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Peter Behrens, electric water kettle, 1909. For AEG, Germany. Source

Gilgamesh tells Shiduri the tavern-keeper of his grief (tr. Andrew George, Penguin Classics, 1999, p

Clytemnestra attempts to awaken the sleeping Furies so that they can resume their pursuit of Orestes

Portrait head of the Roman emperor Lucius Verus (r. 161-169 CE, jointly with Marcus Aurelius), sculp

uwmspeccoll:Greek Ornament in The Coloured Ornament of All Historical Styles Today we are featuring

Herm with a portrait of Plato, from the Academy at Athens.  Roman copy of a lost Greek original (ca.

Marble head of the Roman deity Jupiter.  Artist unknown; 2nd cent. CE.  Now in the Spurlock Museum,

Silenus speaks to a woman.  Fragment of an Apulian krater in the Gnathian style, artist unknown; ca.

Theseus wrestles Cercyon, King of Eleusis, who would challenge passersby to a wrestling match and th

Statuette of the goddess Artemis/Diana. Unknown Anatolian artist; 1st cent. BCE. Now in the Getty Vi

Achilles lies in wait for Polyxena at a fountain.  Attic white-ground lekythos, attributed to the At

Coin of the Macedonian king Perdiccas II (r. ca. 451-413 BCE).  On the obverse, a galloping horse; o

Sardonyx cameo depicting a Ptolemaic prince as Hermes.  Artist unknown; 3rd cent. BCE.  Now in the C

peashooter85:The Donation of Constantine Fraud,After the fall of the Western Roman Empire the Roman

Ancient Roman chalcedonyappliqué depicting the bust of a young man in a cloak.  Artist unknown; ca.

Seleucus I Nicator, Hellenistic ruler and founder of the Seleucid dynasty.  Roman bronze copy after

Drachma from Bruttium (Locri or Croton).  On the obverse, Hera Lacinia; on the reverse, Zeus with hi

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

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

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

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 bust of the Emperor Augustus.  Unknown Roman artist, late 1st cent. BCE- early 1st cent. CE.  Foun

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

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