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 ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT PAGE TABLET OF CRETAN LINEAR SCRIPT, FROM CNOSSOS 13 From the _Annual_ of the British School at Athens, vi. plate ii BLACK VASE, FROM CYPRUS 18 British Museum, First Vase Room, Case 7, C 81 PLAN OF NEOLITHIC HOUSE 18 TERRA-COTTA FIGURE, FROM PETSOFÀ 20 From the _Annual_ of the B.S.A., ix. plate x TERRA-COTTA IDOL, FROM TROY 20 British Museum, Terra-cotta Room, Case 1, A 38 VOTIVE TERRA-COTTA, FROM PETSOFÀ 21 From the _Annual_ of the B.S.A., ix. plate viii KAMÁRES CUP 22 From the _Annual_ of the B.S.A., ix. p. 305 KAMÁRES “HOLE-MOUTHED” JAR 22 From the _Annual_ of the B.S.A., ix. p. 306 CRETAN FILLER 24 From the _Annual_ of the B.S.A., ix. p. 311 CUTTLE-FISH KYLIX 25 British Museum, First Vase Room, Case 19 CLAY SEAL IMPRESSION: PUGILIST 25 From the _Annual_ of the B.S.A., ix. p. 56 CITADEL OF TIRYNS 27