Ancient Greek Artworks 4th Cen

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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

Crete, Archaeological Museum of KissamosDionysiac Mosaic Floor[Found in] Antonios Skounakis plot (19

Hellenistic bronze sculpture of Hermes.  Now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  Photo credit:

Ancient Mycenaean Greek bronze swords, 2nd-1st millennium BC

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Leda and the Swan, painted vessel; Greek, Apulia 330 BC

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Winged Victory of Samothrace

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

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Bronze statuette of a Siren.  Unknown South Italian or Etruscan artist; ca. 500 BCE.  Now in the Met

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Headless statue standing at the ruins of Delos, GreeceGreece | Ancient ruins

Ancient Greek necklace with the “Heracles knot”.  Artist unknown; ca. 230-210 BCE.  From Taras/Taren

Head of the poetess Sappho,Istanbul Archeology Museum, TurkeyThe marble bust was found in the ancien

A headless statue next to the Temple of IsisArchaeological Site of Delos, GreeceGreece | Ancient rui

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

Viking runes on an ancient Greek statue,The Piraeus Lion is a marble statue around 3 meters (9 feet)

Ruins of The Tholos of Delphi with three columns standing at the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia in Delp

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