From a photograph by Mansell & Co. of the originals in the British Museum. See p. 226
80
FIVE TANAGRA STATUETTES
234
From photographs by Mansell & Co. of originals in the British Museum. See p. 227
81
BUST OF “SOCRATES”
236
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
82
ALEXANDER AT ISSUS.
242
Collotype plate, from a photograph by Brogi of the mosaic at Pompeii. See p. 245
83
“THE SARCOPHAGUS OF ALEXANDER” FROM SIDON: LION-HUNT
244
From a photograph by Seban and Joaillier of the original at Constantinople. See p. 246
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
85
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
248
From a photograph by Mansell & Co. of the bust in the British Museum. See p. 246
86
RELIEF FROM PERGAMUM
250
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
87
APHRODITE OF MELOS (THE VENUS OF MILO)
252
From a photograph by Alinari of the marble in the Louvre. See p. 251
88
THE VICTORY OF SAMOTHRACE
254
From a photograph by Alinari of the marble in the Louvre. See p. 252
89
STATUE OF ARISTOTLE
256
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
90
THE PORTLAND VASE
262
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
91
THE FARNESE BULL
264
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
THE PRAYING BOY
266
From a photograph by Mansell & Co. of the cast in the British Museum. Original bronze at Berlin. See p. 220
