Greek vases: gods, heroes and mortals
- ISBN-10
- 1857596064
- ISBN-13
- 9781857596069
- Series
- Greek Vases
- Category
- Art / History / Ancient & Classical
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Authors
- Agnes Schwarzmaier, Annika Backe-Dahmen, Ursula Kästner
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