5 FAIENCE FROM THE TEMPLE REPOSITORY OF THE SECOND PALACE, CNOSSOS, CRETE 22 SNAKE GODDESS (FIG. 1). _See_ p. 34 WILD GOAT AND YOUNG (FIG. 2) Painted from the facsimiles in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, by Diana R. Wilson, by special permission. _See_ p. 22. According to Greek mythology Zeus was suckled by a she-goat in Crete 6 THE “CUPBEARER” FRESCO 24 From an article by Sir A. J. Evans in the _Monthly Review_, March, 1901; by kind permission of Mr. John Murray. _See_ pp. 25 and 32 7 BULL’S HEAD. LIFE-SIZE RELIEF IN PAINTED STUCCO. CNOSSOS, CRETE 26 Painted from the facsimile in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, by Diana R. Wilson, by special permission. _See_ p. 25. The bull is a very frequent subject of artistic representation at Cnossos, where bullfighting seems to have been in vogue 8 THE LION GATE, MYCENÆ 30 From a photograph by the English Photo Co., Athens. Showing the sculpture and masonry of prehistoric Greece. _See_ p. 29 9 VAPHIO CUPS 32 Collotype plate, from the facsimiles in the British Museum, First Vase Room, Case B. Two gold cups found on Spartan territory. The design is in relief beaten up from the back. One shows the trapping of wild cattle, the other tame cattle going to pasture. The vessels are about the size of the modern teacup. _See_ p. 30 10 INLAID DAGGER-BLADES 34 Collotype plate, from the electrotypes in the British Museum, as Plate 9. They show the dress and weapons of Ægean folk. All but the blade is a restoration. _See_ p. 30 11 WARRIOR VASE, BLACK STEATITE (FIG. 1) 38 These vases were originally covered with gold-leaf. The subjects have not yet been completely explained. Probably the whole vase deals with athletic combats: running and leaping on the top zone, bullfighting on the second, and boxing on the third and fourth FRAGMENT OF SILVER VASE (FIG. 2) Collotype plate, from the facsimiles in the British Museum, as Plate 9. _See_ p. 38. The subject is the siege of a city. We observe that here, as in the previous illustrations, the warriors are represented as almost naked. They fight with slings and arrows and protect themselves with huge shields of wicker 12 THE “FRANÇOIS” VASE 42 Collotype plate, from a photograph by Alinari. _See_ pp. 43 and 57. A masterpiece of the earlier Attic school of vase-painting. It is signed by Ergotimus and Klitias, sixth century B.C. The scenes are mythological 13 HERMES KRIOPHOROS (THE LAMB-CARRIER) 66 From a terra-cotta relief, British Museum, Terra-cotta Room, Case C, B 486. A fine example of archaic relief-work, showing Hermes as the Arcadian shepherd’s god