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Denarius of Gnaeus Cornelius Blasio, 112-111 BCE. On the obverse, the helmeted head of Scipio Africa

Two horsemen.  Late Corinthian black-figure olpe, attr. to the Hippolytos Painter; ca. 575-550 BCE. 

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Marble relief of the goddess Demeter.  Artist unknown; 4th cent. BCE.  Found near Çanakkale, Turkey;

Terracotta relief from the Greek island of Melos depicting Odysseus’ return to his palace on Ithaca.

A scene of sacrifice.  Detail from an Attic red-figure oinochoe, attributed to the Kraipale Painter;

Denarius (62 BCE) of Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus.  On the obverse, the goddess Concordia (Concor

Sestertius of the notorious Roman emperor Commodus (r. 180-192 CE), issued to celebrate the quelling

Marble portrait head of the Roman emperor Constantine I (r. 306-312 CE [as Western Caesar]; 312-324

Ancient Roman sardonyx cameo showing Emperor Constantine I being crowned by the Tyche (Fortune) of C

King Lycurgus of Thrace attacks his wife in a frenzy.  Lycurgus had been driven mad by Dionysus as p

A scene from the Gigantomachy: Ares and another figure (usually identified as Phobos, less often as

nemfrog:Helios in his chariot. Franz von Stuck : Gesamtwerk. Early 1900s. 

Head from a bronze statue of the Roman emperor Severus Alexander (r. 222-235 CE), last emperor of th

Mosaic depicting fishes, from vestibule A of the Domus dei Pesci (House of the Fishes) at the ancien

A dolphin and fish, surrounded by various forms of marine life.  Tondo of an Apulian red-figure leka

Selene, goddess of the moon, and her mortal lover Endymion.  Roman marble sarcophagus, artist unknow

Two women, one with writing tablets and stylus, on a walk.  Interior of an Attic red-figure kylix, a

arthistoryfeed:Venus Genetrix and a Cupid representing Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Caesarion, Roman w

A portrait bust of Faustina the Elder (d. ca. 140 CE), wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius (r.

Heracles kills the Nemean Lion.  Black-figure neck amphora by a painter of the Polyphemus Group, ca.

karrova:Diana and her Nymphs (details) After a painting by Laurent de La Hyre (French, Paris 1606–16

Bust of Hera.  Roman-era copy after a Greek original of ca. 420 BCE.  Now in the Museo Arqueológico

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