something which is considerably more realistic, still very formal, rather stiff, but quite unmistakably greekthis figure, too, can tell us a little more about her original appearance because she was found with traces of color on her dress and face, and again, a duplicate cast has been restored and painted up to show what she looked like in antiquity. the colors would probably have been muted somewhat by the bright athenian sun. we've got to try to make these adjustments to allow for these figures in their original setting, their original appearance, try to understand their original function. if we can't, we can't understand what greek art's about. the art we recognize as greek was produced in the millennium between 2,000 and 3,000 years ago. the temple at sounion was built in the great classical period of athenian triumph, but centuries before, greek society was already recognizably different from other near-east cultures. persia and egypt were mighty empires, ruled by dynasties that gave themselves the status of gods. the greeks lived in city-states under the rule of petty kings. the scale o