His Classics

---

adora zhangguerrillawomenad-semtexscaracoredeimsssssss

---

LIVE

Silver stater from the ancient Greek polis of Phaistos, Crete.  On the obverse, Heracles; on the rev

Mars and Venus on a blue background.  Fresco in the Fourth Style from Herculaneum, artist unknown; 5

Fragment of an Early Corinthian oinochoe depicting a lion in profile.  Artist unknown; ca. 595-590 B

Votive steles from Carthage depicting priests or suppliants with their right hands raised in blessin

Askos (oil-jar) in the shape of a sandal-wearing foot.  Greek (thought to have been made in Athens),

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

Mosaic (made of polychrome marble tesserae) depicting an amphora with doves perched on the rim, flan

Marble bust of the Roman emperor Gordian III (r. 238-244 CE).  Now in the Altes Museum, Berlin.  Pho

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

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

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

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

historyfilia:Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld (details)by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Bronze portrait of a man, variously identified as Marcus Agrippa or Marcus Antonius.  Artist unknown

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

blkoutqueen:Odysseus has proven time and time again that his pride gets in the way of his leadership

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

Prev PageNext Page