ILLUSTRATIONS.

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NIOBE, from the pediment in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence

To face title.

NIOBE vainly attempting to shield from the shafts of Apollo the youngest of her sons. Demidoff Collection

13

ALCESTIS. The celebrated Strozzi Herakles. Blacas Collection

31

ATALANTA stopping short in the midst of her race to pick up the Apple. Berlin Collection

47

ANTIGONE. Sphinx seated. King Collection

68

KLYTEMNESTRA. Head of the dying Medusa. King Collection

92

HELENA. Venus. Leake Collection

105

PENELOPE contemplating the bow of her absent lord. Blacas Collection

134

IPHIGENEIA. Pallas Athene

151

KASSANDRA. Ajax about to drag away Kassandra from the Altar of Pallas, where she has taken sanctuary

161

LAODAMEIA. Hera. Berlin Collection

168