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Page 79
It seems probable that we have in these reliefs symbolic representations of
offerings made by living relations or descendants for the pleasure and
sustenance of the dead . Such offerings of food and drink made by the living at
the tomb are ...
It seems probable that we have in these reliefs symbolic representations of
offerings made by living relations or descendants for the pleasure and
sustenance of the dead . Such offerings of food and drink made by the living at
the tomb are ...
Page 103
The figures in front of the relief , namely , two Persians , a dead Amazon , and an
old Gaul , are also from works of the Pergamene school . They are reproductions
of figures in a series of votive groups dedicated by Attalus I . of Pergamon on the
...
The figures in front of the relief , namely , two Persians , a dead Amazon , and an
old Gaul , are also from works of the Pergamene school . They are reproductions
of figures in a series of votive groups dedicated by Attalus I . of Pergamon on the
...
Page 232
On the exterior is a beautiful group ( which some authorities have assigned ,
notwithstanding the signature , to Euphronios ) of two winged figures , raising the
body of a dead warrior , under the guidance of Iris . The scene suggests the ...
On the exterior is a beautiful group ( which some authorities have assigned ,
notwithstanding the signature , to Euphronios ) of two winged figures , raising the
body of a dead warrior , under the guidance of Iris . The scene suggests the ...
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Contents
Roman Gallery Busts and statues of Roman Emperors and | 1 |
Nereid Room Sculptures of the Nereid Monument at Xanthos | 63 |
Mausoleum Room Large Lycian TombsSculptures of the tomb | 75 |
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| Title | A Guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum |
| Editor | British museum (Londres). Department of Greek and Roman antiquities |
| Contributor | Arthur Hamilton Smith |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Trustees of the British Museum, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 25 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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