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Stephanophoric silver tetradrachm of the Euboean polis of Eretria.  On the obverse, a bust of Artemi

cleopatrasdaughter:Notable royal women of the ancient Greek world(c. 1600 BCE - 500 CE)

Two bulls face one another in combat.  Protocorinthian or Early Corinthian aryballos, attributed to

warriormale:historyarchaeologyartefacts:Greek helmets, classical period, from Olympia Museum store r

Attic black-figure skyphos (two-handled wine-cup), decorated with chariots, Amazons, and Sphinxes. 

via-appia:Second temple of Hera in Paestum, Italy.Greek, 460–450 BC

The goddess Thetis, riding a hippocampus (seahorse), delivers newly forged arms to her son Achilles.

Zeus, in the form of a white bull, abducts Europa.  Detail from a red-figure calyx-krater signed by

A woman sneaks a drink from a vessel while a young servant girl looks on.  Attic red-figure skyphos,

Apulian red-figure lebes gamikos (marriage vase) depicting Eros with a seated woman.  Artist unknown

Hellenistic copper-alloy bust of a man, thought by some scholars to depict Philip V of Macedon (r. 2

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panasfaidon:Χριστιανική συμβολή στον πολιτισμό.Christian contribution to civilization.One picture, o

Statue of Hermes,carved from Pentelic marble.  Roman-period copy (1st or 2nd cent. CE) after a lost

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The Calydonian Boar Hunt.  Attic black-figure amphora, variously attributed to a painter of the Tyrr

General view of Iznik (Nicaea) - Léon de Laborde (1838)

historyarchaeologyartefacts:Scaraboid gem with a dolphin, Greek classical period 450–400 BCE[1600x14

Amycus, king of the Bebryces, is bound by the Argonauts after losing a boxing match to Polydeuces.  

Small bronze figurine of a wreathed male figure, possibly the god Apollo.  An inscription on the leg

Silver didrachm of the polis of Neapolis (Naples) in Magna Graecia (south Italy).  On the obverse, a

Christ Bearing the Cross, attr. to El Greco (1541-1614)

Aphrodite and Adonis.  Attic red-figure squat lekythos, signed by the painter Aison; ca. 410 BCE.  N

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