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Alternative Title
Balios
Description
A small glazed ceramic horse figurine. The horse leans forward with its front left leg bent, as if to drink water or grasp something in its teeth. It is painted a near bright blue with a dark muzzle. The hooves are painted a contrasting reddish brown. The mane and tail are incised to depict the texture of hair.
9. Balios. One of the two semi-divine horses which drew the chariot of Achilles, and which, according to the sixteenth book of the Iliad, had been sired by the West-wind, with the co-operation of the harpy Podargë.
Exhibit label:
BALIOS. THE HORSE OF ACHILLES.
A gift from Sir John Falstaff of Caister in Norfolk.
—The Twelfth Letter, in Ladies and Gentlemen.
Dimensions (Length x Width x Height in cm)
7.5 x 2 x 5
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Homer; Achilles (Mythological character)
Topical Subject
Horses; Figurines; Great Britain--History; Homer. Iliad
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
figures (representations)
Type
Physical Object
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
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Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine Collection
Source
Horse 9, Balios, James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine collection, M 377, Box 1, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
m377_i009.jpg