Classics Gallery
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The mortal Peleus “courts” the sea-nymph Thetis by seizing her, while she shape-shifts i
Peleus entrusts his young son Achilles to the care of the centaur Chiron. White-ground black-figure
The centaur Chiron, accompanied by a satyr. Side A of a red-figure bell-krater attributed to the pa
Apollo (left) and his son Asclepius (seated), with the wise centaur Chiron, Asclepius’ tutor,
Romano-British vase in the shape of a man’s head, perhaps representing the Roman Emperor Caracalla (
The so-called “Colchester Vase,” depicting four gladiators named by inscriptions as Secundus, Mario,
A vase bearing the face of a woman, believed by some scholars to be Julia Domna, wife of the emperor
A seated athlete holds a fillet (?) Miniature black-figure Panathenaic amphora, attr. to the Bulas
Ancient Roman terracotta flask depicting gladiatorial combat. Now in the Romisch-Germanisches Museu
Bronze face-mask helmet of a Roman cavalryman, worn on special occasions. Artist unknown; late 1st
A competitor in the hoplitodromia (race in hoplite armor). Side A of an Attic red-figure neck-ampho
Ancient Roman glass cup, with an inscription in Greek, ΛΑΒΕ ΤΗΝ ΝΙΚΗΝ (”Seize the victory”), surroun
Competitors in the athletic event known as the pankration. Attic black-figure skyphos (deep drinkin
roserightankle:another enormous unfinished Dionysos
jujulica:Trying out some designs for Persephone and Demeter.
accentpaprika:Or as my Classic Professor calls him ‘The Johny Appleseed of the Ancient World’
Gilded statuette of Hercules, perhaps intended as a portrait of the Roman emperor Commodus (r. 180-1
shouty-y:Here’s my full piece for the “Classics but Make it Gay” zine which Kickstarter has official
domitian suggestion: expel all philosophers from italy
Aureus of the ill-fated Roman emperor Pertinax, who reigned for three months in 193 CE. On the obve
delicatesquashblossom:Well, some people have a sense of humor…
Oedipus slays the Sphinx. Attic red-figure lekythos in the manner of the Meidias Painter, ca. 420-4
When someone tells me that Caesar isn’t the greatest roman ever.
valiantparadox:i dont care what you say you could write an entire essay summarizing greek and roman
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