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Delphes - aurige (detail)
Un aurige est un conducteur de char de course, dans le contexte gréco-romain.
Le plus célèbre de tous est l'aurige de Delphes, une statue de bronze découverte sur le sanctuaire de Delphes à la fin du xixe si&egr ...

Delphes - aurige
Un aurige est un conducteur de char de course, dans le contexte gréco-romain.
Le plus célèbre de tous est l'aurige de Delphes, une statue de bronze découverte sur le sanctuaire de Delphes à la fin du xixe si&egr ...

Horse Without A Rider. Around 490 BC
The sculpture was dedicated to the sanctuary of the Acropolis, possibly on the occasion of a victory in an equestrian contest (race of 'keletes'). Marble from the island of Paros. ...

Relief Of The Pensive Athena. Around 460 BC
Athena is presented in front of a stele leaning on her spear in a relaxed manner. The stele has been variously interpreted either as a boundary marker of a sanctuary, a catalogue of treasures or a list of war casualties. Marble from the island of Par ...

Sanctuary of Dionysos. Female Dancer. 1st Cent. BC
Ιt is probably one of the Horai, daughters of Zeus and Themis, who represented the seasons of the year. The slab probably decorated a triangular tripod base. ...

Sanctuary of Nymphe. Dedication To Nymphe, Protectress Of Marriage. 6th Cent. BC
Painted clay tablet depicting a doe with her fawns, dedicated to the Sanctuary of Nymphe, protectress of marriage. ...

Parthenon Gallery, west frieze. Block IX Of The West Frieze. 442-438 BC
Two horsemen galloping. A rider is depicted on a trotting horse. Another horseman with a broad-brimmed hat (petasos) rides a proud, galloping horse. Traces of green color have been found in the folds of the rider’s cape (chlamys), whereas the c ...

Parthenon Gallery, west frieze. Block VIII Of The West Frieze. 442-438 BC
Depiction of a rider trying to control his runaway horse. This powerful composition occupies the central block of the west frieze, which is possibly the work of Pheidias. It has been suggested that the rider is one of the two Athenian Cavalry command ...

Temple of Athena Nike. The Goddess Athena Seated On A Rock. Around 410 BC
The Goddess Athena is resting after victorious battles. Part of the decorated parapet that surrounded the temple. ...

Masque d'Agamemnon
Le « masque d'Agamemnon » est un masque funéraire en or, découvert à Mycènes en 1876 par Heinrich Schliemann dans un lieu qui s'avérera par la suite être une tombe à fosse. Selon la traditio ...

AGMA - leda
Musee de l agora ...

Life and Death in Rome Medea Sarcophagus 140 BCE
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Myrina - Aphrodite
This depiction of Aphrodite is characterised by a rare sensuality. Her gown is draped low, just covering the right breast while the fineness of the fabric reveals more of the abdomen than it conceals. The hair is fastened at the back of the head and ...

Alexander and the Outcome - The Age of Hellenism Clay Figurine Of Aphrodite 2nd Century
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Troies - quadrige (Metope du temple Athena)
Troy, in Homer the city of Ilos, later named Ilion by the Greeks, was already a place of mythical and monumental significance in ancient times. At the beginning of the third century BC, acting on a wish of Alexander the Great, Lysimachus, King of Thr ...

Athena. Date unknown. Marble. h. 173 cm
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Discobolos. c. 450. Marble. h. 155 cm
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Hagesandros, Athenodoros and Polydoros of Rhodes. Date unknown. Marble. h. 242 cm
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Air-Goddess -397
In the static marble sculpture the garment conveys movement such as running and floating by rendering the fabric as clinging to the body. A young woman in a thin transparent garment comes floating towards the viewer. The floating motif is emphasized ...

Artemis And Iphigenia (-298 -97)
The story goes that King Agamemnon had to sacrifice his daughter Iphigeneia to the goddess Artemis in order to have a favourable wind for Troy. The story is well known from Greek myths and from the tragedy “Iphigeneia in Aulis” by Euripid ...

Attic Grave Relief (-358 -348)
The tombs of the Greeks were placed along the roads. Here the passers by could stop and read the names of the deceased. In a small building supported by columns and with a triangular pediment, a woman is shown seated on a backless chair, her feet res ...

Athena Frieze C. 170 BC
The Pergamon Altar is the huge monument from which the Pergamon Museum takes its name. The fragments of this great Hellenistic altar of the second century BCE were found during excavations in Pergamon between 1878 and 1886. At the centre of the Altar ...

Roman architecture : Trajaneum hall Market Gate Of Miletus C. 100
The gallery is dominated by the reconstruction of the market gate of Miletus, second only to the Pergamon Altar as the most important monument in the Collection of Antiquities at the Pergamon Museum and the only landmark of classical architecture tha ...

Parrot Mosaic Early To Mid-2nd Century BC
This mosaic is a modern partial reconstruction incorporating original fragments that are easily identifiable among the extensive additions by their polychromy. Two elongated rectangular fields are framed on three sides by several borders: 1) a red (w ...

Venus de Milo
La Vénus de Milo est une célèbre sculpture grecque de la fin de l'époque hellénistique (vers 130-100 av. J.-C.) qui pourrait représenter la déesse Aphrodite (Vénus pour les Romains). Déco ...

Victoire de Samothrace 190 BC
La Victoire de Samothrace (en grec ancien Νίκη της Σαμοθράκης / Níkê tês Samothrákês) est une sculpture grecque de l'époque hell&ea ...