4 Drunken Satyr, agate scarab
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5 Homeric Scene. ? fifth century
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6 Ideal Head in the Garb of Heracles; late work
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79
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CORINTHIAN CAPITAL
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232
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From a photograph by Mansell & Co. of the originals in the British Museum. See p. 226
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80
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FIVE TANAGRA STATUETTES
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234
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From photographs by Mansell & Co. of originals in the British Museum. See p. 227
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81
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BUST OF “SOCRATES”
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236
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From a photograph by Mansell & Co. Not an authentic portrait but a later attempt to express the rugged exterior of the sage which is often a subject of humorous allusion in Plato and elsewhere. See p. 231
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82
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ALEXANDER AT ISSUS.
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242
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Collotype plate, from a photograph by Brogi of the mosaic at Pompeii. See p. 245
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83
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“THE SARCOPHAGUS OF ALEXANDER” FROM SIDON: LION-HUNT
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244
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From a photograph by Seban and Joaillier of the original at Constantinople. See p. 246
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84
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PORTION OF THE EASTERN FRIEZE OF THE SARCOPHAGUS OF ALEXANDER
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246
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Reproduced in colour from Plate XXXV in “Une Nécropole Royale à Sidon,” by MM. O. Hamdy Bey and Th. Reinach, by kind permission of M. Ernest Leroux, of Paris. See p. 246
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85
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT
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248
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From a photograph by Mansell & Co. of the bust in the British Museum. See p. 246
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86
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RELIEF FROM PERGAMUM
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250
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Collotype plate, from a photograph by Titzenthaler of the original at Berlin. This is a clever reconstruction of the great altar of Zeus erected by the Attalids near the beginning of the second century B.C. The subject is the combat between gods and giants. See p. 251
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87
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APHRODITE OF MELOS (THE VENUS OF MILO)
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252
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From a photograph by Alinari of the marble in the Louvre. See p. 251
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88
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THE VICTORY OF SAMOTHRACE
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254
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From a photograph by Alinari of the marble in the Louvre. See p. 252
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89
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STATUE OF ARISTOTLE
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256
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From a photograph by Anderson of the original in the Palazzo Spada, Rome. An ideal conception of a philosopher rather than an authentic portrait. See p. 253
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90
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THE PORTLAND VASE
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262
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From a photograph by Mansell & Co. of the original in the British Museum. No certain interpretation of the figures has been made. See p. 263
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91
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THE FARNESE BULL
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264
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From a photograph by Brogi of the original at Naples. Depicts how Zethus and Amphion punished their stepmother, Dirce: a degenerate work by two sculptors of the Rhodian school in the first or second century B.C. See p. 265
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THE PRAYING BOY
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266
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From a photograph by Mansell & Co. of the cast in the British Museum. Original bronze at Berlin. See p. 220
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ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
Table of Contents
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PAGE
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TABLET OF CRETAN LINEAR SCRIPT, FROM CNOSSOS
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13
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From the Annual of the British School at Athens, vi. plate ii
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BLACK VASE, FROM CYPRUS
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18
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British Museum, First Vase Room, Case 7, C 81
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PLAN OF NEOLITHIC HOUSE
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18
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TERRA-COTTA FIGURE, FROM PETSOFÀ
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20
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From the Annual of the B.S.A., ix. plate x
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TERRA-COTTA IDOL, FROM TROY
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20
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British Museum, Terra-cotta Room, Case 1, A 38
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VOTIVE TERRA-COTTA, FROM PETSOFÀ
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