This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...order: Hermes, Dionysos, Ares, Hera, Zeus, Athena, Heracles, Apollo, Artemis, and Poseidon; while the four chariots belong to as many of the gods. He bases this reading largely on the order of the gods on the frieze within, so it is in great part an assumption. The only new, or old, fact I can bring forward is that ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...order: Hermes, Dionysos, Ares, Hera, Zeus, Athena, Heracles, Apollo, Artemis, and Poseidon; while the four chariots belong to as many of the gods. He bases this reading largely on the order of the gods on the frieze within, so it is in great part an assumption. The only new, or old, fact I can bring forward is that Cockerell's scheme is taken over from the restoration of the east front made by Lord Elgin's artist on a large drawing at the Museum made about 1801. Although there must be a good deal of conjecture in these restored panels, they were based on careful observation, probably made from a scaffold, and give data when the panels were in a much better state than when the drawings published by Michaelis were made No. 1 has two struggling figures, one of whom cowers beneath the victor. Designs of this type are so frequent that no interpretation can be certain. (Fig. 105.) Hermes and Argos are sometimes so represented, as on a vase at Oxford. (See Fig. 106.) No. 2 does appear to represent Dionysos, at least there is a panther on it. No. 6, as figured by Laborde and Michaelis, is in the attitude of the man restraining a bull on the frieze, but prostrate in front; according to the Elgin drawing there was another figure. Fig. 106.--Mercury and Argos: from a Vase. "Athens," fig. 37. t " Burlington Club Catalogue," No. 50. I Leake's description is full and valuable if it is independent of the Elgin drawing mentioned below. Fig. 107. E. Metopes, No. 12. No. 7 looks as if it might be Athena and Pegasus. Athena driving winged horses appears on the Cnidos Treasury at Delphi. No. 9 seems to have had a Hercules, and may well be Hercules and Apollo struggling for the tripod. As restored on the Elgin drawings Fig. 108. E. Metopes, No. 14. If from t...
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Very Good. Presumed first edition, 1908, hardcover with quarter cloth boards, octavo, 218pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG with wear to corners that tears paper, rubbing to title plate on spine, binding just tender, previous owner's marks to front endpapers, otherwise text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. No DJ.
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Good+ with no dust jacket. Still quite tight binding in 1/4 grey cloth on gray paper covered boards; gilt top edge; paper pastedown title on spine; short paper scrape to front board and other light shelfwear; bright clean text with light spotting to preliminaries; unmarked but for "withdrawn" stamp (estate donation) to front endpaper; illustrated with 217 line drawings; 218 pp.