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mini-girlz:Statuette of Aphrodite or a Muse leaning on a pillarGreekHellenistic Period300–250 B.C.Gr

Silver Athenian tetradrachm in the “new style,” depicting an owl standing atop a Panathenaic prize-a

The head of Heracles.  Obverse of a silver tetradrachm minted in Babylon during the reign of Alexand

Delos. Tiny island where Apollo and Artemis were born.Greece |  Ancient ruins | Sculpture

hismarmorealcalm:Fragmentary Colossal Head of a Youth Greek  Hellenistic period  2nd century B.C. Ma

Orestes and Pylades arrive among the Taurians.  Detail from a Campanian red-figure krater, Group of

alexandriad:as suggested by anon: “Alexander and Hephaistion’s reunion in India, after Alexander was

ancientart:The Croatian Apoxyomenos—A Bronze Athlete. It is thought to be a Hellenistic or Roman rep

The head of Hypnos (Sleep).  Roman bronze sculpture (1st-2nd cent. CE) after a lost Hellenistic orig

eastiseverywhere:From National Geographic:Aphrodisias Martin GrayWhen archaeologist Kenan Erim first

ruetheterrible:Late Hellenistic Necklace and Earrings, 1st century B.C.;Gold, agate, garnet; GreekTh

artemisdreaming:Aphrodite Anadyomene, Greek, Hellenistic Period, 3rd-1st century BC (Axel Vervoordt

theancientwayoflife:~ Head of a Goat.Date: 300-100 B.C.Place of origin: GreecePeriod: Hellenistic pe

ancientjewels:Pair of Hellenistic gold and enamel earrings with swan figures, c. 2nd century BCE. Th

‘The Winged Victory of Samothrace’, (Hellenistic sculpture of Nike). 2nd century BC. Musée du Louvre

thisblueboy:Dancing Satyr, Roman copy after original Greek Hellenistic sculpture, Louvre Museum, Par

ancientpeoples:Papyrus Fragment with lines from Homer’s Odyssey c.285-250 BCEarly Hellenistic GreekF

The playwright Menander.  Ancient Roman marble medallion (4th cent. CE) after a Greek original of th

lionofchaeronea:A statue of Zeus.  Artist unknown; late Hellenistic period.  From Kameiros, Rhodes;

Rhoρ -   You will go on more easily if you wait a short time. Rest; but don’t linger too long.Daffod

Muse, restored as Sophonisba, by unknown Hellenistic artist and Simone Bianco, Museo Archeologico Na

fourteenth:birdonwing:azidahaka:Greek Statue - Lilith Crying:This is believed to be a Greek or Turki

Apulian red-figure terracotta fish plate.  Attributed to the workshop of the Darius Painter; ca. 340

Boeotian terracotta statue of a woman with a hat.  Artist unknown; 4th or 3rd cent. BCE.  Now in the

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