 | Karl Ludwig Freiherr von Pöllnitz - Europe - 1737 - 538 pages
...herfelfto.be debauch'd by Jupitert in the Form of a Satyr, were fo barbarous as to murder Lycus, and to tie Dirce by the Hair of her Head to the Horns of a wild Bull, by which' ihe was dragg'd about, till the Gods, pitying the State of this Princefs, turn'd... | |
 | English literature - 1834 - 580 pages
...sculpture ; such as the celebrated group of the Toro Farnese, which represents Amphion and Zethus, the sons of Lycus, King of Thebes, tying Dirce by the hair of her head to the horns of a bull. And lastly came the Bay itself, extending, with its broad, glassy, and transparent surface, for a circuit... | |
 | France - 1824 - 470 pages
...this entire group is cut out of one block of marble. It is to be observed that the youths are here tying Dirce by the hair of her head to the horns of the mad beast, whereas, according to the classics, she was tied to the tail.* A petite soir&e at His... | |
 | Mariana Starke - Europe - 1826 - 560 pages
...originally brought from Rhodes to Rome, and removed thence to Naples : it represents Amphion and Zethus, the sons of Lycus, King of Thebes, tying Dirce by...mutilated, in Caracalla's Baths, and restored by Battista Bianchi of Milan. The head of the bull, and the upper part of the figure of Dirce, are modern : the... | |
 | 1826 - 464 pages
...this entire group is cut out of one block of marble. It is to be observed that the youths are here tying Dirce by the hair of her head to the horns of the mad beast, whereas, according to the classics, she was tied to the tail.* A petite soirie at His... | |
 | 1827 - 436 pages
...this entire group is cut out of one block of marble. It is to be observed that the youths are here tying Dirce by the hair of her head to the horns of the mad beast, whereas, according to the classics, she was tied to the tail.* A petite soiree at His... | |
 | William Evill - 1870 - 188 pages
...chief feature, however is the celebrated group of the Toro Farnese, which represents Zethus and Amphion tying Dirce by the hair of her head to the horns of a bull. Pliny describes this as one of the most remarkable monuments of antiquity. It was brought from Rhodes... | |
 | 1874 - 588 pages
...ancient sculpture, the Toro Farnese found in the baths of Caracalla at Rome, representing Dirce bound by the hair of her head to the horns of a bull, yet held by the sons of Lycus ; nor the grand library with its three hundred thousand to four hundred... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1834 - 580 pages
...sculpture ; such ns the celebrated group of the Toro Farnese, which represents Amlihion and Zethus, the sons of Lycus, King of Thebes, tying Dirce by the hair of her head to the horns of a bull. And lastly came the Bay itself, extending, with its broad, glassy, and transparent surface, for a circuit... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1834 - 580 pages
...the Toro Farnese, which represents Amphion and Zethus, the sons of Lycus, King of Thebes, tying Uirce by the hair of her head to the horns of a bull. And lastly cnme the Bay itself, extending, with its broad, glassy, and transparent surface, for a circuit... | |
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... of the Chiaja, and extending its whole length, were the gardens of the Villa Reale, laid out with the most exquisite taste, and exhibiting in their walks some of the most splendid specimens of ancient sculpture ; such as the celebrated group of the... 