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Ionia in the Sixth Century b.c.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2009

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A tilted nose, long rather mysterious eyes, and a subtle mouth are the obvious characteristics of the little head which forms the subject of my first illustration. It is a small perfume-vase found in Rhodes and made about 550 b.c. We feel that we are in the presence of a lady of an inquiring turn of mind and a great appreciation of the joys of life. I hope that she is sufficiently interesting to justify an inquiry into her life and surroundings. Is this curiosity and enjoyment of life characteristic of Ionian art and literature in general?

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Copyright © The Classical Association 1936

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Bibliographical Note

For the architecture of the Ionian cities see Robertson, , Greek and Roman Architecture, pp. 91 ff.Google Scholar; for sculpture and painting, Beazley, and Ashmole, , Greek Sculpture and Painting, pp. 17 f., 23 fGoogle Scholar. The Hera of Cheramyes is illustrated there, fig. 30. For plastic vases see Maximova, Les Vas esplastiques. Good specimens of Fikellura, Clazomenian, and Caeretan are illustrated by Buschor, , Greek Vase-painting, figs. 62–3, 7781Google Scholar; see also J.H.S. 1928, p. 196Google Scholar. Burnet, , Thales to Plato, pp. 17 ff.Google Scholar, gives some account of the philosophers. The tripod story is in Diels-Kranz, , Vorsokratiker, p. 69 fGoogle Scholar. Bowra, C. M. deals with the poetry of Anacreon and Ibycus in his Greek Lyric Poetry, pp. 259 ff., 284 ff.Google Scholar