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The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911): Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855) — John Shaqi

The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911): Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855)Bulfinch, Thomas

Philosophy

The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911): Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855)

Name: The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911): Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855)
Author: Bulfinch, Thomas

Bulfinch, Thomas

English poetry; Mythology, Classical; Mythology, Norse

173.  The Castle of Circe. Sicilian Vase Painting:
        _Baumeister 2, 839_                                          325

  174.  Ulysses and the Sirens. Greek Vase Painting in the British
        Museum: _P. Gardner, Grammar of Greek Art, p. 227,
        Fig. 78_                                                     329

  175.  Ulysses and Scylla. Etruscan Relief:
        _Baumeister 3, 1762_                                         330

  176.  Penelope at the Loom, and Telemachus. Greek Vase Painting in
        Museum, Chiusi: _Harrison-Maccoll, Plate XLI_                339

  177.  Ulysses recognized by Euryclea (behind him Eumæus). Ancient
        Terra Cotta Relief: _Baumeister 2, 1257_                     341

  178, 179. Ulysses kills the Suitors. Greek Vase Painting, Berlin:
        _Baumeister 3, 2139_                               342, 343

    It will be seen that the suitors are defending themselves.

  180.  The Nike (Victory) of Samothrace. Greek Statue in the
        Louvre: _Von Mach, Greek Sculpture, Plate facing p. 30_      345

  181.  Æneas, Anchises, and Iulus. Ancient Gem, Uffizi, Florence    347

  182.  Scylla (carved end of ancient table). _Chefs d'[OE]uvres
        de l'Art Antique_, Paris, 1867                               349

  183.  The Cumæan Sibyl. Painting by Michelangelo in the Vatican:
        _Photograph_                                                 353

  184.  Ixion on the wheel. Ancient Vase Painting, Berlin:
        _Baumeister 1, Fig. 821_                                     358

    Below, right: Vulcan looking at his handiwork; a Fury and
    Hermes. Above: winged forms, perhaps the Hours, to see that the
    motion is perpetual. One is even now shoving the wheel; the
    other has just taken off her hand to point "your turn."

  185.  Amazon. Ancient Marble Statue: _Guhl and Koner_              364

  186.  Valkyrie bearing a Hero to Valhalla. Painting by Dielitz:
        _Photograph_                                                 375

  187.  Loki and Siguna. Painting by Gebhardt: _Photograph_          393

  188.  Gunther and Brunhild. Fresco by Julius Schnorr von
        Carolsfeld: _Photograph_                                     406

  189.  Siegfried and Kriemhild. Fresco by Julius Schnorr von
        Carolsfeld: _Photograph_                                     407




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  Lemnian Athena                                            Frontispiece

    Statue, possibly after Phidias, reconstructed by Furtwängler
    from torso in Dresden and head in Bologna: _Photograph_.

  Hera of the Vatican                                                 22

    Ancient Marble in the Vatican: _Photograph_.

  Venus (Aphrodite) of Melos                                          32

    Greek Marble in the Louvre: _Photograph_.

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The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911): Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855)

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