INE MUSEUM 170 horse, and especially the wonderful back-view showing the arm lifted for a mighty blow — may be regarded as reminiscences of those Pergamene works, and therefore the sarcophagus is well qualified to give us,: a general impression of the effect of the groups. GALLERY. — We now ascend… … Fig. 92. — Roman Sarcophagus (Palermo). ment, has made it into a warrior rushing forward. On the right stands a good copy — the best in Rome — of the Eros bending his bow (No. 5> fig- 93)- The bowstring was only fixed at one end, and in order not to slacken it unnecessarily was left hanging loose…
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