Lapith
Britishnoun
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The group represents a Centaur carrying off a Lapith wife or maiden.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.
A fragment of this shield with the left arm of the Lapith inside and the fingers of the Centaur on the rim exists at Athens; cf.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.
From the want of apparent support for the right foot of the Lapith, the action of this figure appears weak and undecided.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.
The central group on the cornice with the combat of a Centaur and Lapith is composed of the following fragments.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.
The subjects of the pediments appear to have been the common ones of battles between Greek and Amazon and between Lapith and Centaur.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
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