His Classics Gallery

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Apulian red-figure lebes gamikos (marriage vase) depicting Eros with a seated woman.  Artist unknown
fyeah-history:Detail showing the oldest known depiction of the Trojan Horse. (Note the warriors peek
Denarius of the Roman emperor Augustus (r. 27 BCE-14 CE), commemorating the return of the legionary
Glass intaglio of a member of the Julio-Claudian imperial family.  Artist unknown; 1st or 2nd cent.
Hellenistic copper-alloy bust of a man, thought by some scholars to depict Philip V of Macedon (r. 2
Statue of Hermes,carved from Pentelic marble.  Roman-period copy (1st or 2nd cent. CE) after a lost
Marble bust of the Roman emperor Lucius Verus (r. 161-169 CE, jointly with Marcus Aurelius).  Now in
The Calydonian Boar Hunt.  Attic black-figure amphora, variously attributed to a painter of the Tyrr
A woman paints a statue of Priapus.  Fresco from the House of the Surgeon, Pompeii.
Amycus, king of the Bebryces, is bound by the Argonauts after losing a boxing match to Polydeuces.  
Small bronze figurine of a wreathed male figure, possibly the god Apollo.  An inscription on the leg
Silver didrachm of the polis of Neapolis (Naples) in Magna Graecia (south Italy).  On the obverse, a
Aphrodite and Adonis.  Attic red-figure squat lekythos, signed by the painter Aison; ca. 410 BCE.  N
Tetradrachm of the Hellenistic monarch Antigonus III Doson (r. 229-221 BCE).  On the obverse, the wr
Heracles grapples with the Cretan Bull, while a Siren watches from a branch above.  Tondo of a Lacon
Dionysus faces two Maenads, one of whom holds a hare.  Side B of an Attic black-figure neck-amphora,
A hunting Eros.  Mosaic from the “Bath of Achilles” in the House of Theseus, Paphos, Cyp
Athenian silver dekadrachm.  On the obverse, the head of Athena; on the reverse, an owl with wings s
Roman terracotta oil lamp depicting Odysseus/Ulysses and Circe.  Now in the Staatliche Antikensammlu
Heracles’ charioteer Iolaus holds his arrows, while the god Hermes watches Heracles grapple with the
East Greek cosmetic vase with a ram’s-head protome.  Artist unknown; ca. 525-500 BCE.  Now in the Me
Corinthian black-figure pyxis, decorated with a row of rams and panthers.  Attributed to the Stobart
The prophetess Cassandra offers a libation for her brother Hector, who is about to go out into battl
Thetis and the Nereids mourn the slain Achilles. Corinthian black-figure hydria, attr. to the Damon
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