Identifier: outlinesfromfig00hami (find matches)
Title: Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton; with engraved borders
Year: 1804 (1800s)
Authors: Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803 Kirk, Thomas, 1765?-1797
Subjects: Vases, Greek Vases, Roman Vases, Etruscan Vases -- Private collections -- Hamilton, W., Sir
Publisher: London, W. Miller
Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

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t, according to Apollodorus, the Amazonian queen lost her life. The meaning of the ray of the sun over Hercules and the horse is uncertain: it may denote the illustrious birth of the hero: the Chaldeans called the planet Mars, Hercules: and there is also a constellation under the same name. It is probably one of these three things, that it is intended to denote. PLATE XLI. Perhaps there is no one of the designs upon any ancient vase, of which the subject is more obvious than the present; that of a successful candidate in a horse race, dismounting to receive the wreath as a reward of his exertions. The statue of some famous sculptor, probably served as the original of this painting. There are only two circumstances, that seem to require explanation; the shield or buckler, and the short staff in the mans hand. It is well known, that in the public games at Argos, which were celebrated at the feast in honour of Juno, called the feast of Hecatombs, on account of the employment of an hundred oxen to JP3UUL
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