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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 |
The above, except the frontispiece, are from "Antique Gems and Rings," by Rev. C. W. KING, who has kindly allowed their use here.