Book excerpt: Excerpt from Guide to the Royal Collections of Dresden The sculptured ornamentation of the north side, towards the Theaterplatz embodies the antique world. The socle reliefs of the gateway comprise (from left to. Right) the figures of Hercules, Perseus, Jason and Theseus; above are Pericles and Phidias, Lysippus and Alexander the Great. The spandrils along the front contain representations of Greek divinities and Heroes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.