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Version: 2016-04-15
For
Sarah Raven
Thomas Nicolson
William Nicolson
Ben Nicolson
Rosie Nicolson
&
Molly Nicolson
Contents
The World of the Ancient Greeks
COLOUR PLATES
1 ‘The Mask of Agamemnon’. (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
2 Stamnos (vase) depicting Odysseus tied to the mast listening to the songs of the Sirens, c.480 BC, Athens. (Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)
3 Mycenaean funerary stele with relief chariot scene, c.1600 BC. (Photo by Adam Nicolson)
4 Mycenaean gold cup, sixteenth century BC. (National Archaeological Museum of Athens. DeAgostini/Getty Images)
5 Engraving depicting an octopus on a gold cup from Tholos of Dendra, near Midea, sixteenth century BC. (National Archaeological Museum of Athens. DeAgostini/Getty Images)