5th Century Bc Collection (page 13)

Syrian baked clay fertility figure, 5th century BC
Syrian clay fertility figure of baked clay, seated on a round stone, from Tell Chagar Bazar, 5th century BC

Wall-painting of the Greek philosopher Socrates, 2nd century BC
A wall-painting of Socrates (469-399 BC) from Ephesus, Turkey at Selfuk, in the Archaeological Museums collection, 2nd century BC

Greek red-figure astragalos with dancing figures, 5th century BC
This is a Greek red-figure astragalos (vessel in the form of a knucklebone) which was made in Athens. On the left is Aeolus at the mouth of his cave, dancing the dance of the clouds, 5th century BC

Greek vase painting of a seated woman, 5th century BC
A seated woman holding a circlet, possibly used for spinning. It was made in Athens, and found at Gela, 5th century BC

Vase-painting of a woman spinning, 5th century BC
Greek vase-painting of a woman spinning. A white-ground figure made in Athens, 5th century BC

Head of the Diadumenos, 5th century BC
A replica of the head of the Diadumenos, or ribbon-tier, after a bronze by Polykleitos. From the Louvres collection, 5th century BC

Greek terracotta relief of Bellerophon and the Chimera, 5th century BC
Greek terracotta relief of Bellerophon on Pegasus slaying the Chimera, 5th century BC

Greek terracotta bust of a young girl or goddess, 5th century BC
Greek terracotta bust of a young girl or goddess, made in Boeotia, possibly Tanagra, 5th century BC

Celtic bronze flagon from France, 5th century BC
A Celtic bronze flagon from Basse-Putz, Lorraine, France, from the British Musuems collection, 5th century BC

Phoenician gold jewellery, 5th century BC. Originating from the area of modern Lebanon, the Phoenicians were notable traders in the Mediterranean in the 1st Millenium BC

Socrates, Greek philosopher. Roman copy of a lost Greek original of c370 BC. Socrates (469-399 BC) is considered to be the intellectual father of modern Western philosophy

Herodotus, Ancient Greek historian, 1866. Figure of Herodotus (c485-425 BC), known as The Father of History, based on an antique bust

Trial of Socrates, Ancient Greek philosopher, 399 BC (19th century). Socrates (469-399 BC) is considered to be the intellectual father of modern Western philosophy

Euripedes, Ancient Greek tragedian
Euripedes (c480-406) Greek tragedian. Portrait bust

Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens, 5th century BC. The great temple of Athena, the patron goddess of Athens, begun in c445 BC

Aeschilus, Ancient Greek tragedian. Portrait bust of Aeschilus (c525-c456 BC), the father of Greek tragedy

Ancient Greek vase with red figure decoration, including a female dancer, 5th century BC
Ancient Greek vase with red figure decoration, including a female dancer with a musical instrument similar to a tambourine, 5th century BC

Marble portrait bust said to be of Sophocles, Athenian writer of tragedies. Sophocles (c496-405 BC) was one of the great figures in Ancient Greek drama

Socrates, Ancient Greek philosopher. Marble portrait bust from the Archaeological Museum, Athens. Socrates (469-399 BC) is considered to be the intellectual father of modern Western philosophy

Relief showing an Athenian youth greeting older man, 5th century BC

Carving of a bull and lion, Persian, 5th century BC. Detail of a carving on the north wing of the east stairway at the palace of the Persian king Xerxes I (ruled 486-465 BC) at Persepolis

Greek warrior stepping into his chariot, c400 BC. The side of a limestone sarcophagus, showing a warrior and his charioteer who is waiting reins in hand

Pericles (c490-429 BC), Athenian statesman, (1830). Among the public buildings erected in Athens under the patronage of Pericles (or Perikles) were the Parthenon, the Erechtheum

Stone relief from the doorway to the Hall of 100 Columns, Persepolis, South Iran, c500 BC. Relief carving from the Palace of Darius I (548-486 BC), Achaemenid king of Persia

Stone relief showing subjects bringing tribute, South Iran, 6th-5th century BC
Stone relief showing subjects bringing tribute and gifts, Persepolis, South Iran, 6th-5th century BC. Relief sculpture on the stairway to the Audience Hall of Darius I (548-486 BC)

Ahura Mazda, Persepolis, c500 BC
Ahura Mazda (c-500). Winged symbol of Ahura Mazda (Ormazd, Ormuzd, Ohrmazd), Lord of Wisdom, supreme god of the Zorastrian (Zarathustrian) religion of Persia

Griffin-lion relief in glazed brickwork, Achaemenid Period, Ancient Persia, 530-330 BC. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris

Hippocrates of Cos, Ancient Greek physician. Hippocrates (c460-377 BC) is known as the father of medicine. Portrait bust, from the Louvre, Paris

Bodyguard of Persian Kings, 6th-5th century BC. Frieze from the audience hall of the citadel of Darius I (548-486 BC) at Susa, excavated by French archaeologist Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy in 1885

Darius I (548-486 BC) Achaemenid king of Persia from 521, with attendants, 1881. Chromolithograph after a frieze in the citadel at Susa

Romulus and Remus, c500 BC. Bronze of the legendary twin founders of Rome being suckled by the she-wolf. From the Museo Capitolino, Rome

Death of Buddha, c483 BC, (17th century). Buddha (The Enlightened One), the founder of Buddhism, was born Prince Gautama Siddhartha (c563-c483 BC), son of a rajah in Nepal

Attic plate with an image of an archer in Scythian dress, 5th century BC. Artist: Epiktetos
Attic plate with an red-figure image of an archer in Scythian dress, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Detail of a Greek lekythos showing a mistress and maid, 5th century BC
Detail of a lekythos (oil vessel) showing a mistress and maid, from Athens, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Detail of the Elgin Marbles, 5th century BC. Artist: Phidias
Detail of the Elgin Marbles, showing the Panathenaic procession and a sacrificial animal. From the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Greek clay lamp made in Athens, 5th century BC
Greek clay lamp, made in Athens and found at Gela in Sicily. From the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

The Strangford Apollo, 5th century BC
The Strangford Apollo, a Greek Kouros, probably from the Isle of Anareis, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Frieze of Greek warriors in battle, 5th century BC
Frieze of Greek warriors in battle - note the Phalanx in the top section. From the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Detail of the Harpy Tomb from Xanthos, 5th century BC
Detail of the Harpy Tomb from Xanthos, showing a harpy carrying away the soul of a deceased person. From the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Detail of the Elgin Marbles, 5th century BC
Detail of the Elgin Marbles, showing the Panathenaic procession. There is a theory that the number of riders are the same as the number of men who fell at Marathon

Greek terracotta of a satyr, from the British Museums collection

Detail from the frieze in the cella of the temple of Apollo at Bassae, 5th century BC
Detail from the frieze in the cella of the temple of Apollo at Bassae, showing Heracles fighting Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Greek rhyton in the form of a pygmy carrying a dead crane, 5th century BC
Attic Greek rhyton in the form of a pygmy carrying a dead crane, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Greek relief of Hoplites in battle From the British Museums collection

Detail of a kylix showing Aphrodite riding on a goose, 5th century BC. Artist: Pistoxenos painter
Detail of an Attic brush-painted kylix showing Aphrodite riding on a goose, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Greek Terracotta, Eos, goddess of Dawn, carries Kephalos, c450 BC. Made in Melos, found at Kameiros, Isle of Rhodes

Greek Games from a marble relic, c490 BC. Artist: Themistocles
Greek Games from a marble relic, c490 BC. Re-used in the wall built by Themistocles in 479 BC. To defend Athens. National Museum. Athens

Greek relief, Agamemnon seated left with Talthybis and Epeios, c5th century BC. Fragment of a relief, maybe the armrest from the throne of a cult statue

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