Marble statue of Nike, about 100 BCE, found at Halikarnassos (modern Bodrum), Turkey |
Terracotta statuette of Nike Canosa, Puglia, Italy about 300-200 BCE |
Gold earrings of Nike and Helios about 350-250 BCE found at Sami, Kefalonia, Greece |
Silver dress pin of Nike about 100-200 BCE |
Nike offers a victor's ribbon neck amphora red figure pottery made in Athens about 470-460 BCE attributed to Hermonax found at Nola, Campania, Italy |
Marble statue of a discus thrower probably from Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Italy, 120-140 CE after a Greek original, about 425-400 BCE |
Marble head from a statue of Zeus Italy 1st century BCE after a Greek original, about 460-450 BCE found at Formia, Lazio, Italy |
Silver coin of Zeus and his symbol, the eagle minted in Elis, Peloponnese, Greece, about 200-100 BCE |
A marble relief dedication to Artemis about 400 BCE found at Krannon, Thessaly, Greece |
Silver coin minted in Pella, Macedonia, about 359-336 BCE probably commemorating Phillip's II of Macedonia, victory in an equestrian event in the Olympic Games of 356 BCE |
Silver coin minted in Messina, Sicily, Italy after 484 BCE celebrating mule-cart racing victory of Anaxilas of Rhegium (494-476 BCE) |
Pentathletes Tyrrhenian amphora black figure pottery made in Athens, about 540 BCE found at Cerveteri, Lazio, Italy
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Athletes Phayllos and Ladamas amphora red figure pottery made in Athens, about 520-500 BCE found at Vulci, Lazio, Italy
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Athletes training session Hydria (water jar) red figure pottery Athens about 510-500 BCE |
Last Friday, the Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes exhibition from the British Museum opened at the National Museum of Australia, here in Canberra. This exhibition is open from 17 December 2021 until 1 May 2022 before moving on to Auckland. Some of my photos, didn't turn out very well, so I haven't included those and apologies for the poor quality of some of the photos I have included.
Marble Vaison Diadoumenos about 120-140 CE after a Greek original, about 430 BCE found at Vaison, Vaucluse, France |
Frontal view of above statue |
Four pairs of boxers - Chairestratos kalos Kylix (drinking cup) red figure pottery made in Athens, about 500-490 BCE attributed to Douris probably found at Vulci, Lazio, Italy |
Boxers amphora black figure pottery made in Athens, about 480-460 BCE found at Nola Campania, Italy |
Wrestlers silver coin minted at Aspendos, Turkey, about 420-370 BCE |
Bronze head from a statue of an athlete about 400-350 BCE found near Rome |
Rider presented with a wreath by Nike Bell Krater red figure pottery made in Lucania (modern Basilicata), Italy about 390-370 BCE attributed to the Anabates painter |
The quadriga (four-horse chariot race) Panathenaic amphora black figure pottery made in Athens, about 520 BCE found at Kamiros, Rhodes Greece |
The keles (bare backed racing event) Panathenaic prize amphora black figure pottery made in Athens, about 500-490 BCE attributed to the Eucharides Painter probably found at Vulci, Lazio, Italy |
12 Labours of Herakles Labour 1: Slay the lion of Nemea Hydria (water jar) black figure pottery made in Athens, about 520-510 BCE attributed to the Alkmene Painter found at Vulci, Lazio, Italy |
12 Labours of Herakles Labour 10: Capture the cattle of Geryon neck amphora black figure pottery made in Athens about 500 BCE attributed to the Group of London B250 found at Vulci, Lazio, Italy |
12 Labours of Herakles Labour 3: Capture the Erymanthian boar amphora black figure pottery made in Athens, about 520-500 BCE attributed to the Antimenes Painter found at Vulci, Lazio, Italy |
Herakles and Triton Hydria (water jar) black figure pottery made in Athens, about 530-520 found at Vulci, Lazio, Italy |