Monday, January 3, 2022

Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes Exhibition Part Two

 







Left Chous (jug) red figure pottery
made in Athens, about 430-425 BCE
attributed to Aison
found at Capua, Campania, Italy
Right Oinochoe (jug) black figure pottery
made in Athens, about 500-480 BCE
attributed to the Athena Painter
found at Kamiros, Rhodes, Greece



Carnelian sealstone showing an athlete
Rome, 30 BCE - 100 CE


Marble head from a statue of an athlete
about 100 BCE, after a Greek original, about 430 BCE
found at Apollonia, Albania


Terracotta figure of a victorious athlete
Myrina, Turkey, about 100 BCE


Marble relief of a torch race
Athens, about 330-300 BCE


Bronze lebes (cauldron), about 480 BCE
found at Cuma, Campania, Italy



Bronze figure, about 470 BCE
found at Olympia, Peloponnese, Greece




Bronze votive discus and wheel
Left about 550-500 BCE
found at Kefalonia, Greece
Right made about 500 BCE
inscribed 300-200 BCE





Atalanta, the first female athlete
bronze handle of a Cista (casket)
Italy, about 480-460 BCE




The Apotheosis of Homer, marble Honorary Stele
probably made in Alexandria, Egypt, about 220-200 BCE
signed by Archelaos of Priene
probably found at Bovillae, Lazio, Italy




Marble bust of a poet
about 100 BCE -100 CE
found at Herakleia Lynkestis (modern Bitola) North Macedonia




Marble head from a statue of Euripides
Rome about 69-96 CE
after a Greek original, about 330-300 BCE




Long-distance runners Panathenaic prize amphora
black figure pottery, made in Athens 333-332 BCE
found at Benghazi, Libya




Left Alabastron (oil bottle), about 400-350 BCE
found at Halikarnassos (modern Bodrum), Turkey
Right Bath Oil Flask, about 100 BCE
found at Taranto, Puglia, Italy




Bronze strigils (scrapers)
Left about 480-420 BCE
found at Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece
Right about 100-50 BCE




Five bronze statuettes of runners
made in Etruria or Campania, Italy, about 480 BCE
found at Cuma, Campania, Italy




Five bronze statuettes of runners
made in Etruria or Campania, Italy, about 480 BCE
found at Cuma, Campania, Italy




Five bronze statuettes of runners
made in Etruria or Campania, Italy, about 480 BCE
found at Cuma, Campania, Italy




Five bronze statuettes of runners
made in Etruria or Campania, Italy, about 480 BCE
found at Cuma, Campania, Italy




Five bronze statuettes of runners
made in Etruria or Campania, Italy, about 480 BCE
found at Cuma, Campania, Italy




Marble head from a statue of Dionysos
Rome, 120-140 CE
after a Greek original, about 150-100 BCE




Marble head from a statue of Apollo
about 325-250 BCE




Marble votive altar or base of the Muses
found at Halikarnassos (modern Bodrum) Turkey, about 100 BCE




Saving Iphigenia Volute Kratter
red figure pottery
made in Puglia, Italy, about 360-350 BCE
found in Basilicata, Italy




Staging a Comedy Bell Krater
red figure pottery
made in Paestum (modern Campania) Italy, about 360-320 BCE
attributed to Python
found at Capua, Campania, Italy




Marble relief of Theatre Masks
about 100-200 CE




Terracotta figures of an old woman, a slave and a young woman
Women made in Athens about 350 BCE
Slave Boeotia, Greece, about 330-300 BCE
Right Lekythos (oil flask) black figure pottery
made in Athens about 500 BCE
attributed to the Marathon Painter
found at Thebes, Boeotia, Greece




Victorious playwright Bell Krater
red figure pottery
Puglia, Italy, about 400-380 BCE
attributed to the Tarporley painter



Bronze Corinthian helmet, about 550-500 BCE
Bronze cuirass (body armour), about 350-300 BCE
found at Ruvo di Puglia, Italy
Bronze greaves (leg guards) about 500 BCE




Rear view of hoplite panoply




A deadly music contest Bell Krater
red figure pottery
Athens about 430-410 BCE
attributed to the Pothos painter




A kithara contest amphora
black figure pottery
Athens about 510-500 BCE
attributed to the Leagros Group





Training to music Neck Amphora
red figure pottery
made in Athens, about 490-480 BCE
painted by the Painter of the Paris Gigantomachy
found at Nola, Campania, Italy


2 comments:

  1. Fantastic exhibition! Thank you for a photos sir!

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    1. No worries Michal, it is a fantastic exhibition.

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