Index Entry | Harp, Chiron teaching Achilles to play, in pictures excavated in Pompeii |
Location | Pompeii |
Citation | BNL.744.009 5 Apr 1744:11 (2088) [Accounts of excavations near Mount Vesuvius, probably at Pompeii] The second letters says,--" Such pictures as were never seen in our days, quite surprizing;--painting finish'd to the highest pitch, colour'd to perfection, and as fresh as if they had been done a month ago.--Among others it mentions Theseus and the Minotaur.--Chiron teaching Achilles to touch the harp. . . |
Generic Title | Boston News Letter |
Date | 1744.04.05 |
Publisher | Draper, John |
City, State | Boston, MA |
Year | 1744 |
Bibliography | B0008906 |