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The museums and ruins of Rome (1912)

Amelung, Walther, 1865-1927, Holtzinger, Heinrich, 1856-, Strong, Eugénie, 1860-1943 · London, Duckworth & Co · leaf 83

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MUSEO CHIARÄMONTl S7 of the Hellenistic period in a group of many figures, of which the Odysseus is here preserved in a clever copy (fig. 27). ^The arms are restored; both must have been stretched obliquely forward, and the two hands … presence of mind. Fig. 27. — Statuette of Odysseus. Finally, let us notice the delicate relief. No. yoS] it represents a boy-satyr who is turning on his own axis to inspect his little tail. The humorous theme is borrowed from sculp- ture in the round ; but the arms of such copies as remained were…

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