Table of Contents

Author's preface; Editor's preface; Part I. Pheidias: 1. Discovery of the Lemnian Athena; 2. Site of the Lemnia on the Akropolis; 3. Comparison between Lemnia and Parthenos; 4. Analysis of the Lemnia; 5. Drapery and pose of the Lemnia; 6. Monuments related to Lemnia and to Parthenos; 7. The Olympian Zeus; 8. Other works related to the Lemnia; 9. Pheidias and his pupils, Alkamenes and Agorakritos; 10. The Dioscuri of Monte Cavallo, and the elder Praxiteles; 11. Pheidian influences in Sicily and Magna Graecia; Part II. Kresilas and Myron: 1. Literary and epigraphical evidence for the life of Kresilas; 2. The portrait of Perikles; 3. The Diitrephes; 5. The Amazon; 6. The Diomede; 7. The Medusa Rondanini; 8. Statue of an athlete at Petworth; 9. Relation of Kresilas to Myron; 10. Statues by Myron; 11. The 'Cassel Apollo'; 12. The Perseus; 13. Myronian female head; 14. The Munich Zeus and the first Aegive School; Part III. Polykleitos: 1. Historical and epigraphical evidence; 2. The Doryphoros; 3. The Diadumenos; 4. The Amazon; 5. The basis of the statue of Kyniskos; 6. The basis of the statue of Pythokles; 7. The basis of the statue of Xenokles; 8. The basis of the statue of Aristion; Skopas. Praxiteles. Euphranor: 1. Skopas; 2. Praxiteles; 3. Euphranor; Part IV. The Venus of Milo: 1. The lost inscribed fragment; 2. Restoration of the statue; 3. Influences that affected the artist of the 'Venus': The Apollo of the Belvedere; Appendix - the Temples of Athena on the Akropolis; Index.

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