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Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01

Volume 1 — Introductory material

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VOLUME I.

Agapè, or Love Feast among the Early Christians Frontispiece After the painting by J.A. Mazerolle.

Procession of the Sacred Bull Apis-Osiris After the painting by E.F. Bridgman.

Driving_Sacrificial_Victims_into_the_Fiery_Mouth_of_Baal After the painting by Henri Motte.

Apollo Belvedere From a photograph of the statue in the Vatican, Rome.

Confucian Temple, Forbidden City, Pekin From a photograph.

The School of Plato After the painting by O. Knille.

Socrates Instructing Alcibiades After the painting by H.F. Schopin.

Socrates From the bust in the National Museum, Naples.

Pericles and Aspasia in the Studio of Phidias After the painting by Hector Le Roux.

Zeuxis Choosing Models from among the Beauties of Kroton for his Picture of Helen After the painting by E. Pagliano.

Homer From the bust in the National Museum, Naples.

Demosthenes From the statue in the Vatican, Rome.

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