The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . Hawk-headed figure and sphinx (Nimrud). 432 THE SECOND MONARCHY. Chap. as, for instance, the man seizing a wild bull bythe horn and fore-leg, which is figured page 431. Ingeneral, however, there is a tendency in these earlydrawings to the grotesque. Lions and bulls appear in absurd attitudes; hawk-headed figures in petti-coats threaten human-headed lions with a maceor a strap, sometimesholding them by a paw,sometimes grasping themround the m
The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . Hawk-headed figure and sphinx (Nimrud). 432 THE SECOND MONARCHY. Chap. as, for instance, the man seizing a wild bull bythe horn and fore-leg, which is figured page 431. Ingeneral, however, there is a tendency in these earlydrawings to the grotesque. Lions and bulls appear in absurd attitudes; hawk-headed figures in petti-coats threaten human-headed lions with a maceor a strap, sometimesholding them by a paw,sometimes grasping themround the middle of thetail; priests hold up ibexesat arms length by one ofDeath of a wild bull (Nimrud). their Imid-legs, SO that their heads trail upon theground ; griffins claw after antelopes, or antelopes toywith winged lions ; even in the hunting scenes, which are less simply lu-dicrous, there seemsto be an occasionalstriving after strangeand laughable atti-tudes, as when astricken bull tumblesupon his head, withhis tail tossed straightin the air, or whena lion receives hisdeath - wound witharms outsjDread, andmouth widely agape.
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