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...Sachs, in his lecture last night treated of those vases which relate to the later books of the Iliad. The episode of the death of Sarpedon shows how the ancient conception differed from the mediaeval. Death among the Greeks was the twin brother of Sleep, and both were represented by the same art type of perfect repose. This idea was far more comforting to men than the skeleton of Christian art. In the vase-paintings, Death and Sleep together bear away the body with infinite tenderness, while the attitude of the deceased shows trust and resignation. On the earlier vases...
...legends. The themes which most attracted the Greek artist were not those which fascinate us, and the treatment of an episode by different artists varied greatly. This variety of conception was illustrated by selected stereopticon pictures of vases of different periods, all, however, treating subjects taken from the Iliad. Dr. Sachs was introduced by Professor Goodwin, and richly deserved the hearty applause with which he was greeted at the close of his most interesting lecture. The second in the series will take place tonight and will be a continuation of the same subject...
Harvard Classical Club. "Ancient Vase-Paintings in their Relation to the Iliad." Part I. Illustrated lecture by Dr. Julius Sachs. Upper Boylston 7.45 p. m. The public are invited...
Harvard Classical Club. "Ancient Vase-Paintings in their Relation to the Iliad." Part II. Illustrated lecture by Dr. Julius Saclis. Upper Boylston, 7.45 p. m. The public are invited...
CLASSICAL CLUB LECTURES.Dr. Julius Sachs, of New York, will give a course of three lectures on the evenings of February 23 and 24 and March 2, on Greek Vase-Painting as illustrated by the Iliad and later Greek Epics. These lectures will be given in Upper Boylston, and will be illustrated by stereopticon views. The public are invited...