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Funerary stele for Eukoline, daughter of Antiphanes. Artist unknown; ca. 380 BCE. Now in the Keram
The Trevi Fountain, Rome
ancientart:The ancient Greek Erechtheum on the Athenian Acropolis, 421-406 BC. In the southwestern c
Fragment of a terracotta head of a satyr. Artist unknown; 4th cent. BCE. From Taranto (ancient Tar
Tecmessa and Eurysaces, Henry Fuseli, between 1800 and 1810
Musician Angel (Putto Playing the Lute), Rosso Fiorentino, 1518
Silver tetradrachm of the polis of Naxos (Sicily). On the obverse, a bearded head of Dionysus, wear
Apulian terracotta askos (flask with spout and handle) in the shape of a bull. Artist unknown; 4th
marthajefferson:Prince Henry (future Henry VIII) took up a classical curriculum under poets such as
South Italian painted rhyton in the shape of a goat’s head. Artist unknown; 4th cent. BCE. Now in
Detail from The Vintage Festival by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema1871oil on wood panelNational Gallery of
Ancient Greek bronze coin, believed to have been issued by the city of Apollonia in Macedon. On the
The Old Woman and Vulcan, Giulio Romano, 1526-28
Achilles (right) tends to Patroclus (left), who has been wounded by an arrow. Tondo of an Attic red
Terracotta figurine of the healing deity Asclepius, with his caduceus. Artist unknown; 1st cent. BC
A woman holding a casket. Attic red-figure alabastron, attr. to the Painter of London E 342; ca. 47
Benjamin Franklin’s Glass Armonica,Ben Franklin really was a genius of his time. Founding Fat
Hermes Chthonios, perhaps representing syncretism of Hermes in his Underworld aspect with a deceased
Myrtle spray, said to be from a tomb near Eleusis in AtticaGreek, Classical Period, 400-350 B.C.gold
The Vintage Festival by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema1871oil on wood panelNational Gallery of Victoria
Hercules and Omphale, Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder, 1754
The Sorceress Circe, Dosso Dossi, ca. 1507
Gilded silver plate from the Sasanian Empire, depicting youths with winged horses. The iconography
Clytemnestra attempts to awaken the sleeping Furies so that they can resume their pursuit of Orestes
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