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Title: Herculaneum, past, present & future
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Waldstein, Charles, Sir, 1856-1927 Shoobridge, Leonard Knollys Haywood
Subjects: Art, Greco-Roman
Publisher: London : Macmillan and Co., limited
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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standing on mask. Hgt. 303 ; width, 065. No. 72592 (G. 1659). To left,Female Figure with lyre. No. 72637. To right. Head of Medusa.Hgt. 0.225. No. 72600 44. Silver Situla. In repousse work women in bath. diam. 260. No. 25289 (G. 1875) . 45. Two Silver Cups with two Handles. Frieze of ivv 25379 (G. 1880) . . . . Hgt. mill. 270 ;Nos. 25378 and 128 130135 38 142 144 1481501525+ 156 .58160 162 164 166 168 170 172 xxii HERCULANEUM FACE PAGE 46. Silver Mirror Case. Female figures with Eros in 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 lyre. Diam.mill. 98. No. 25495 (G. 1876).—Two Amorini dancing. Diam.mill. 95. No. 25488 (G. 1876) . . . . .176 48. Plan of Villa Suburbana. From Comparetti and De Petras Villa Ercolanese, etc. ....... 296
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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 tor this belief in noway rest upon the intrinsic importance of Herculaneum in theancient world. It was a colony of no great prominence in theperiod when Greek culture was actively predominant in theMediterranean basin ; while in the Roman period it cannotclaim to have been a provincial town of large size or influence.^In this respect it cannot compare in any sense with suchsites as Athens or Rome, Delphi or Olympia, Alexandria orPergamon, nor with any of the cities of historical importancein Greece or Asia Minor, nor with the numerous centres ofwealth and culture in Magna Graecia and Sicily. Nevertheless the excavator has every reason to believe thatthe artistic treasure to be found, and the intellectual harvest tobe reaped, in the thorough excavation of Herc

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