Round 3: Tossup 18

John Beazley used this city to name an anonymous red-figure vase painter of the 5th century BC who is often contrasted with the Kleophrades Painter. The introduction of Mary Beard and John Henderson’s Classical Art describes a once-armless Praying Boy sculpture called this city’s “Adorant.” This city often names the Severan Tondo. An artwork now located in this city contains a long staircase and a large frieze depicting the Gigantomachy. Today, this city is home to the Ishtar Gate and the Bust of Nefertiti. (10[1])This city’s Altes (“ALL-tiss”) Museum is on its Museum Island, where an altar originally from Asia Minor (10[1])is housed in the Pergamon Museum. For 10 points, name this capital that houses many works found by a native son who excavated Mycenae and Troy, Heinrich Schliemann. ■END■

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