PAGE PREFACE vii I. THE SCHOOL OF PERGAMON 1 II. THE SCHOOL OF ALEXANDRIA 19 III. THE RHODIAN SCHOOL 35 IV. THE MAINLAND SCHOOLS DURING THE HELLENISTIC AGE 53 V. GRECO-ROMAN SCULPTURE 68 APPENDIX. A LIST OF THE PUBLISHED WORKS OF THE AUTHOR 89 INDEX 95 ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Hermaphrodite. Constantinople _Frontispiece_ 2. Marsyas. Constantinople _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ 3. Dancing Satyr of Pompeii. Naples 8 4. Ludovisi Gaul. Rome, Museo Nazionale 8 5. Head of a Dead Persian. Rome, Museo Nazionale 12 6. Gaul’s Head. Cairo 12 7. Group from the Great Frieze of the Altar at Pergamon: Giant and Dog. Berlin 12 8. Group from the Telephos Frieze at Pergamon: Telephos and Herakles. Berlin 12 9. Apollo of Tralles. Constantinople 16 10. Ephebe of Tralles. Constantinople 16 11. Venus Anadyomene from Cyrenaica. Rome, Museo Nazionale 20 12. Sarapis of Bryaxis. British Museum 20 13. Girl’s Head from Chios. Boston, Fine Arts Museum 20 14. Bearded Head. Rome, Museo Capitolino 22 15. Zeus of Otricoli. Rome, Vatican 22 16. Isis. Louvre 22 17. Priest of Isis. Rome, Museo Capitolino 24 18. Capitol Venus. Rome, Museo Capitolino 24 19. Ariadne. Rome, Museo Capitolino 26 20. Inopos from Delos. Louvre 26 21. Dwarf from the Mahdia Ship 30 22. Old Woman. Dresden 30 23. Grimani Relief. Vienna 30 24. Nile. Rome, Vatican 30 25. Aphrodite and Triton. Dresden 34 26. Bronze Athlete from Ephesos. Vienna 34 27. Praying Boy. Berlin 38 28. Resting Hermes. Naples 38