The symbolical language of ancient art and mythology : an inquiry / by Richard Payne Knight.

  • Richard Payne Knight
Date:
1892
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The symbolical language of ancient art and mythology : an inquiry / by Richard Payne Knight. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    439/458
    No. Page. 2 20. Perga in Pamphylia. Apollon with olive wreath and quiver 221 221. “ Artemis with spear and myrtle ; deer. Inscrip- tion, Artemis of the Pergaians.. 222. Syracuse, Sicily. Arethonsa ; hair as flames, fish swim- ming meet at the end of the nose; shell under chin \ SYRAKOSION. 223. “ Rev. Horse head, palm liranch, Phoenician letters. 224. Triquetra on a coin of Sicily. 225. Four Seasons. Hadrian coin. Inscription, Happy TIMES. 226. Gaza, Philistia. Saturn on a winged horse fPegasos?) ending in a fish tail; fish below in water of waved lines. 227. “ Rev. Owl with Isis emblems in circle of dots. 228. Antiochou Epiphanous Dionysous. 229. ‘‘ Rev. Elephant carrying torch in trunk and the horn of Amaltheia (cornucopia) in the tail. Inscription, (money) of King Antiochos the Illustrious, Dionysos. 230. Etruria. Wheel of four s])okes. 231. “ Rev. Wheel of four spokes, three dots, G and leaf. 232. Etruria. Vase with serpent coiled around it, two handles, cover ; between the two stars and caps of the Dioskuroi. Inscription, v^elia. 233. Delphos. Egg-shaped altar with serpents coiled around it, on a pile of loose stones, dividing the word del- PH-ON. 234. Triquetra. With one wing on a coin of Sicily. 235. Seilenos on an ass, holding a two handled cup ; dove on a vine, and dog under the ass. Meride in Make- donia.
    No text description is available for this image
    No text description is available for this image
    No text description is available for this image