Citation - Boston News Letter: 1744.04.05

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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
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