Ancient art and its remains, or, A manual of the archaeology of art / By C.O. Müller.
- Karl Otfried Müller
- Date:
- 1852
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Ancient art and its remains, or, A manual of the archaeology of art / By C.O. Müller. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![WAR. C13 with the numerous scenes in vase-paintings, which precede the battle, accompany and follow it, wherein we can hardly at all times imagine that such were occurrences of the heroic times, but neither can we presuppose specific historical events. 1. Montfaucon iv, 1, Above §. 419. R. 5.—Erection of a tropaeon, Pitt. Ere. iii, 39.; on the large bronze helmet M. Borb. x, 31. A Roman warrior bearing a trophy, crowned by a Nike, Pomp. pict. M. Borb. iv, 19. A Roman general before whom prisoners are brought, sarcophagus- relief, PCI. V, 31. Triumphs on Etr. urns, Gorii, 178. 179., imperial coins max. moduli, on the triumphal arches, comp. the fragment in Hase Leo Diac. p. XX.—Roman soldiers adoring the legionary eagle (the signa were a kind of deities), Impr. d. Inst, ii, 68.—Perentarii equites (with missile weapons), picture, Varro L. L. vii. §. 57. Prastorians 1 L. 752. Clarac pi. 216. A Punic elephant-leader, Mionnet T. ix. pi. 9. no. 5, 2. Montfaucon iv, ii. Pine fragment of a sea-battle, S. Marco ii, 50. [A cast of it in Bonn no. 385 d, explained as the flight of the Achseana from Mysia. There is another fragment perfectly like it Mus. Bresciano tv. 51. erroneously explained as the battle of Marathon, derived from a sarcophagus, not a frieze.] Larger representations in the relief, Montf. tb. 142. War-ships on dariks, accurately engraved Mionn. Suppl. viii. pi. 19, 3., coins of Gadara, Tripolis and other cities in Phoenicia (M. SClem. 28, 275. 284 sqq.), Byzantium (Cab. d'AlUer pi. 3, 7), Cyzicus (of the Ro- man times) ; vases from Volci, Micali tv. 103. Roman war-ships with the standards of the cohorts upon them, on gems, M. Flor. ii. 49 sq. The most accurate representation of a ship is furnished by the Prjenestine relief with a bireme, Winck. M. I. 207. Beschr. Roms ii, ii. Beil. s. 11.. Besides, Le Roy Mem. de I'lnst. Nat. Litt. iii. p. 152. The relief, M. Borb. iii, 44. is important as regards the disposition of the oars; the vela cour- trahere can be understood perfectly from the Pomp, relief, Mazois i. pl. 22, 2. Gori 6, 2., together with Bartoli Luc. iii. 12. Ships Impr. d. Inst. iv, 77. 78. Construction of the ancient rowing vessels Antiohita di Er- colano. 3. Borghese gladiator §. 157, 3. Dying gladiator §. 157, 2. A fettered Gaul from a tropaeon, an excellent bronze, in Grivaud Ant. Gaul. pl. 23. A falling combatant, with Phrygian cap, PCI. iii, .OO. Bouill. iii,. 17, 6. Combatant sunk on one knee and continuing to fight, M. Flor. iii, 77.; L. 60. Clarac pl. 280. Barbarian warrior dying, M. Borb. vi, 24. 4. On vases: arming (Millin i, 39.), departure and libation thereat (Millin i, 13. 41., comp. the fine Greek relief, St. di S. Marco i, 48.), march to the field in chariot and otherwise, combats of warriors (with heralds standing by), warriors with the Nice on the quadriga (Millin i, 24.) and the like. Ranks of hoplitae at the charge, on vases of Volci, Micali tv. 96,1. Horseman on a stele; holds for fastening the bronze bridle. Stackelberg Graber Tf. ii, 1. Practice in shooting with arrows at a cock, vase-paint. M. Borb. vii, 41. Olenine Article iii. p. 16. s. pl. 10. 11, is! Slinger in the act of slinging, very accurate on coins of Selge, Mionnet Descr. Pl. 57, 3. 6. jEnianian slinging on coins BrSndsted Voy. ii. Vign. 48. p. 303 sqq. missilibus the left foot advanced. Veget. de re milit, p. 29. ed. Schwebel.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2178016x_0633.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
