Footnote

a While the interpretation invariably given to this frieze is that it represents the cultured Pergamenians battling the barbaric Gauls, what may well be a more logical explanation in view of the emphasis on the mystic in Pergamum is that it is based on legends that have come down through the years of the sons of God and the mighty men of Noah’s day, as recorded at Genesis, chapter 6.—The Early Renaissance, by J. M. Hoppin.