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Herculaneum, past, present & future (1908)

Waldstein, Charles, · Macmillan and Co., · leaf 29

An illustration from Herculaneum, past, present & future, 1908, leaf 29
low relief. (? Ariadne.) The rim is modern* Diam. mill. 170. No. 25490 (G. 1881, ? Pompeii) . . . . . . . . 174 47. Four Silver Medallions in repousse work. The upper ones in high relief, Apollo and Artemis. Diam. mill. 230. Nos. 25492 and 25493(G. 1877).—Low relief with seated Silenus playing the… … INTRODUCTION It may fairly be said that all authorities concerned withclassical antiquity are agreed that of all ancient sites, withoutany exception, Herculaneum promises to yield the richesttreasure to the excavator. The reasons for this belief in noway rest upon the intrinsic importance of…

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