. The Open court. The Farnesian (After a photograph. B. D. I., 225.) is justified that the legend of Herakles, the Greek Melkarth, is theHellenised form of a very old myth,—a venerable heirloom handeddown from prehistoric ages. Herakles is the god-man, the sun-god incarnate, who in his IThe god holds a lion in his hands as if on the point of tearing it in twain. His beard istrimmed in Assyrian fashion, indicating the home of the artists prototype. Cf. Lenormant, Histoire ancienne de IOrient, Vol. VI., p. 566. 2AtIas (i. e., the bearer), according to Homer, carries the dome of heaven, w
. The Open court. The Farnesian (After a photograph. B. D. I., 225.) is justified that the legend of Herakles, the Greek Melkarth, is theHellenised form of a very old myth,—a venerable heirloom handeddown from prehistoric ages. Herakles is the god-man, the sun-god incarnate, who in his IThe god holds a lion in his hands as if on the point of tearing it in twain. His beard istrimmed in Assyrian fashion, indicating the home of the artists prototype. Cf. Lenormant, Histoire ancienne de IOrient, Vol. VI., p. 566. 2AtIas (i. e., the bearer), according to Homer, carries the dome of heaven, which seems torest on the ocean. Artists represent him bearing the segment of a star-covered globe (see, forinstance, the illustration of the garden of the Hesperides, v. infra). Later statues show himwith a zodiacal globe on his shoulders. 652 THE OPEN COURT. wanderings bestows blessings upon the children of the earth andby bold deeds rescues mankind from evil. The twelve labors of.
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