His Classics Gallery

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Painted clay rhyton in the shape of a boar’s head.  Mature Late Cycladic I, ca. 1700-1600 BCE.  Now
Late Cycladic/Minoan jug with a painting of a bird.  Artist unknown; ca. 1600 BCE.  Now in the Natio
Terracotta aryballos in the form of an eagle’s head. Unknown Rhodian artist; late 7th or early 6th c
Terracotta applique in the form of a griffin.  From Taranto (ancient Taras/Tarentum), artist unknown
Bronze statuette of a Siren.  Unknown South Italian or Etruscan artist; ca. 500 BCE.  Now in the Met
Monumental marble head of the Roman goddess Juno, wearing a diadem.  Found at Vienne (ancient Vienna
Ancient Greek necklace with the “Heracles knot”.  Artist unknown; ca. 230-210 BCE.  From Taras/Taren
I tried to colorize the bust of Antinous and to add some human features to his adorable marble face.
Silver hemidrachm of the Arcadian polis of Tegea.  On the obverse, Zeus Lykaios, with an eagle; on t
Funerary stele for Eukoline, daughter of Antiphanes.  Artist unknown; ca. 380 BCE.  Now in the Keram
lionofchaeronea:Poseidon, enthroned and holding his trident, greets his son Theseus (right).  Side A
gattacats:Roman History: The Gracchi brothers  Tiberius and Gaius attempts to pass a land reform leg
Fragment of a terracotta head of a satyr.  Artist unknown; 4th cent. BCE.  From Taranto (ancient Tar
beatlesweatles:Why did he name his son that
Head of Zeus.  Artist unknown; Flavian period (69-96 CE).  From Ephesus; now in the Ephesus Archaeol
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
Silver tetradrachm of the polis of Naxos (Sicily).  On the obverse, a bearded head of Dionysus, wear
Apulian terracotta askos (flask with spout and handle) in the shape of a bull.  Artist unknown; 4th
quousque:lifethe-universe-andeverything:Since I’m a giant Classics nerd I made some Greek pottery in
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
Statue of a man (either an emperor or general) in a Roman military corselet decorated with Selene an
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