Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . theworks of Etruscan glyptic art for the most part represent Greeksubjects, derived from the religious system, the heroic history ofthe Greeks, and from events which preceded or followed the war ofTroy. We may, therefore, make the following classification ofstones of Etruscan workmanship by distinguishing them as, Etruscanstones : Etruscan subjects. Etruscan stones : Greek subjects. Thoseof the first class are less numerous than the others. Among themost remarkable we may mention—1. An agate of the FlorentineGallery, on which are r
Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . theworks of Etruscan glyptic art for the most part represent Greeksubjects, derived from the religious system, the heroic history ofthe Greeks, and from events which preceded or followed the war ofTroy. We may, therefore, make the following classification ofstones of Etruscan workmanship by distinguishing them as, Etruscanstones : Etruscan subjects. Etruscan stones : Greek subjects. Thoseof the first class are less numerous than the others. Among themost remarkable we may mention—1. An agate of the FlorentineGallery, on which are represented two men standing, bearded, aveil covers their heads and descends over their shoulders. On therobe of one is a hippocampus, on that of the other a triton; theybear on their right shoulders a rod, to which are suspended six. u 2 292 HANDB0OK OF ABCHJEOLOGY- shields. They have been recognised as two Salii, or priests ofMars, or probably their servants. On the upper part is an inscrip-tion in Etruscan letters, which reads from right to left, ALLIUS,. in the lower part ALOE. 2. A scarabseus of cornelian, in theKing of Prussias collection, a man standing, his head covered witha cap, having a rod by his side, holds in his left hand a sack orkind of vase, from which he seems to draw lots; behind him isinscribed NAT IS. Winkelman would consider this to representNautes, the companion of iEneas. 3. A warrior, half man, halfdolphin ; a helmet on his head, a shield in one hand, a spear in theother, with the inscription MIL ALAS ..A. By some it is supposed,to represent one of the Tyrrhenians, who were changed into dolphinsby Bacchus at Kaxos. In the opinion of Lanzi it representsGlaucus. 4. The beautiful stone in the Bibliotheque at Paris,representing a man seated on a stool before a three-legged table, onwhich are three small round objects, which he seems to move withhis right hand, while he holds in his left a tablet covered with twocolumns of signs, which are letters of the E
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