Greek Classics Gallery

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Archaic Greek marble kouros from the island of Keos. Artist unknown; ca. 530-520 BCE. Now in the N

Silver hemidrachm of the Arcadian city of Tegea. On the obverse, Zeus Lykaios, seated, with an eagl

The columns of the Parthenon, Acropolis of Athens, GreeceGreece | Ancient ruins | Athens

loumargi:Hugh Adam Crawford The Wooing of Eurydice, 1949

Leda and the Swan (a transformed Zeus). Ca. 3rd cent. CE. Found in the sanctuary of Aphrodite at P

Attic lekythos depicting Leda and the Swan (the disguised Zeus). Attr. to the workshop of the Berli

argonauticae:ismene (for newfavething) oh antigone, i am so afraid for you.

Zeus (seated) and Leto with their offspring Apollo and Artemis. Marble relief from the sanctuary of

flores-et-dracones:‘Stop blaming Helen for the annihilation of armies. As if her little flutter, all

Corinthian terracotta alabastron (perfume vase) depicting a rooster in a field of rosettes. Artist

noordzee:Ancient Greek Lady-Monster Valentines, because I love the morbid sense of humor I develop a

The Roman Agora (Athens, Greece)Remains of a building found on the east side of The Roman Agora in A

Ancient Greek gold earring depicting a human head in relief. Artist unknown (perhaps manufactured i

The brothers Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death) carry the corpse of the Lycian warrior Sarpedon fro

Statue of a discobolus throwing the discus2nd cent. A.D.Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio-Clementino (Room o

A discus thrower. Roman bronze copy (2nd cent. CE) of the Greek sculptor Myron’s lost Discobolus (c

Coin of King Monounius I (r. ca. 290-270 BCE) of the Dardanian state, depicting a cow and suckling c

macrolit:The Iliad and The Odyssey, Homer

oakashandwillow:lifethe-universe-andeverything:Since I’m a giant Classics nerd I made some Greek pot

Marble bust of Antisthenes (ca. 445-365 BCE), Socratic philosopher sometimes credited as the founder

Inscribed Attic funeral stele for a man named Artemon. Artemon is shown shaking the hand of an olde

Heracles (right) pursues Ares’ son Cycnus (left in the center, Zeus attempts to separate the combata

woozapooza:The Odyssey + screenshotsofdespair.(Iliad here.)

Eos (Dawn) carries off Cephalus. Attic red-figure lekythos, attributed to the Oionokles Painter; ca

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