His Classics Gallery

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The playwright Menander.  Ancient Roman marble medallion (4th cent. CE) after a Greek original of th
Attic janiform red-figure aryballos in the shape of women’s heads, bearing the inscription Epilykos
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As Heracles (left) attacks Cycnus, son of Ares (right), Zeus steps between them to break up the figh
lionofchaeronea:Terracotta relief from the Greek island of Melos depicting Odysseus’ return to his p
Laconian marble grave relief depicting two enthroned heroes receiving offerings from (far smaller) w
King Aegeus of Athens consults the goddess Themis (Natural Law).  Tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix
A youthful portrait of the emperor Commodus (r. 180-192 CE).  Artist unknown.  Now in the Romano-Ger
Ganymede, the young Trojan prince whom Zeus abducted to be his cupbearer, holds a hoop and a rooster
Triptolemus prepares to depart in his winged chariot, on the mission given to him by Demeter to spre
Apulian red-figure terracotta fish plate.  Attributed to the workshop of the Darius Painter; ca. 340
Heracles battles the three-bodied monster Geryon, whose cattle he has come to steal as part of his T
Boeotian terracotta statue of a woman with a hat.  Artist unknown; 4th or 3rd cent. BCE.  Now in the
Minoan rhyton in the shape of a bird.  Artist unknown; ca. 2600-2300 BCE.  Now in the Archaeological
Terracotta head of Hercules.  Artist unknown; 1st cent. BCE.  Now in the Staatliche Antikensammlunge
Ancient Greek gold jewelry from the region of Pontika (in present-day Ukraine), formed in a Heracles
Late Archaic terracotta plaque found on the island of Corfu (= ancient Corcyra), thought to have bee
Terracotta aryballos, attr. to an artist of the Bulas Group; 4th cent. BCE. Now in the Metropolitan
Women drawing water at a fountain-house. Belly of an Attic black-figure hydria (water jar), attribut
Bronze statue of a young athlete, found in the sea off Marathon, Attica. ca. 340-330 BC. The Nationa
Orpheus surrounded by an audience of wild animals.  Floor mosaic from an ancient Roman villa near Pa
uwmspeccoll:Greek Ornament in The Coloured Ornament of All Historical Styles Today we are featuring
A statue of Zeus.  Artist unknown; late Hellenistic period.  From Kameiros, Rhodes; now in the Archa
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