Room of Archaic Greek Sculpture. (Fragments from Crete and Mycenae Sculptures from Branchidae--Friezes from Xanthos- (Introduction-Sculptures and architectural marbles from the Parthenon at Athens-Casts from the Temple of Theseus Phigaleian Room. (Frieze from the Temple of Apollo at Phigaleia- 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 Room of Greek and Roman Monuments. (Later Greek and North-West Staircase. (Mosaics from Halicarnassos and Carthage.) Third Graeco-Roman Room. (Graeco-Roman sculptures, including 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 Hall of Greek and Latin Inscriptions. (Selected inscriptions- UPPER FLOOR. PAGE 93 96 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 Room of Gold Ornaments and Gems (with Corridor). (Graeco- Room of Greek and Roman Life. (Religion and superstition- Italic Room. (Early Italian bronzes-Etruscan Art-Polledrara Tomb Bronze Room. (Introduction-Greek and Roman bronzes-Select deities.) 103 109 111 . 128 143 149 157 163 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. 177 208 215 218 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). 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). 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. 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. B |