Re: Book length study of depictions of the Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs
Zoja Pavlovskis-Petit <[email protected]>
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Just like battles between Greek heroes and Amazons, and like Greeks vs Trojans, Lapiths vs Centaurs too was used as an allegory of the Persian Wars. I would look at all these parallels because something significant about Lapiths and Centaurs may have been said/represented in any of those contexts. ZPP On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 8:47 AM Jean Alvares <[email protected]> wrote: > Mostly just to fill out out a footnote, I was wondering if there was any > comprehensive tome on depictions of the battle of Lapiths and Centaurs. I > have found a few journal articles, but nothing I'd count as comprehensive. > That seems strange, because it is one of the greatest hits of Greek art. I > must be misslng something. Any advice much appreciated. >