Greek bronzes . norance coupled with artistic perception. Heracles came nearest in the minds of the Gauls and Britons to whatthey conceived their Supreme Deity to be like. But in most cases theydid not keep too close to the classical model, rather introducing variationssuitable to their own ideas and circumstances. They called HeraclesOgmios, and we have in the Greek writer Lucian {Heracles) a descriptionof a picture of that deity which may be taken as perhaps an extremeinstance of the freedom the Celtic artists allowed themselves in adding tothe Greek type. The Heracles or Ogmios which Lucian
Greek bronzes . norance coupled with artistic perception. Heracles came nearest in the minds of the Gauls and Britons to whatthey conceived their Supreme Deity to be like. But in most cases theydid not keep too close to the classical model, rather introducing variationssuitable to their own ideas and circumstances. They called HeraclesOgmios, and we have in the Greek writer Lucian {Heracles) a descriptionof a picture of that deity which may be taken as perhaps an extremeinstance of the freedom the Celtic artists allowed themselves in adding tothe Greek type. The Heracles or Ogmios which Lucian describes worethe usual lions skin, held a club in his right hand, a bow in his left, witha quiver at his side. So far he is quite Greek. But he had the appear-ance of a man in extreme old age, wrinkled and worn. All round himin the picture was a crowd of human beings, each having fastened to hisear a fine gold chain, the other end of which was attached to the tongue ^i- ^ , 1 HH1|^I# \^ V 1 4 ,1 p \ l^^.\ ^5:.. Fig. 39.—Gaulish Statuette of Mars. British Museum. GREEK BRONZES 97 of Ogmios. Astonished at so singular a conception, Lucian in-quired of an educated Gaul what might be the meaning of the picture,
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