women of noble family learned to dance as an accomplishment, and even men of high rank danced, though at the cost of their dignity. Professional dancers were greatly sought after and admired. [Illustration: FIG. 91. WOMAN DANCING] [Illustration: FIG. 92. WOMAN DANCING] Our representations of pet animals are all on articles of Greek manufacture. An old gentleman walking with his sharp-nosed Melitean dog decorates the interior of the kylix by Hegesiboulos in Case K in the Fourth Room. Cocks and quails were kept for fighting by boys and young men. Ganymede on an amphora in Case J in the Fifth Room carries his cock on his arm (see fig. 52). Quails, cranes, small birds, and rabbits were also household favorites. On the perfume vases in Cases Q and C in the Fifth Room, quails, cranes, and a rabbit appear among the groups of women. Cats were probably introduced from the East or from Egypt in the late sixth or the early fifth century, but they were rare and seemed to have been looked upon as curiosities rather than as pets. The goose was perhaps the commonest pet and children are often represented playing with one. Some small boys with two goats harnessed to a little chariot appear on the oinochoë in Case Y in the Fourth Room. [Illustration] [Illustration] VIII ARMS AND ARMOR CASES 3, 4, AND 5 The Greek soldier did not wear a full suit of armor such as that of the medieval knight; the hoplite or fully armed infantryman wore only a helmet, a cuirass, and greaves for protecting the shins. Such an equipment may be seen in the statuette of a warrior of about 500 B.C. of which the original was found at Dodona (top shelf of Case 3, fig. 93). The Romans adopted this armor from the Greeks, with minor changes and variations, but very little Roman armor has come down to our times, since it was almost entirely of iron and has rusted away in the earth where it was buried. [Illustration: FIG. 93. GREEK FOOT-SOLDIER] [Illustration: FIG. 94. ITALIC HELMET] [Illustration: FIG. 95. ITALIC HELMET WITH METAL CREST] [Illustration: FIG. 96. CAP-SHAPED HELMET] [Illustration: FIG. 97. “JOCKEY-CAP” HELMET] [Illustration: FIG. 98. CORINTHIAN HELMET] [Illustration: FIG. 99. ITALIC ARMORED BELT] [Illustration: FIG. 100. PAIR OF GREAVES]