Hellenistic Greece

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Cycladic aestheticsNaxos islandChurch, the holy temple of Goddess Demetra and buildings

Statue of a young girl, the so-called “Atalanta,” attributed to the sculptor Pasiteles, a Greek (per

ancientgreecebuildings:theancientworld:Temple of Athena Polias in PrieneThe temple was built in the

Ancient Greek terracotta lamp in the shape of a bull’s head.  Artist unknown; 2nd cent. BCE.  Now in

via-appia:Gold laurel wreath from the Kerameikos Archaeological MuseumGreek, Hellenistic Period

Terracotta kline (couch) with nuptial banquet and Erotes Greek, Hellenistic Period, c. 3rd to 2nd ce

Orestes arrives at Delphi, begging Apollo to free him from the pursuing Furies sent by his murdered

Ruins of Hippos, IsraelBetween the 3rd century BC and the 7th century AD, Hippos was the site of a G

The Gaddi Torso, part of Hellenistic sculpture of the 2nd century B.C. Italy, Florence, Uffizzi Gall

A small child playing with a bird.  Roman copy after a Hellenistic original.  Now in the Vatican Mus

Silver tetradrachm of Smyrna with head of Cybele in turreted mural crown (obverse) and Greek inscrip

Ancient Greek ivory appliqué (probably originally part of a furniture decoration) depicting a satyr,

Head of the poetess Sappho.  Roman-era copy after a Hellenistic original; artist unknown.  Found at

Marble head of Hermes.  Hellenistic copy after a 5th cent. BCE herm.  Found in the Theater

didoofcarthage:Gold wreath with detached stem including leaves and berriesGreek, Hellenistic Period,

A mosaic from the shrine of Asclepius, god of medicine, on the island of Kos.  Asclepius, cente

A red-figure kantharos (drinking cup) with a depiction of a woman’s head.  Unknown ar

Ancient Greek terracotta incense burner in the form of a female head, possibly Kore/Persephone. 

Silver 16-litra piece of Syracuse, struck under Heiron II, with head of Heiron’s wife Philisti

Colossal head of the god Asclepius, made of Parian marble.  The head originally bore a metal cr

Late Hellenistic sculpture (Parian marble) of a fighting Gaul.  Tentatively attributed to the s

Ring with an engraved portrait of Ptolemy VI Philometor (r. 180-145 BCE).  Now in the Louvre.&n

Stone slab bearing a Greek dedication to the Egyptian deities Isis and Serapis from one Marcus Agell

Hades, in a chariot driven by a winged Erinys (Fury), carries off Persephone (far right).   Sid

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