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A dolphin and fish, surrounded by various forms of marine life. Tondo of an Apulian red-figure leka
Two women, one with writing tablets and stylus, on a walk. Interior of an Attic red-figure kylix, a
Heracles kills the Nemean Lion. Black-figure neck amphora by a painter of the Polyphemus Group, ca.
Bust of Hera. Roman-era copy after a Greek original of ca. 420 BCE. Now in the Museo Arqueológico
A scene from Aeschylus’ Seven Against Thebes: Capaneus, one of the Seven, attempts to storm Th
A portrait bust of the tragic playwright Aeschylus. Roman copy, after a Greek original of the 4th c
A satyr and a griffin confront one of the Scythian tribe of the Arimaspi. Detail from an Attic red-
Red-figure rhyton in the shape of a griffin’s head. Unknown Apulian artist, ca. 330 BCE. Now in th
Pebble mosaic floor depicting a griffin, from the Peloponnesian polis of Sicyon. Artist unknown; 2n
The mortal Peleus “courts” the sea-nymph Thetis by seizing her, while she shape-shifts i
Peleus entrusts his young son Achilles to the care of the centaur Chiron. White-ground black-figure
The centaur Chiron, accompanied by a satyr. Side A of a red-figure bell-krater attributed to the pa
A seated athlete holds a fillet (?) Miniature black-figure Panathenaic amphora, attr. to the Bulas
A competitor in the hoplitodromia (race in hoplite armor). Side A of an Attic red-figure neck-ampho
Oedipus slays the Sphinx. Attic red-figure lekythos in the manner of the Meidias Painter, ca. 420-4
Bellerophon rides Pegasus into battle against the Chimera. Red-figure Apulian plate, attributed to
The Townley Discobolus at the British Museum, London, UK. Roman copy with incorrectly restored head.
Two Ethiopians lead Andromeda to the rock where she is to be sacrificed to a sea monster. Detail fr
Marble head of a goddess, perhaps a syncretism of Cybele and Tyche (Fortune). Artist unknown; 2nd o
Milo of CrotonJoseph-Benoît Suvée (French, born Belgium; 1743–1807)1763 Oil on canvasGroeningemuseum
A warrior draws his sword as he grabs a veiled woman. The scene is traditionally interpreted as Men
The departure of Neoptolemus. Side A of an Attic red-figure neck-amphora, attributed to the Lycaon
Theseus is honored by the Athenians after killing the Minotaur. Fresco from the House of Gavius Ruf
Theseus kills the Minotaur. Tondo of an Attic black-figure kylix, artist unknown; ca. 450-440 BCE.
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