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Page 22
In Carrey's drawing and partly also in the actual remains we recognise there a
group of women and boys , P - U . One ... Next comes an almost nude figure , S ,
sitting on the knees of a draped woman , T , who appears to be seated low on the
...
In Carrey's drawing and partly also in the actual remains we recognise there a
group of women and boys , P - U . One ... Next comes an almost nude figure , S ,
sitting on the knees of a draped woman , T , who appears to be seated low on the
...
Page 22
In any case the beings who are first surprised by the divine contest are women
and children . And of these the group on the left are unmistakably the family of
Cecrops . Of them we need say no more . But the other group presents difficulties
.
In any case the beings who are first surprised by the divine contest are women
and children . And of these the group on the left are unmistakably the family of
Cecrops . Of them we need say no more . But the other group presents difficulties
.
Page 22
Woman or not , being on the side of Poseidon she must be explained in some
relation to the sea . If a woman , and intended in this connection , we have no
difficulty in finding analogies for her among sea - nymphs . For that purpose we
give ...
Woman or not , being on the side of Poseidon she must be explained in some
relation to the sea . If a woman , and intended in this connection , we have no
difficulty in finding analogies for her among sea - nymphs . For that purpose we
give ...
Page 27
His bodily forms are very simple , but very grand . That he represents the river
Cephisos we are content to believe . The other figure , W , is a woman , thickly
draped , reclining at full length , and grasping with her right hand the rock
beneath her ...
His bodily forms are very simple , but very grand . That he represents the river
Cephisos we are content to believe . The other figure , W , is a woman , thickly
draped , reclining at full length , and grasping with her right hand the rock
beneath her ...
Page 38
For this reason we may fairly claim the three women , E , F , G , as having been a
triad in the original composition . The two seated women , E , F , have been
identified as the goddesses Demeter and Persephonè , on the assumption that
the ...
For this reason we may fairly claim the three women , E , F , G , as having been a
triad in the original composition . The two seated women , E , F , have been
identified as the goddesses Demeter and Persephonè , on the assumption that
the ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Sculptures of the Parthenon |
| Author | Alexander Stuart Murray |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1903 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 13 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 173 pages |
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