CONTENTS.

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[List of Illustrations][v]
[The Discovery of a Rare Art Treasure][1]
[Dumont d’Urville’s Report][5]
[Viscount Marcellus on his “Souvenirs”][11]
[Debay’s Drawing][15]
[Description of the Statue][22]
[Restorations][27]
[Recent Theories][42]
[What the Facts Reveal][51]
[The Meaning of “Aphrodite”][62]
[The Cult of Aphrodite][68]
[The Goddess of War][77]
[The Descent into Hades][83]
[The Magna Dea of the Nations][96]
[The Origin of Woman][121]
[Aphrodite in Art][145]
[Classical Hymns][171]
[Index]: [A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [K], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [Q], [R], [S], [T], [U], [V], [W], [Z][179]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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[The Venus of Milo][(Frontispiece).]
[The Field of Yorgos Bottonis ][2]
[The Site of Melos from the Port][6]
[Fragments Found at Melos][12]
[Debay’s Drawing of Venus][16]
[Head of the Venus of Milo][18]
[The Head of Tralles][19]
[The Venus of Milo][23]
[A Mutilated Statue of Eros][28]
[Venus with Shield and Pencil][29]
[Venus with Mirror][30]
[Venus as Victory][31]
[Drawing by Hasse and Henke][32]
[Restoration by Furtwaengler][33]
[Saloman’s Latest Restoration][34]
[Restoration by Saloman][35]
[Venus Sending out the Dove][36]
[The Mother of the Gods. Painting by Francisca P. Del Mar][38]
[Venus on the Swan][55]
[Head of Venus of Milo. Profile view][57]
[Head of Venus of Milo. Front view][59]
[Heavenly and Worldly Love. By Titian][66]
[Birth of Venus. Ludovisi relief][70]
[Detail from the Ludovisi Relief][72]
[Winter and Summer][73]
[Venus and Anchises][75]
[Venus Victrix][77]
[Eros in the Underworld][84]
[Carrying in Procession the Symbol of Istar][97]
[Isis and Horus][99]
[Egyptian Representation of the Dead Man and His Soul][99]
[Astarte and the Dove][100]
[The Human-Headed Bird][101]
[Amulet of the Mycenaean Period][102]
[Isis and the Fish][102]
[Aphrodite with Rabbit][103]
[Relief from Boghaz-Köi][104]
[A Later Astarte][105]
[A Leaden Idol][105]
[Astarte in Cyprus][106]
[The Goddess of Navigation][107]
[Sargent’s Astarte][108]
[The Immaculate Conception. By Murillo][109]
[Kwan-Yon and the Fish][111]
[A Poem on Kwan-Yon][112]
[Benten, The Japanese Goddess of Divine Love][113]
[Kwan-Yon. By Li Lung-mien][114]
[Kwan Yon as the Buddha][115]
[T’ien Hou, Queen of Heaven][116]
[Freya][119]
[Adam and Eve Called to Account][133]
[The Creation of Woman][136]
[Detail from Ghiberti’s Doors][137]
[The Creation of Woman. By Michelangelo][138]
[Adam and Eve in Paradise. By Gustave Doré][139]
[The First Family. By Schnorr von Carolsfeld][140]
[Primitive Man. By Gabriel Max][142]
[Babylonian Clay Figures][145]
[The Venus of Brassempouy][146]
[Lakshmi][147]
[Coins of Cilicia, Tarsus, Gaulos and Perga][148]
[Coins of Perga in Pamphylia][149]
[Three Artemis Medals][149]
[Coin of Antiochus Euergetes][150]
[Istar on a Coin of Tarsus][150]
[Coins of Emesa, Iasos Caria, Paphos and Lydia][151]
[The Diana of Ephesus in the Vatican][152]
[The Diana of Ephesus in Naples][153]
[Cyprian Aphrodite][154]
[Archaic Aphrodite with Dove][155]
[Archaic Venus in Pompeian Style][155]
[Aphrodite Sosandra by Kalamis][156]
[Aphrodite and Ares][157]
[Attic Sculpture of the Fifth Century B. C.][158]
[Aphrodite of Alcamenes, Known as Venus Genetrix][159]
[Head of the Cnidian Venus. Profile][160]
[The Cnidian Venus of Praxiteles][161]
[The Venus of Praxiteles on a Cnidian Coin][162]
[Head of the Crouching Venus][163]
[Venus Crouching in the Bath][164]
[Venus with the Unguent Jar][165]
[The Venus of Panderma. Front view][167]
[The Venus of Panderma. Rear view][168]
[The Venus Head in the Museum of Bardos][169]
[Head of the Cnidian Venus. Front view][172]
[Another View of the Cnidian Venus][175]

THE DISCOVERY OF A RARE ART TREASURE.

MELOS (Italian Milo), one of the smallest Greek islands, would scarcely be known at all except to specialists in geography or ancient history, had not a happy accident brought to light on one of its hillsides that most beautiful piece of sculpture which ever since its discovery has been known as the Venus of Milo.

Melon means apple, and the island of Melos (the “apple island”) belongs to the Cyclades, being the most southern and western member of that group. It lies almost straight west from the southern tip of the Peloponnesus and in a direction south to south-west from Athens.