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Greek bronzes (1898)

Murray, A. S. (Alexander Stuart), 1841-1904 · London : Seeley and Co. ; New York : Macmillan · leaf 16

An illustration from Greek bronzes, 1898, leaf 16
their dwelling-houses. We know that Alexander the Great carried about on his cam-paigns a small bronze Heracles, the work of his favourite sculptorLysippos. In Roman times Sulla carried in his bosom when in battle a GREEK BRONZES 7 small figure of Apollo, and much the same is told of Nero and… … Fig. 2.—Bronze Mirror-case.Greek work, about 400 b.c. British Museum. Greek towns. Possibly enough the luxury of private life may have beengreater there than in the older cities of Greece proper. But even makinga liberal allowance of that kind, we should still be struck by the numberof beautiful…

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