 Her dress and attributes are adapted to her character. She has a helmet upon her head, and a plume nodding formidably in the air. In her right hand she holds a spear, and in her left grasps a shield with the head of the dying Medusa upon it. The same...  Grecian and Roman Mythology - Sivu 145tekijä(t) Mary Ann Dwight - 1864 - 451 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Joseph Spence - 1765 - 326 sivua
...character of her face °. Her drefs and attributes are adapted to her character. She has a helmet on her head, and a plume nodding formidably in the air. In her right-hand fhe fhakes a fpear, and in her left grafps a fliield, with the head of the dying Medufa... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - 1813 - 712 sivua
...the patroness of tbe arts: and is also emblematic of prudence and other virtues. She has a helmet on her head, and a plume nodding formidably in the air. In her right hand she shakes a spear, and in her left grasps a shield or tcgis, wilh the head of the dying Medusa, encircled... | |
 | John Millard - 1813 - 704 sivua
...the patroness of the arts : and is also emblematic of prudence and other virtues. She has a helmet on her head, and a plume nodding formidably in the air. In her right band she shakes a spear, and in her left grasps a shield or agis, with the head of the dying Medusa,... | |
 | William Martin - 1847 - 252 sivua
...the patroness of the arts ; and is also emblematic of prudence and other virtues. She has a helmet on her head, and a plume nodding formidably in the air. In her right hand she shakes a spear, and in her left grasps a shield or asgis, with the head of the dying Medusa, encircled... | |
 | Mary Ann Dwight - 1849 - 516 sivua
...composure, with regular features, and a certain, masculine sternness, form the peculiar characteristics of her face and figure. Hence the heads of her are...to her, is sometimes seen hovering over her helmet. It was common among the Romans to transfer the distinguishing attribute of their divinities to the... | |
 | 1856 - 412 sivua
...Egypt, Greece, Italy, Gaul, and Syria. She is represented with a helmet on her head, and a plume nodding in the air. In her right hand she holds a spear, and with her left a shield. Diana was the goddess of chastity, of the chase, and of the forest. She was... | |
 | Mary Ann Dwight - 1855 - 472 sivua
...of her are so like Alexander the Great, that they have been occasionally mistaken for his. Her dre8s and attributes are adapted to her character. She has...about her shoulders. An owl, the bird sacred to her, u sometimes seen hovering over her helmet. It was common among the Romans to transfer the distinguishing... | |
 | Mary Ann Dwight - 1882 - 600 sivua
...are so like Alexander the Great, that they have been occasionally mistaken for his. Her dress arnd attributes are adapted to her character. She has a...to her, is sometimes seen hovering over her helmet. It was common among the Romans to transfer the distinguishing ittr cute of their divinities to the... | |
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