Magna Graecia Gallery

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Dionysus arrives at a gathering of his followers in a chariot drawn by griffins.  Apulian red-figure
via-appia:Terracotta loutrophoros (ceremonial vase for water). Woman with attendant in naiskos (shri
Magna Graecia. Τα σύμβολα λάβαρα των φυλών της μεγάλης Ελλάδας   (vía archaeology)
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
Ancient Greek necklace with the “Heracles knot”.  Artist unknown; ca. 230-210 BCE.  From Taras/Taren
Fragment of a terracotta head of a satyr.  Artist unknown; 4th cent. BCE.  From Taranto (ancient Tar
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
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
Statue of a seated poet (Orpheus?)Greek (from Tarentum), Early Hellenistic Period, 330-300 B.C.terra
mini-girlz:Greek Terracotta Aphrodite.South Italycirca 3rd Century B.C.via > sergio mundi / pinte
Silenus speaks to a woman.  Fragment of an Apulian krater in the Gnathian style, artist unknown; ca.
Drachma from Bruttium (Locri or Croton).  On the obverse, Hera Lacinia; on the reverse, Zeus with hi
Zeus, in the form of a white bull, abducts Europa.  Detail from a red-figure calyx-krater signed by
Apulian red-figure lebes gamikos (marriage vase) depicting Eros with a seated woman.  Artist unknown
Silver didrachm of the polis of Neapolis (Naples) in Magna Graecia (south Italy).  On the obverse, a
8-litrai silver coin of Syracuse, signed by the engraver Ly(sid…)  On the obverse, the head o
Demeter and Queen Metaneira of Eleusis.  The scene may reflect an incident in the Homeric Hymn to De
allisonscola:Unlike many of the other temple ruins that one can visit throughout Sicily at Agrigento
archaicwonder:The rare Demareteion (decadrachm) of Syracuse, Sicily c. 480-479 BCDemareteion is the
aphroditehijadelaluna:Aphrodite,Eros and Hermes.Clay tablet from Locri,Calabria,Magna Grecia.Terraco
King Lycurgus of Thrace attacks his wife in a frenzy.  Lycurgus had been driven mad by Dionysus as p
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