Tomasz Polanski, Ancient Greek Orientalist Painters, The Literary Evidence, Krakow 2002
Abbreviations I. Orientalism in the Greek Art and Literature II. Mythology and Exotism: The Semito-African Orient in the Mythological Landscape Painting 1. The Heroines of Ethiopia and Phoenicia The Rape of Europa The Rescue of Andromeda 2. The African Adventures of Heracles Heracles and Antaeus Heracles and the Pygmies III. History and Romance: The Iranian Orient in the Greek Easel Painting 1. On the Battlefields of Issos and Marathon Persian Warriors on the Poecile Marathon Painting The Alexander Mosaic and the Greek Battle Painting 2. Three Persian Princesses The Death of Pantheia The Warrior Princess Rhodogoune The Wedding of Alexander and Roxana IV. Final Remarks Bibliography Index Plates
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