Greek Classics

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Heracles battles the Amazons.  Interior of a Laconian black-figure kylix, attributed to the Arcesila

lifethe-universe-andeverything:Since I’m a giant Classics nerd I made some Greek pottery inspired Ea

Ancient Greek Artefacts Creative Lomo Edits Batch 2, Great North Museum, Hancock, Newcastle (16th Ap

dawn-delocksley:Made some memes to appease my Classics 40 TA

stamp-it-to-me:four 1986 Greek stamps depicting the goddesses (from left to right, top to bottom) Ar

Odysseus listens to the song of the Sirens.  Attic black-figure oenochoe, artist unknown; ca. 525-50

A Maenad (female devotee of Dionysus), brandishing her thyrsos (staff tipped with a pine cone) and a

Fragment of a pebble mosaic floor from the ancient Greek polis of Sicyon, depicting Centaurs and var

femalenudityinwesternpainting:“A Courtesan Fastening Her Sandal (1)”, “A Courtesan

Lycian Apollo.  Reconstituted ivory statue of the 3rd cent. CE, thought to be a copy of the original

Silenus or a satyr, holding a kantharos (drinking-cup) and lyre.  Tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix

duchenef:Deaths in the iliad. source: https://greekmythcomix.wordpress.com/comic/deaths-in-the-iliad

My setup right now- writing vocab notes for Odyssey Book IX, while having a cup of lemon-ginger tea

greek-museums:Some more doodles. The skull with the flower crown is an exhibit at the Archaeological

The Death of Adonis by Giuseppe MazzuolaThe Large Italian Skylight Hall (room 238) State Hermitage M

noelcollection:To continue National Classics Week, let’s take a look at the Ancient Greeks. They gif

Cycladic marble female figurine, attr. to the Goulandris Master.  Ca. 2500-2400 BCE (Early Cycladic

Athenian funerary relief of a couple. Artist unknown; ca. 330-320 BCE. Now in the Pergamon Museum, B

Small Minoan pithos of the Kamares Ware type, depicting fish caught in a net.  Artist unknown; ca. 1

Small painted terracotta rhyton in the shape of a lion’s head.  Artist unknown; Mature Late Cycladic

A lion.  Attic black-figure amphora, attr. to the Gorgon Painter; ca. 600-575 BCE. Now in the Louvre

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

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

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