Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Helen King, a Professor of Classical Studies at The Open University, with support from Laurence Totelin and Patty Baker. It was first published in August 2019.

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Figure 4: (c) Leni Riefenstahl taken from 1936 Film Olympia/ Tobis-Filmverleih

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Figure 11: The Kleophon Painter (Greek, Attic), Skyphos, Side A, detail of Hephaistos, about 420 B.C., wheel thrown, slip decorated earthenware, H: 11 13/16 in. (30 cm); Diam (rim): 13 1/16 in. (33.2 cm); Diam (with handles): 18 13/16 in. (47.8 cm); Diam (foot): 8 15/32 in. (21.5 cm). Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, Ohio), Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, 1982.88.

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Figure 21: Giorgio Sommer

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