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Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon, Frederic Leighton (Lord Leighton), 1869
Limestone head from the statue of a worshiper of Apollo, bearded and wearing a helmet with upturned
Bronze face-mask helmet of a Roman cavalryman, worn on special occasions. Artist unknown; late 1st
The Townley Discobolus at the British Museum, London, UK. Roman copy with incorrectly restored head.
Hecate (The Night of Enitharmon’s Joy), William Blake, 1795
Two Ethiopians lead Andromeda to the rock where she is to be sacrificed to a sea monster. Detail fr
Marble bust of a man wearing a toga with thick folds. Artist unknown; ca. 240-250 CE. Now in the B
Benjamin Green (British; 1739–1798) after George Stubbs (British; 1724–1806)Phaeton Driving the Char
Phaeton Driving the Chariot of the SunBenjamin Green (British; 1739–1798) after George Stubbs (Briti
Cadmus and Harmonia, Evelyn de Morgan, 1877
bernardcreely:From The Parthenon c. 447 BC-432 BC British Museum
Helen of Troy, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1863
Priam arrives at Achilles’ shelter to ransom the body of his son Hector. The youth facing him has b
Ancient Roman tombstone depicting Heracles/Hercules and Hesione, daughter of King Laomedon of Troy,
Bellerophon, astride Pegasus, attacks the Chimera. Molded medallion from an Apulian terracotta flas
Venus, Supported by Iris, Complaining to Mars, Sir George Hayter, 1820
“But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin’ else. A
Paris and Helen before Priam. Miniature by the Master of the Échevinage of Rouen, 2nd half of 15th
The Baleful Head, Edward Burne-Jones, 1886-87
ancientpeoples:Patera1st Century ADRomano British(Source: The British Museum)
Menelaus (left) and Hector fight over the body of the Trojan hero Euphorbus. Ancient Greek plate in
ancientpeoples:Fragment of a Mosaic Pavement1st Century ADRoman(Source: The British Museum)
By Summer Seas, Herbert James Draper, 1912
The head of Hypnos (Sleep). Roman bronze sculpture (1st-2nd cent. CE) after a lost Hellenistic orig
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