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Greek bronzes (1898)

Murray, A. S. (Alexander Stuart), 1841-1904 · London : Seeley and Co. ; New York : Macmillan · leaf 102

An illustration from Greek bronzes, 1898, leaf 102
d by a simple ribbon or diadem, whereas the Roman emperorswore wreaths, usually of laurel, until a very late period, when theypreferred rich gold diadems. Clearly the statuette cannot represent aRoman. On the other hand, nothing was more distinctive of a Greekking, from the time of Alexander the… … Fig. 36.—Bronze found at Barking Hall, Suffolk. British Museum. of his successors are known from their coins, and we may fairly exclude them from the running. There remains, therefore, only Alexander himself. We have already spoken of certain portraits of Alexander by Lysippos. 88 GREEK BRONZES One…

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