Hellenistic History Gallery
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Marble bust of the Greco-Egyptian deity Serapis. Roman copy after a Greek original (4th cent. BCE)
Askos (oil-jar) in the shape of a sandal-wearing foot. Greek (thought to have been made in Athens),
historyfilia:Hellenistic rock tombs from Kaunos, Turkey (4th – 2nd century BC)
Athenian funerary relief of a couple. Artist unknown; ca. 330-320 BCE. Now in the Pergamon Museum, B
The centaur Chiron teaches Achilles how to play the lyre. Carved red jasper gemstone in a modern go
Portrait bust of Seleucus I Nicator (ca. 359-285 BCE), general of Alexander the Great and first rule
Hellenistic bronze sculpture of Hermes. Now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Photo credit:
Terracotta applique in the form of a griffin. From Taranto (ancient Taras/Tarentum), artist unknown
Ancient Greek necklace with the “Heracles knot”. Artist unknown; ca. 230-210 BCE. From Taras/Taren
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens - Greece This ancient theater was built at the base of the Acr
Fragment of a terracotta head of a satyr. Artist unknown; 4th cent. BCE. From Taranto (ancient Tar
Ancient Greek gold ring with a garnet intaglio, depicting either the god Dionysus himself or Ptolemy
Limestone head, identified as the Ptolemaic queen Arsinoe II. Artist unknown; 278-270 BCE (reign of
Askos in the shape of a woman’s head, surmounted by an eagle. Artist unknown; ca. 270-200 BCE. Fro
South Italian painted rhyton in the shape of a goat’s head. Artist unknown; 4th cent. BCE. Now in
Ancient Greek bronze coin, believed to have been issued by the city of Apollonia in Macedon. On the
historyfilia:Hellenistic rock tombs from Kaunos, Turkey (4th – 2nd century BC)
Drachm of the Indo-Greek king Philoxenos Aniketos (”Invincible”), who ruled a kingdom in present-day
historyfilia:Hellenistic rock tombs from Kaunos, Turkey (4th – 2nd century BC)
Statue of a seated poet (Orpheus?)Greek (from Tarentum), Early Hellenistic Period, 330-300 B.C.terra
Terracotta figurine of the healing deity Asclepius, with his caduceus. Artist unknown; 1st cent. BC
Ancient Greek painted terracotta statuette, depicting a dancer who holds a castanets-like percussion
Ancient Greek or Roman bronze statuette of a dwarf with silver eyes. Artist unknown; 1st cent. BCE/
The great Athenian orator Demosthenes. Roman copy (1st cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) in leaded bronze,
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