The Sculptures of the ParthenonJ. Murray, 1903 - 173 pages |
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Page 22
... women and boys , P - U . One would have expected even more excitement among them since they were on the losing side . But it is hardly so . The woman Q next to Poseidon's charioteer is seated high to the front . She herself does not ...
... women and boys , P - U . One would have expected even more excitement among them since they were on the losing side . But it is hardly so . The woman Q next to Poseidon's charioteer is seated high to the front . She herself does not ...
Page 22
... women and children whom we are tempted to suppose sitting in the sun at the moment of the divine contest in a garden beside the sanctuary of Athenè and Hephaestos , where Plato imagines the ruling families to have dwelt in the legendary ...
... women and children whom we are tempted to suppose sitting in the sun at the moment of the divine contest in a garden beside the sanctuary of Athenè and Hephaestos , where Plato imagines the ruling families to have dwelt in the legendary ...
Page 22
... woman . 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 ...
... woman . 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 ...
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... 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 . Enough remains to show that she had THE RIVER GODS 27.
... 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 . Enough remains to show that she had THE RIVER GODS 27.
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... 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 whole scene of the birth of Athenè had ...
... 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 whole scene of the birth of Athenè had ...
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Acropolis Acropolis of Athens action Alcamenes angle Aphroditè apobates appear artistic Athenè Athenians attitude beauty birth of Athenè body British Museum Carrey's drawing carry cast Cecrops Centaur Centaurs and Lapiths central group central metopes centre chariot chariot group chiton colossal composition cows deities drapery east frieze effect Elgin Room Ergastinae figure folds fore leg front girls goddess gods gold and ivory Greek head helmet Hephaestos Hera horses Ilissos instances knee Lapith left arm left hand long sides Lord Elgin mantle marble Michaelis nearer north frieze north side nude form Olympia Olympos original in Athens Parthenon frieze Pausanias pediment of Olympia peplos Pheidias PLATE Poseidon possible present procession raised recognise represent right arm right hand scene sculptured seated seen shield shoulders Slab south metopes south side spectator temple Theseus turning round vase west frieze west pediment whole wings woman women xoanon youth Zeus at Olympia