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| Piping for gold Pelike (storage jar) red figure pottery Athens, about 430-410 CE attributed to the Painter of Athens 1183 |
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| Learning to play the lyre Chous (jug) red figure pottery made in Athens, about 420-400 BCE found at Kamiros, Rhodes, Greece |
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| Gold wreath Etruria, Italy, about 400-300 BCE |
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| Bone and bronze Aulos (musical pipe) about 200 BCE found at Halikarnassos (modern Bodrum) Turkey |
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| Bronze cymbals, about 350-200 BCE |
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| Left terracotta figure of a dancer Centuripe, Sicily, Italy, about 250-150 BCE Right Lekythos (oil flask) black figure pottery Athens, about 490-480 BCE |
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| Herakles' Labours - Labour 2: Kill the Hydra Garnet and gold ring, about 300 BCE found at Agrigento, Sicily, Italy |
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| Bronze statuette of Herakles southern Italy, about 400-350 BCE |
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| Silver lamp with baby Herakles 1st century CE found in Switzerland |
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| Menelaos and Helen reunited Hydia (water jar) red figure pottery made in Athens, about 480 BCE attributed to the Syriskos Painter found at Vulci, Lazio, Italy |
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| Terracotta Lekythos (oil flask) Puglia, Italy, about 330 BCE |
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| The death of Priam and the fall of Troy Neck Amphora black figure pottery made in Athens, about 510-500 BCE attributed to the Leagros Group found at Vulci, Lazio, Italy |
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| The soul of Achilles Amphora black figure pottery Athens, about 500 BCE connected with the Daybreak Painter |
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| The soul of Achilles Amphora black figure pottery Athens, about 500 BCE connected with the Daybreak Painter |
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| Marble statue of Aphrodite Athens, 1st century CE after a Greek original, about 250 BCE |
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| Marble statue of a hero or athlete Italy, 1st century CE after a Greek original, about 320-300 BCE |
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| Memorial for a hero marble relief about 100 BCE |
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| Bronze spearhead made in Italy, about 800-700 BCE found at Olympia, Peloponnese, Greece |
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| Iron arrowheads, about 490 BCE allegedly found at Marathon, Attica, Greece |
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| Iron arrowheads, about 490 BCE allegedly found at Marathon, Attica, Greece |
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| Miniature bronze dagger, about 800-600 BCE found at Tripoli, Peloponnese, Greece |
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| Lead slingshot, about 500-490 BCE found at Marathon, Attica, Greece |
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| Left horseman in armour bronze mirror cover about 350-300 BCE found at Elis, Peloponnese, Greece Right bronze and ivory Kapistrioi (muzzle) Puglia, Italy, about 400-300 BCE |
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| Preparing for battle amphora black figure pottery Athens, about 530-510 BCE |
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| Preparing for battle amphora black figure pottery Athens, about 530-510 BCE |
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| Bronze cavalry statuette probably made in Taranto, Puglia, Italy about 560-550 BCE found at Armento, Basilicata, Italy |
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| Bronze cavalry statuette probably made in Taranto, Puglia, Italy about 560-550 BCE found at Armento, Basilicata, Italy |
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| Hoplites and a horsemen Terracotta fragment of a sarcophagus Klazomenai (modern Urla) Turkey about 525-515 BCE |
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| A Spartan warrior Kylix (drinking cup) black figure pottery made in Athens, about 575-550 BCE attributed to the C Painter found at Siana, Rhodes, Greece |
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| Terracotta model of a hoplite shield Boeotia, Greece, about 500 BCE |
Amazing artifacts from the past, Mike. So good to see them preserved. I love the 6th C. BC Black amphora period - some iconic images of warriors.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean, yes incredible painting of hoplites on some of the pottery.
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