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myancientworld:The Polyxena Sarcophagus, Late Archaic, TurkeyThis sarcophagus has been dated between

ancientanimalart:Stater of Teos with griffinGreek (Ionia)Archaic Period520–500 BCE“A griffin seated

Two horses flank a tripod, with a goat above.  Detail from a Geometric oinochoe (wine jug) made in A

Terracotta amphora with a young man playing the kithara (top) and a judge (bottom), attributed to th

A symposium in a vine-covered arbor surrounds a Gorgon’s head.  Attic black-figure cup, late 6

didoofcarthage:Head of a horseGreek (probably from Attica), Archaic Period, c. 515 B.C.marbleMuseo d

Ajax carries the dead Achilles from the battlefield, as described in the lost Aethiopis, part of the

Terracotta vase in the form of a phallus. ca. 550-500 BC. / Phallus vases are a rare and distinctive

Silver didrachm of the Euboean polis of Eretria.  On the obverse, a cow scratching its head with its

Terracotta aryballos in the form of an eagle’s head.  Artist unknown; late 7th/early 6th cent. BCE. 

ancientanimalart:Two-handled jar (amphora) with Herakles driving a bull to sacrificeGreekArchaic Per

didoofcarthage:Marble figure of Odysseus. Roman, about 25 B.C. or A.D. 125, in Greek Archaic style o

The Treasury of the Athenians, Delphi - GreeceThe Treasury of the Athenians is the best preserved mo

boneandpapyrus:Silver-gilt ringEtruscan, late 6th–early 5th century B.C.(Archaic period)The bezel,

Dionysus, holding a kantharos, with his son Oenopion.  Detail from an Attic black-figure amphora, si

Marble figure of Odysseus. Roman, about 25 B.C. or A.D. 125, in Greek Archaic style of 490 B.C. Isab

spooksnatural: Those glyphs you found are an archaic form of Celtic. Ogham Chraobh. The Druids used

ancientart:The Archaic Greek Lion of Kea, thought to date to around the 6th century BC, sculptor unk

ancientart:Limestone bearded man, Cypriot, Archaic, early 6th century BC. Currently located at the M

Four views of a white-ground lekythos. Attributed to the Sappho Painter. Greek (Attic), Archaic Peri

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Atalanta and Peleus wrestle during the funerary games for King Pelias.  Chalcidian black-figure hydr

Atalanta.  Attic white-ground lekythos, attributed to the painter Douris; ca. 500-490 BCE.  Now in t

otterymary: It’s odd, isn’t it? Strange choice of words. Archaic.

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