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Chapter XXXII: The Preservation of Myths 450

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Traditional History. In Greece. Roman Poets of Mythology. Records
of Norse Mythology. Records of German Mythology. Records of
Oriental Mythology: Egyptian. Indian Records. Persian Records.

COMMENTARY 465

RULES FOR PRONUNCIATION 541

INDEX OF MYTHOLOGICAL SUBJECTS AND SOURCES 543

INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS AND ARTISTS 582

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FIGURE PAGE

1. Jupiter surveying the World. Roman Wall Painting, Naples:
_Herculaneum and Pompeii, by H. Roux Ainé_ 3

2. Athena and Giant. Greek Bronze, Mus. Kircherianum:
_Journal of Hellenic Studies, 4, 90_ 7

3. Zeus and Giants. Ancient Gem: _Baumeister 3, 1791_ 8

4. Prometheus making Man. Roman Sarcophagus in the Capitoline:
_Baumeister 3, 1568_ 9

Upper row, from left to right: Oceanus, the Sun-god, Clotho,
Lachesis, etc. Lower row: Cupid and Psyche, Gæa (Tellus),
Prometheus, the newly created Man to whom Minerva gives life
(the butterfly). Death, Cupid with down-turned torch, the first
man dead, Atropos, Mercury.

5. Poseidon (Neptune), Dionysus (Bacchus) and Goddess. East
Frieze, Parthenon, in the British Museum: _Photograph_ 17

6. Two Hours. Greek Vase Painting, St. Petersburg:
_Roscher 1, 2727_ 18

7. Zeus from Dodona. Greek Bronze: _Photograph_ 20

8. Zeus after Phidias. Coin of Elis: _A. S. Murray, Greek
Bronzes, opp. p. 81_ 21

9. Hera of Argos. Greek Marble: _Argive Heræum, 1_ 22

10. Athena Velletri. Ancient Marble in the Louvre:
_Photograph_ 23

11. Ares Ludovisi. Ancient Marble in Rome: _Photograph_ 24

12. Ares (Mars). Painting by Raphael: _Photograph_ 25

13. The Forge of Vulcan. Roman Relief: _Baumeister 3, 1640_ 25

14. Apollo (so-called Adonis). Ancient Marble in the Vatican:
_Photograph_ 26

15. Apollo Belvedere. Ancient Marble in the Vatican:
_Photograph_ 27

16. Apollo. Greek Bronze from Thessaly, British Museum:
_Murray, Greek Bronzes, Fig. 28_ 28

17. Diana. Painting by Correggio: _Photograph_ 29

18. Diana (Artemis) of Versailles. Ancient Marble in the Louvre:
_Photograph_ 30

19. Artemis Knagia. Ancient Silver Medallion from Herculaneum:
_Roscher 1, 566_ 31

20. Hermes Psychopompos. Greek Stele of Myrrhina: _P. Gardner,
Sculptured Tombs, Fig. 72_ 34

Hermes (Mercury) leading to the underworld the spirit of a lady,
Myrrhina, who has just died. From a relief on her tomb.

21. Eros (Cupid). Ancient Marble, Naples: _Photograph_ 36

22. Rape of Ganymede. Ancient Marble in the Vatican:
_Baumeister 2, 891_ 37

23. Polyhymnia. Ancient Marble, Berlin:
_Baumeister 2, 1185_ 37

24. The Three Fates. Painting attributed to Michelangelo, but
recently conjectured to be by Rosso Fiorentino. Florence:
_Photograph_ 38

25. Boreas. Greek Reliefs, Athens: _Baumeister 3, 2370_ 39

26. Zephyros. Greek Reliefs, Athens: _Baumeister 3, 2370_ 39

27. Boreas carrying off Orithyia. Greek Vase Painting, Munich:
_Baumeister 1, 373_ 40

28. Iris carrying Child. Vase Painting: _Gerhard, Auserlesene
Vasenbilder, 2, 83_ 41

29. Demeter of Knidos. Greek Marble in the British Museum: _E.
von Mach, Handbook of Greek and Roman Sculpture,
Plate 247_ 42

30. Ceres. Roman Wall Painting:
_I. Weir, Greek Painting, p. 343_ 43

31. Dionysus and the Vine. Ancient Marble in the British Museum:
_Roscher 1, 292_ 44

32. Pan the Hunter. Ancient Terra Cotta: _Murray and Hutton,
Plate VI_ 45

33. A Satyr with Grafting Materials. Ancient Gem:
_Pine's Virgil_ 46

34. The Greek Underworld. Ancient Vase Painting from Canusium:
_Baumeister 3, 2042 B_ 48

Center: Hades and Persephone. Above, left: Megara, wife of
Heracles, and two of her children, slain by Heracles when mad.
Above, right: a Fury guarding Pirithoüs and Theseus. Middle,
left: Orpheus playing and dancing, and an unknown family group.
Middle, right: the three judges of the dead. Below: Sisyphus, a
Fury, Hermes, Heracles with Cerberus, a Fury, Tantalus.

35. Hermes conducting a Soul to Charon. Ancient Terra Cotta:
_Archäologische Zeitung, Berlin_ 49

36. Hypnos (_Somnus_, Sleep).
_Murray, Greek Bronzes, opp. p. 72_ 50

37. A Fury. Ancient Vase Painting: _Roscher 1, 1334_ 51

38. Hades. Ancient Marble in the Villa Borghese, Rome:
_Baumeister 1, 690_ 53

39. Death, Sleep, and Hermes laying a Body in the Tomb. Ancient
Vase Painting: _P. Gardner, Sculptured Tombs, Fig. 5_ 54

40. Poseidon from Dodona. Greek Bronze in the British Museum:
_Murray, Greek Bronzes, Fig. 32_ 55

41. Wedding of Poseidon and Amphitrite. Ancient Marble Frieze,
Munich: _Baumeister 3, 1744 B_ 56

42. Triton carrying off a Nymph. Ancient Marble in the Vatican:
_Baumeister 3, 1964_ 57

43. Bearded Janus. Roman Coin: _Baumeister 2, 1166 A_ 60

44. Genius Loci. Wall Painting from Herculaneum in the Naples
Museum: _Gusman, Pompeii, p. 107_ 62

45. Ganymede feeding the Eagle. Ancient Relief:
_Pietro Santi Bartoli, Gli. Antichi Sepolcri_ 64

46. Hermes (Mercury) kills Argus in presence of Zeus. Ancient
Vase Painting: _Roscher 2, 279_ 65

47. Io, Argus, and Mercury. Wall Painting from Herculaneum in
the Naples Museum: _Baumeister 1, 802_ 66

48. Europa on the Bull. Greek Vase Painting:
_Harrison-Maccoll, Plate IV_ 69

49. Nereïds on Sea Beasts. Ancient Marble Frieze in Munich:
_Baumeister 3, 1744 A_ 70

50. Youthful Bacchus embracing Semele in presence of Apollo and
a Satyr. Etruscan Mirror, Berlin: _Baumeister 1, 557_ 71

51. Amphion and Zethus. Ancient Relief in the Palazzo Spada,
Rome: _Roscher 2, 311_ 76

52. Contest of Athena and Poseidon for the Supremacy of Athens.
Ancient Vase Painting, St. Petersburg:
_Baumeister 3, 1542_ 83

53. Athena. Ancient Marble in Hope Collection: _Furtwängler,
Masterpieces, Fig. 27_ 85

54. Cadmus slaying the Dragon. Ancient Vase Painting, Naples:
_Baumeister 2, 822_ 87

Athena counseling. Above: river-god Ismenos, fountain-nymph
Krene, and personification of Thebes.

55. Harmonia in Company of Deities. Greek Vase Painting:
_Ephemeris, 1897-1898, Plate X_ 89

Aphrodite, Eros, Harmonia standing, Peitho (Persuasion)
sitting, and Koré, Hebe, Himeros (Desire).

56. The Forge of Vulcan. Painting by Velasquez:
_Photograph_ 90

57. A Sacrifice to Apollo. Greek Vase Painting:
_Gardner-Jevons Manual, p. 249, Fig. 16_ 91

58. Apollo with Hyacinthus. Ancient Marble in Hope Collection:
_Roscher 16-17, 2765_ 93

59. The Fall of Phaëthon. Roman Relief in the Louvre:
_Baumeister 3, 1449_ 97

Upper left-hand corner: Phaëthon making his request of Helios
(Ph[oe]bus). Below: the Heliades turning into trees. Center:
the maddened horses, one chariot wheel, and Phaëthon falling
into the arms of Eridanus. The horsemen left and right of the
four horses are Castor and Pollux. Earth-gods, sea-gods, and
other figures.

60. A Son of Niobe. Ancient Marble in Florence:
_Baumeister 3, 1751_ 100

61. The Children of Niobe. Ancient Relief, St. Petersburg:
_Baumeister 3, 1759_ 101

62. Niobe and her Youngest Daughter. Ancient Marble, Florence:
_Baumeister 3, 1746_ 102

63. Æsculapius (Asklepios). Ancient Marble, Florence:
_Furtwängler, Masterpieces, Fig. 87_ 104

64. Admetus must Die. Wall painting from Herculaneum in Naples:
_Baumeister 1, 53_ 106

65. Heracles. Ancient Marble in Lansdowne House:
_Photograph_ 108

66. The Palatine Apollo. Ancient Marble in Vatican:
_Baumeister 1, 104_ 110

67. Daphne. Ancient Marble:
_Springer, Kunstgeschichte, 1, 336_ 113

68. Artemis (Diana). Ancient Marble, Dresden:
_Furtwängler, Masterpieces, p. 325_ 117

69. Arethusa. Ancient Coin: _Baumeister 2, 1140_ 118

70. A Young River-god. Ancient Bronze Head:
_Roscher 9, 1489_ 119

71. Actæon. Ancient Marble Relief: _Baumeister 1, 41_ 121

72. The Pleiades. Painting by Elihu Vedder: _Photograph_ 123

73. Endymion. Ancient Relief in the Capitoline, Rome: _E. von
Mach, Handbook of Greek and Roman Sculpture, Plate 306_ 124

74. The Death of Adonis. Ancient Marble in the Louvre:
_Baumeister 1, 17_ 127

Right: Adonis leaves Venus. Center: he is wounded. Left: he is
cared for by Venus, Cupid, and attendants.

75. Psyche at the Couch of Cupid. Painting by Thumann:
_Photograph_ 130

76. Psyche and Cupid on Mount Olympus. Painting by Thumann:
_Photograph_ 136

77. Artemis of Gabii. Ancient Marble in the Louvre: _E. von
Mach, Handbook of Greek and Roman Sculpture, Plate 207_ 139

78. Atalanta's Race. Painting by Poynter: _Photograph_ 140

79. Hero and Leander. Painting by Keller: _Photograph_ 144

80. Thisbe. Painting by Edward Burne-Jones: _Photograph_ 148

81. Hermes and Dog disguised as Pig. Ancient Vase Painting,
Vienna: _Harrison-Maccoll, Plate XXXIIIa_ 151

82. Silenus taking Dionysus (Bacchus) to School. Ancient Terra
Cotta: _Murray and Hutton, Fig. 36_ 152

83. Bearded Dionysus on Mule, attended by Satyr. Old Greek
Terra Cotta Relief: _Baumeister 1, 481_ 153

84. Satyr and Mænad with Child Dionysus. Ancient Relief:
_Baumeister 2, 932_ 154

85. Dionysus at Sea. Greek Vase Painting in the Pinakothek,
Munich: _Harrison-Maccoll, Plate I_ 155

86. Bacchic Procession. Greek Vase Painting: _Arch. Zeit._ 156

87. Dionysus visiting a Poet. Ancient Relief, Naples:
_Baumeister 3, 1849_ 157

88. Rape of Proserpina. Ancient Relief:
_Baumeister 1, 461_ 159

89. Hades and Persephone. Ancient Terra Cotta:
_P. Gardner, Sculptured Tombs, Fig. 29_ 161

90. Sacrifice to Demeter and Persephone. Greek Relief in Paris:
_Baumeister 1, 457_ 162

91. Triptolemus and the Eleusinian Deities. Greek Vase Painting:
_Baumeister 3, 1958_ 164

Demeter behind the chariot and Persephone and the nymph Eleusis
in front.

92. Demeter (Ceres), Triptolemus, and Proserpina. Greek Relief:
_E. von Mach, Handbook of Greek and Roman Sculpture,
Plate 178_ 165

93. Orpheus and Eurydice. Painting by Lord Leighton:
_Photograph_ 166

94. Farewell of Orpheus and Eurydice (Mercury ready to lead her
away). Ancient Marble Relief in Villa Albani, Rome:
_Photograph_ 167

95. Isthmian Poseidon. Ancient Marble in Lateran:
_Springer, Kunstgeschichte, 1, Fig. 495_ 169

96. Pelops winning the Race; Hippodamia looking on. Ancient Vase
Painting: _Baumeister 2, 1395_ 171

97. Phosphor, Eos, and Helios (the Sun) rising from the Sea.
Ancient Vase Painting:
_Gerhard, Akademische Abhandlungen_ 172

98. Sun, rising, preceded by Dawn. Painting by Guido Reni:
_Photograph_ 173

99. Sunrise; Eos (Dawn) pursuing Cephalus. Greek Vase Painting:
_P. Gardner, Grammar of Greek Art, Fig. 71_ 174

The young stars descending; to the left, the moon (Selene)
riding over the hills.

100. The God of Sleep. Ancient Relief: _Baumeister 1, 770_ 176

101. The Death of Memnon (Aurora lifting his body). Greek Vase
Painting in the Louvre: _Harrison-Maccoll, Plate XVIII_ 180

102. Pan blowing his Pipe, Echo answering. Ancient Earthenware
Lamp: _Baumeister 1, 514_ 182

103. The Music Lesson (Pan teaching a Boy). Ancient Marble,
Florence: _Baumeister 2, 1340_ 184

104. Bacchic Dance (Nymph and Satyrs). Ancient Relief:
_Baumeister 3, 1931_ 184

105. Silenus. From an ancient candelabrum in Munich:
_Baumeister 2, 895_ 185

106. Satyr (Marble Faun). Ancient Marble in the Capitoline, Rome:
_Photograph_ 186

107. Satyr swinging Maiden. Greek Vase Painting in Berlin:
_Harrison-Maccoll, Plate XXXII_ 186

108. Satyr drinking from Amphora. Ancient Vase Painting in
Baltimore: _Harrison-Maccoll, Plate IX_ 187

109. Narcissus gazing at his Reflection. Wall Painting from
Pompeii, Naples: _Baumeister 2, 1213_ 188

110. A Rustic. Wall Painting from Herculaneum 195

111. A Rustic. Wall Painting from Herculaneum 196

112. Galatea and Polyphemus. Wall Painting in House of
Germanicus, Rome: _Roscher 9, 1587_ 199

113. A Sea-god, perhaps Glaucus. Ancient Marble in Vatican:
_Baumeister 2, 987_ 200

114. Nereïds and Sea Monsters. Ancient Relief:
_Baumeister 2, 1216_ 204

115. The Danaïds. Ancient Marble Relief in Vatican:
_Roscher 6, 951_ 207

116. Danaë and Perseus and the Chest. Greek Vase Painting in St.
Petersburg: _Harrison-Maccoll, Plate XXXIV_ 208

117. Medusa Rondanini (Front View). Ancient Marble in Munich:
_Furtwängler, Masterpieces, Fig. 63_ 209

118. Medusa Rondanini (Profile). Ancient Marble in Munich:
_Furtwängler, Masterpieces, Fig. 63_ 209

119. Perseus. Marble by Cellini in Florence: _Photograph_ 210

120. Perseus with the Head of Medusa. Ancient Vase Painting:
_Gerhard_ 211

121. Perseus finds Andromeda. Ancient Vase Painting in Museum,
Berlin: _Jahrbuch des D. Arch. Instituts XI (1896),
Plate II_ 212

Right: Aphrodite holding wreath over Perseus' head. Left:
Cepheus seated, Hermes with his wand, and an Æthiopian
inhabitant.

122. Bellerophon and Pegasus. Ancient Relief:
_Baumeister 1, 317_ 215

123. Heracles strangling the Nemean Lion. Greek Vase Painting in
British Museum: _Baumeister 1, 722_ 217

Left: Iolaiis and the local nymph Nemea. Right: Athena and
Hermes.

124. Heracles killing the Hydra (behind him Athena and Iolaiis).
Greek Vase Painting: _Baumeister 1, 724_ 217

125. Heracles bringing Home the Boar (Eurystheus hiding in a
wine jar). Greek Vase Painting: _Harrison-Maccoll,
Plate XII_ 218

126. Heracles with the Bull: Metope of the Temple of Zeus at
Olympia: _Baumeister 2, 1285_ 219

127. Heracles and Cerberus. Greek Vase Painting:
_Baumeister 1, 730_ 220

Left: Athena and Hermes. Right: Goddess of the Underworld.

128. Heracles and Antæus. Greek Vase Painting in Athens:
_Harrison-Maccoll, Plate XXIV_ 221

129. Hercules and Nessus (Dejanira in Chariot). Wall Painting
from Pompeii: _Baumeister 1, 733_ 226

130. The Building of the Argo, Athene directing. Ancient Terra
Cotta Relief in the British Museum: _Baumeister 1, 127_ 229

131. Jason conquers the Bulls and steals the Fleece. Ancient
Relief in Vienna: _Baumeister 2, 981_ 231

Center: Æetes seated. Right: Medea assists her lover.

132. Medea deliberating upon the Murder of her Children. Wall
Painting from Herculaneum: _Baumeister 2, 948_ 234

133. Medea and Daughters of Pelias preparing the Caldron. Ancient
Marble Relief, Berlin: _Photograph_ 235

134. Meleager on the Boar Hunt. Roman Relief:
_Baumeister 2, 990_ 238

Atalanta appears twice,--as before the hunt to the left of the
central figures, as during the hunt in front of Meleager, and
shooting an arrow into the boar.

135. The Death of Meleager. Roman Sarcophagus in the Louvre:
_Baumeister 2, 991_ 241

Right: the contest between Meleager and his uncles. Left:
Althæa putting the fateful brand into the fire; behind her
a Fury whose torch has lighted the fire. Center: the dying
Meleager, and Atalanta seated mourning.

136, 137. Castor and Pollux capturing the Giant Talus. Ancient
Vase Painting: _Baumeister 3, 1804_ 244, 245

Pollux on foot in front of Medea. Seated Deities on right,
Poseidon and Amphitrite.

138. Dædalus and Icarus. Ancient Relief in the Villa Albani,
Rome: _Roscher 6, 934_ 247

139. So-called Theseus. Greek Marble in the Parthenon:
_Baumeister 2, 1370_ 249

140. Æthra caresses Theseus and sends him forth with his
Father's Sword. Greek Vase Painting, St. Petersburg:
_Harrison-Maccoll, Plate XXII_ 251

141. Theseus receiving Thanks from the Rescued after killing the
Minotaur. Campanian Wall Painting in Naples:
_Baumeister 3, 1876_ 252

142. The Sleeping Ariadne. Ancient Marble in Vatican:
_Baumeister 1, 130_ 254

143. Head of Dionysus. Ancient Marble, Leyden:
_Roscher 7, 1128_ 256

144. The Revels of Bacchus and Ariadne. Roman Sarcophagus:
_Baumeister 1, 492_ 257

Large figures from left to right: Priest, Satyr, Mænad,
Mercury, Bacchus and Ariadne seated, Satyr, Mænad, priest.
Small figures: Desire (Himeros) and Love leading Pan captive,
followed by Silenus.

145. Lapith and Centaur fighting. Greek Metope from the
Parthenon, British Museum: _Photograph_ 259

146. [OE]dipus and the Sphinx. Greek Vase Painting:
_P. Gardner, Grammar of Greek Art, Fig. 70_ 261

147. Eteocles and Polynices kill each other. Etruscan Relief,
Florence: _Baumeister 3, 1841_ 266

148. The Gods bring Wedding Gifts. Ancient Relief from the Villa
Albani, Rome: _Baumeister 1, 759_ 271

From right to left, married couple, Vulcan, Minerva, the four
seasons (Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn) Hymen with torch, Comus,
Amor pushing jealous deity away.

149. Map of the Troad and the Hellespont 273

150. Helen persuaded by Aphrodite; Paris (Alexander) held by
Love. Ancient Relief in Naples:
_E. von Mach, Handbook, Plate 312_ 277

151. Achilles taken from Scyros by Ulysses (to the right) and
Diomedes (to the left). Pompeian Wall Painting, Naples:
_Roscher 1, 27_ 279

152. The Sacrifice of Iphigenia. Pompeian Wall Painting, Naples:
_Baumeister 1, 807_ 281

153. The Surrender of Briseïs. Relief by Thorwaldsen:
_Photograph_ 284

154. Hector's Farewell. Relief by Thorwaldsen: _Photograph_ 291

155, 156. The Embassy to Achilles. Greek Vase Painting:
_P. Gardner, Grammar of Greek Art, Fig. 72_ 294, 295

Left section: Briseïs is led away. Right section: Ajax and
Ulysses, leaning on staff, plead with Achilles; at the right,
Ph[oe]nix.

157. The Battle by the Ships. Greek Vase Painting:
_Baumeister 1, 783_ 296

Perhaps the moment when Ajax retreats. Hector presses upon him
followed by a youth with a torch. At the extreme right, Paris
drawing a bow.

158. Supposed Menelaüs with the Body of Patroclus. Ancient
Marble, Florence: _Baumeister 1, 785_ 298

159. Contest of Achilles and Hector. Ancient Vase Painting:
_Baumeister 1, 788_ 302

Left: Athene. Right: Apollo.

160. Achilles over the Body of Hector at the Tomb of Patroclus
(whose shade is running above the tomb). Greek Vase
Painting: _P. Gardner, Sculptured Tombs, Fig. 40_ 303

161. Priam's Visit to Achilles (under whose couch lies the body
of Hector). Greek Vase Painting: _Baumeister 1, 791_ 304

Achilles has been taking his dinner. Servants bear gifts behind
Priam.

162. Achilles and the Amazon Penthesilea. Greek Vase Painting:
_Baumeister 3, 2123_ 307

163. [OE]none warning Paris not to sail for Greece. Ancient
Relief, in the Villa Ludovisi, Rome:
_Baumeister 2, 1360_ 309

164. The Wooden Horse. Ancient Gem: _Baumeister 1, 794_ 310

165, 166. The Sack of Troy. Greek Vase Painting, Naples:
_Baumeister 1, 795_ 312, 313

Priam on altar, Astyanax on his lap, and Polites, whom Pyrrhus
has just killed, at his feet. Pyrrhus is about to strike Priam.
Behind him rushes Andromache to strike a kneeling soldier.
Below, under the palm tree, sits Hecuba facing the statue of
Minerva (a Palladium) behind which Helen is seen to cower. In
front Cassandra clings to the statue, while Ajax, striding
over the body of her dead lover, tries to drag her away by the
hair. To the left, Æneas, with Anchises in his arms, and little
Ascanius are hastening away.

167. Orestes and Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon. Greek Vase
Painting: _Baumeister 3, 1939_ 315

168. Orestes pursued by Furies. Greek Vase Painting:
_Baumeister 2, 1313_ 316

169. Orestes and Pylades before the King of the Tauri (Iphigenia
as a priestess on the steps of the temple). Wall Painting
from Pompeii, Naples: _Springer,
Kunstgeschichte, 1, 529_ 316

170. Ulysses offering the Cyclops Wine. Ancient Statuette in the
Vatican: _Baumeister 2, 1251_ 318

171. Boring out the Cyclops' Eye. From an Attic Vase:
_P. Gardner, Grammar of Greek Art, p. 225_ 322

172. Ulysses and Two Companions under the Rams. Greek Vase
Painting: _Harrison-Maccoll, Plate XXIX_ 323

173. The Castle of Circe. Sicilian Vase Painting:
_Baumeister 2, 839_ 325

174. Ulysses and the Sirens. Greek Vase Painting in the British
Museum: _P. Gardner, Grammar of Greek Art, p. 227,
Fig. 78_ 329

175. Ulysses and Scylla. Etruscan Relief:
_Baumeister 3, 1762_ 330

176. Penelope at the Loom, and Telemachus. Greek Vase Painting in
Museum, Chiusi: _Harrison-Maccoll, Plate XLI_ 339

177. Ulysses recognized by Euryclea (behind him Eumæus). Ancient
Terra Cotta Relief: _Baumeister 2, 1257_ 341

178, 179. Ulysses kills the Suitors. Greek Vase Painting, Berlin:
_Baumeister 3, 2139_ 342, 343

It will be seen that the suitors are defending themselves.

180. The Nike (Victory) of Samothrace. Greek Statue in the
Louvre: _Von Mach, Greek Sculpture, Plate facing p. 30_ 345

181. Æneas, Anchises, and Iulus. Ancient Gem, Uffizi, Florence 347

182. Scylla (carved end of ancient table). _Chefs d'[OE]uvres
de l'Art Antique_, Paris, 1867 349

183. The Cumæan Sibyl. Painting by Michelangelo in the Vatican:
_Photograph_ 353

184. Ixion on the wheel. Ancient Vase Painting, Berlin:
_Baumeister 1, Fig. 821_ 358

Below, right: Vulcan looking at his handiwork; a Fury and
Hermes. Above: winged forms, perhaps the Hours, to see that the
motion is perpetual. One is even now shoving the wheel; the
other has just taken off her hand to point "your turn."

185. Amazon. Ancient Marble Statue: _Guhl and Koner_ 364

186. Valkyrie bearing a Hero to Valhalla. Painting by Dielitz:
_Photograph_ 375

187. Loki and Siguna. Painting by Gebhardt: _Photograph_ 393

188. Gunther and Brunhild. Fresco by Julius Schnorr von
Carolsfeld: _Photograph_ 406

189. Siegfried and Kriemhild. Fresco by Julius Schnorr von
Carolsfeld: _Photograph_ 407

FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

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Lemnian Athena Frontispiece

Statue, possibly after Phidias, reconstructed by Furtwängler
from torso in Dresden and head in Bologna: _Photograph_.

Hera of the Vatican 22

Ancient Marble in the Vatican: _Photograph_.

Venus (Aphrodite) of Melos 32

Greek Marble in the Louvre: _Photograph_.

Greece in the Fifth Century B.C. 64

The Farnese Bull Group: Amphion, Zethus, Dirce, and Antiope 74

Ancient Marble in Naples: _E. von Mach, Handbook, Fig. 44_.

Apollo and Daphne 112

Marble Group by Bernini, Villa Borghese, Rome: _Photograph_.

Aphrodite (Petworth Head) 126

Ancient Marble in London: _Furtwängler, Masterpieces, Plate
XVII_.

Eros with Bow 136

Ancient Marble in the Capitoline Museum: _Baumeister 1, 539_.

Hermes of Praxiteles 150

Greek Marble in Olympia: _Photograph_.

Perseus freeing Andromeda 212

Ancient Relief in the Capitoline Museum: _Roscher 2, 346_.

The Wedding of Hercules and Hebe 226

Ancient Apulian Vase Painting in Berlin: _Baumeister 1, 700_.

Amazon 306

Ancient Marble in Lansdowne House: _Photograph_.

Laocoön 310

Greek Marble in the Vatican: _Photograph_.

The Outer Geography of the Odyssey 318

Flying Mercury 330

Statue by Giovanni di Bologna in Florence: _Photograph_.

Italy before the Growth of the Roman Empire 346

The Victory (Nike) of Brescia 372

Ancient Bronze Statue: _E. von Mach, Greek Sculpture, Plate
XXXV, No. 4_.

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