Introduction

CONTENTS.

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GROUND FLOOR.

Room of Archaic Greek Sculpture. (Fragments from Crete and

Mycenae Sculptures from Branchidae--Friezes from Xanthos-

Harpy Tomb-Strangford Apollo-Casts from Selinus, Ægina, and

Delphi.)

Ante-room. (Statue of the Demeter of Cnidos.)

Elgin Room.

(Introduction-Sculptures and architectural marbles

from the Parthenon at Athens-Casts from the Temple of Theseus
and the Monument of Lysicrates-Bust of Pericles, etc.-Caryatid
and other remains from the Erechtheion.) .

Phigaleian Room. (Frieze from the Temple of Apollo at Phigaleia-
Frieze from the Temple of Wingless Victory at Athens-Sepulchral
reliefs, etc.)

Nereid Room. (Sculptures of the Nereid Monument at Xanthos.)

Mausoleum Room. (Large Lycian Tombs Sculptures of the tomb

of Mausolus at Halicarnassos-Sculptures from Prienè-Colossal

Lion from Cnidos.)

Room of Greek and Roman Monuments. (Later Greek and
Roman reliefs-Roman sarcophagi.)

North-West Staircase. (Mosaics from Halicarnassos and Carthage.)
Ephesus Room. (Temple of Artemis or Diana at Ephesus-Other
sculptures from Ephesus-Monument of Thrasyllos, etc.)

Third Graeco-Roman Room. (Graeco-Roman sculptures, including
Apotheosis of Homer, Clytiè,' Farnese Mercury, etc.).
Graeco-Roman Basement-Room with Annex. (Figures and
reliefs of Graeco-Roman or Roman period-Tesselated pavements
and mosaics from Carthage and Halicarnassos-Etruscan tombs
and sarcophagi-Roman water-wheel.).

Second Graeco-Roman Room. (Discobolos-Towneley Venus.)

First Graeco-Roman Room. (Statues, heads, and busts of deities

and heroes of the Graeco-Roman period-The Diadumenos, etc.).

Roman Gallery. (Busts and statues of Roman Emperors and of
Roman personages.)

Hall of Greek and Latin Inscriptions. (Selected inscriptions-
Miscellaneous Graeco-Roman sculptures.)

UPPER FLOOR.

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Room of Terracottas. (Archaic Greek statuettes and reliefs—Architectural terracottas Tanagra statuettes-Graeco-Roman terracottas-Moulds.)

Room of Greek and Roman Life (South Wing). (Graeco-Roman
terracottas Ivories, etc.)

Room of Gold Ornaments and Gems (with Corridor). (Graeco-
Roman frescoes-The Portland Vase-Gold ornaments, Greek,
Phoenician, Etruscan, Roman-Finger-rings-Greek and Roman
silversmith's work-Engraved Gems (Early and Island gems-
Scarabs Scarabaeoids-Intaglios-Cameos-Pastes).).

Room of Greek and Roman Life. (Religion and superstition-
Games-Armour-Furniture-The Kitchen-The Baths Water
supply-Weights and Measures-Building Horses-Agriculture—
Shipping-Music-Burials-Weapons-The Toilet-Arts and In-
dustries Games and Toys--Reading and Writing-Political In-
scriptions-Money-The Drama.)

Italic Room. (Early Italian bronzes-Etruscan Art-Polledrara Tomb
-Imitations of Greek vases-Etruscan bronze work.) .

Bronze Room. (Introduction-Greek and Roman bronzes-Select
statuettes and reliefs-Bronzes of Siris, etc.-Larger bronzes-
Etruscan engraved mirrors-Pourtalès vase-Hypnos-Aphroditè
-Marsyas--Apollo-Statuettes in historical order-Paramythia
bronzes-Decorative bronzes-Towneley Hercules-Statuettes of

deities.)

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Introduction to the Vase Rooms. Shapes of Vases. First Vase Room. (Early wares- Prehistoric-Cretan-MycenaeanDipylon-Phaleron - Rhodian-Corinthian-Naucratite - Terracotta sarcophagi-Cypriote ware-Oriental porcelain, etc.) Second Vase Room. (Introduction: The Black-figure Style-Vases from Daphnae, Naucratis, Boeotia, etc.-Athenian black-figure vases.) Third Vase Room. (Introduction: The Red-figure Style-The White Vases-Athenian red-figure vases-White sepulchral lekythi, etc.). 193 Fourth Vase Room. (Introduction-Later Panathenaic vases- -Late Athenian and South Italian styles-Campanian ware—] -Black glazed ware-Lucanian and Apulian vases.).

Appendix I. Table I. Index of Signed Vases.

Table II. List of Vases with significant kalos-names

Appendix II. Table of the Greek and Roman collections, historically arranged.

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LIST OF PLATES.

I. Columns from the façade of the Treasury of Atreus at Mycenae

(p. 3).

II. Copy of the Athenè Parthenos (p. 18).

III. The 'Theseus' of the Parthenon (p. 21).

IV. The Three Fates (p. 22).

V. 1. Metope of Parthenon, No. 310 (p. 28).

2. Metope of the Parthenon, No. 317 (p. 29).

VI. Cavalry from the North Frieze of the Parthenon (p. 40).
VII. Votive Relief of Artemis Bendis (p. 54).

VIII. Nereid, from the Nereid Monument (p. 58).

IX. The Restored Order of the Mausoleum (p. 64).

X. The Chariot group of the Mausoleum (p. 64).

XI. Slabs from the Frieze of the Mausoleum (p. 65).

XII. The Lion of Cnidos (p. 68).

XIII. Base of Sculptured Column, Temple of Artemis, Ephesus (p. 78).
XIV. The Demeter of Cnidos (p. 12).

2. Bust of Clytiè' (p. 81).

XVI. 1. Head of Julius Caesar (p. 93).

2. Head of the young Augustus (p. 94).

XVII. Greek Terracottas (p. 106).

XVIII. Etruscan Terracotta Sarcophagus (p. 107).

XIX. The Portland Vase (p. 111).

XX. 1. Head of Aphroditè ? (p. 154).

2. Head of Hypnos or Sleep (154).

XXI. Map of Italy.

XXII. Map of Greece and Western Asia Minor.

PLAN OF GROUND FLOOR.

GRENVILLE

A GUIDE

TO THE

DEPARTMENT

OF

GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES.

Scope of the Guide. The present guide may roughly be described as dealing with such material remains of the civilisations of ancient Greece and Rome as are in the possession of the Trustees of the British Museum.

To define its scope more precisely several exceptions must be mentioned. Thus, Roman objects found in Britain are kept apart, because their primary interest is as illustrations of an early stage of national history. The coins of all places and periods are most conveniently kept together in the Department of Coins and Medals. The Greek papyri, including works of Hyperides, Aristotle, Herodas, Bacchylides, and others, are grouped with other manuscripts of a later period. Where the streams of later Egyptian and Greek histories mingle, it is impossible to make a complete separation of the two. The glass of all periods is for the most part collected in the Glass and Ceramic Room, and some of the finest pieces of Roman silver plate have been placed in the Early Christian Room. The objects bequeathed by Sir A. Wollaston Franks are for the present kept together, and some fine Greek bronzes are shown in the Waddesdon Bequest Room.

Method of the Guide. The method followed, so far as the arrangement of the collections permits, is that of tracing the historical progress of each class of objects. (A table is annexed to show the mutual relations of the various classes in respect of date.) For convenience in using the Guide, the objects in one room are generally described together. Sometimes, however, the visitor is taken through rooms, on his path, to which he is brought back later, to study their contents. Thus, from the Entrance Hall, we pass through the Roman Gallery (p. 93) and Graeco-Roman Rooms (p. 81), and begin with the sculptures in the Archaic Room.

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