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A reclining satyr holds a drinking cup. Scarab from Etruria, eponymous gem of the Master of the Lon
Heracles and Iolaos. Attic white-ground black-figure oinochoe, artist unknown; ca. 500-490 BCE. Now
Apollo resting on a tripod. Roman copy (1st or early 2nd cent. CE) after a Greek original. Now in
A plate depicting a winged, Gorgon-headed deity, shown in the traditional pose of the Πότνια Θηρῶν (
Ancient Greek gold pendant in the form of a gorgoneion (Gorgon’s face). Artist unknown; ca. 450 BCE
Silver hemidrachm from Gergis, in the Troad (present-day northwestern Turkey), perhaps minted for th
Silver didrachm issued by Athens, ca. 520 BCE, bearing a Gorgon’s head. Now in the British Museum.
Corinthian terracotta sculpture representing Zeus abducting Ganymede. Artist unknown; ca. 480 BCE.
ancientjewels:Pair of Greek gold earrings depicting Eros. They date to around 300 BCE. From the Metr
Marble relief of the goddess Demeter. Artist unknown; 4th cent. BCE. Found near Çanakkale, Turkey;
Terracotta relief from the Greek island of Melos depicting Odysseus’ return to his palace on Ithaca.
King Lycurgus of Thrace attacks his wife in a frenzy. Lycurgus had been driven mad by Dionysus as p
A scene from the Gigantomachy: Ares and another figure (usually identified as Phobos, less often as
Reggia di Caserta
Heracles kills the Nemean Lion. Black-figure neck amphora by a painter of the Polyphemus Group, ca.
Bust of Hera. Roman-era copy after a Greek original of ca. 420 BCE. Now in the Museo Arqueológico
A scene from Aeschylus’ Seven Against Thebes: Capaneus, one of the Seven, attempts to storm Th
A satyr and a griffin confront one of the Scythian tribe of the Arimaspi. Detail from an Attic red-
Pebble mosaic floor depicting a griffin, from the Peloponnesian polis of Sicyon. Artist unknown; 2n
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
Oedipus slays the Sphinx. Attic red-figure lekythos in the manner of the Meidias Painter, ca. 420-4
Bellerophon rides Pegasus into battle against the Chimera. Red-figure Apulian plate, attributed to
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