo at once clears up the antecedents of the scene andprovides it with a satisfying…
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