Ancient Greek Collection (page 33)

Heifers led to sacrifice, from the south frieze of the Parthenon, 447-432 BC

Officials, frieze from the Parthenon, 438-432 BC

A model of the ancient Greek city of Pergamon. From the Pergamon Museum, Berlin

The sacred robe of Athena held up by cult officials, and Athena and Hephaistos, 438 BC. From the Elgin collection, British Museum

Ancient Greek temple pendant, c630-620 BC. The pendant reflects the wealth of Rhodes and the skill of eastern Greek goldsmiths in the 7th century BC. Located in the Louvre, Paris

Head of a horse from the Chariot of Selene from the east pediment of the Parthenon, 447-432 BC

Greek pyxide, 9th-8th century BC. A cylindrical, flat-bottomed box. Located in the Louvre, Paris

Horse, Quadriga of the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos, 350 BC. A four-horse chariot group was positioned on the top of the stepped pyramid that crowned the Mausoleum. British Museum, London

Bell idol, Ancient Greek, c700 BC. The work of Theban potters of the Late Geometric period, in ancient Boeotia.From the Louvre, Paris

Kouros, c650-500 BC. Statue of a male youth, dating from the Archaic Period of Greek sculpture (about 650 BC to about 500 BC)

Poseidon, Apollo and Artemis, 447-432 BC. From the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens

A fight between a human Lapith and a Centaur, metope from the Parthenon, c440 BC. The sculpted decoration of the Parthenon included ninety-two metopes

The Education of Achilles: Chariot Racing, mid-late 17th century. Artist: Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne
The Education of Achilles: Chariot Racing, mid-late 17th century. Led by a centaur, the young Achilles drives a chariot pulled by four white horses in an arena

Apollo Belvedere, Ancient Greek statue, c400-323 BC. In Greek mythology Apollo was god of music, poetry, prophecy and healing and the ideal of youthful manly beauty. From the Vatican Museum, Rome

Marble head, probably of the Ancient Greek god Zeus, possibly 1st century BC
Marble head, probably of the Ancient Greek god Zeus

The Death of Socrates, 4th century BC, (1787). Artist: Jacques-Louis David
The Death of Socrates, 4th century BC, (1787). Socrates (469-399 BC) the Greek philosopher was found guilty of impiety and of corrupting the youth

Greek Hoplite in battle against the Amazons (30BC-200AD?). Hoplites were heavily armed Greek foot soldiers who fought in close formation

The Education of Achilles: The Riding Lesson, 17th century. Artist: Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne
The Education of Achilles: The Riding Lesson, 17th century. Achilles riding master is a centaur, a legendary creature with the body of a horse and the torso of a man

Sacrifice of Iphigenia, 1735. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Sacrifice of Iphigenia, 1735. Artemis, the Greek goddess of hunting, watches the preparations for the sacrifice of Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, that she has demanded

Drawing for Aphrodite by Pierre Louys, 1896. Artist: Antoine Calbet
Drawing for Aphrodite by Pierre Louys, 1896. From a private collection

The Tsarevna, costume design for the Ballets Russes production of Stravinskys The Firebird, 1910. Artist: Leon Bakst
The Tsarevna, costume design for the Ballets Russes production of Stravinskys The Firebird, 1910. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913)

Hercules and Diomede, c mid 16th century (?). Artist: Vicenzo di Raffaello de Rossi
Hercules and Diomede, c mid 16th century (?). From the Room of the 500, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy

Alexander Cuts the Gordian Knot, late 18th / early 19th century. Artist: Jean Simon Berthelemy
Alexander Cuts the Gordian Knot, late 18th/early 19th century. From the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris

Hercules and Cerberus, c1634. Artist: Francisco de Zurbaran
Hercules and Cerberus, c1634. From a private collection

Costume designs for classical deities, 16th century. Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldi
Costume designs for classical deities, 16th century. Diana/Artemis and Mars/Ares. From the Department of Prints and Drawings, Florence

Plato, Ancient Greek philosopher. Plato (c428-c348 BC) was a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle. His most famous work is The Republic, in which he outlines his vision of an ideal state

Hippocrates of Cos, Ancient Greek physician, 1866. Known as the father of medicine Hippocrates (c460-c359 BC) laid the foundations of a scientific basis for medicine

Theophrastus, Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, 1866. Theophrastus (c372-c287 BC) was a pupil of Plato and of Aristotle who he succeeded as President of the Lyceum in 323 BC

Euclid, Ancient Greek mathematician, 1661. Euclids (fl300 BC) main achievements in mathematics were in the field of geometry. Frontispiece of an edition of his Elements of Geometry. (London, 1661)

Immanuel Kant, German philosopher, 1812. Profile portrait surrounded by an Ouroboros, an ancient Egyptian-Greek symbolic serpent with its tail in its mouth devouring itself

Euclid, Greek mathematician, 1740. Euclids (fl300 BC) main achievements in mathematics were in the field of geometry

Euclid, Ancient Greek mathematician, demonstrating to his students, 1806. Artist: James Basire II
Euclid, Ancient Greek mathematician, demonstrating to his students, 1806. Euclids (fl300 BC) main achievements in mathematics were in the field of geometry. Frontispiece of Euclids Opus Elementorum

Pythagoras, Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher, 6th century BC. Portrait bust. As a philosopher, Pythagoras (c580-c500 BC) promoted the doctrine of the transmigration of souls

Roman relief, Kleobis and Biton draw their mother by chariot, c1st-3rd century. Small terracotta altar. National Archaeological Museum, Rome

Archaic Greek warrior in Bronze, Syracuse, Sicily

GreekGreek Ampitheatre, seashore and Mt Etna, Taormina, Sicily, 3rd century, (c20th century)
Greek Ampitheatre, seashore and Mount Etna, Taormina, Sicily, 3rd century, (c20th century). The Greek theatre of Taormina

Red figured Nestoris (wine-jar), Lucania, , c390-c380 BC
Red figured Nestoris (wine-jar), Artemis and Actaeon, Lucania, c390BC-c380 BC. Aktaion changed to a stag by Artemis and killed by his hounds

Francois Vase found in an Etruscan Tomb, 6th century BC. Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Francois Vase found in an Etruscan Tomb, 6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter) c560 BC. Large Attic volute krater decorated in the black-figure style

Suicide of Ajax, Etruria, Red-figured Krater, 400BC-350BC

Athena drives Chariot with Herakles, c6th century BC

Amphora with Chimera, c6th century BC

Orientalising Vase with Harpy, Sphinx and Lion, c6th century BC

Greek Vase Painting of a Banquet, found in Etruscan tomb, Villa Giulia, Rome, c6th century BC

Greek Vase, Lyre Player, c6th century

Greek Vase painting, Athletes with jumping-weights, found in Etruscan burial, c6th century BC

Greek relief detail, Battle of Gods and Giants, Apollo and Artemis fight, 525BC. Treasury of the Siphnians, Delphi

Parthenon Frieze, Elgin Marbles, Sacrifice Procession with Ram, c5th century BC. Artist: Phidias
Parthenon Frieze, Elgin Marbles, Sacrifice Procession with Ram, c5th century BC. The Parthenon frieze is a high-relief pentelic marble sculpture created to adorn the upper part of the Parthenon

Hoplites Fighting, detail of a Greek pot, (Hydria), c530-510 BC. Found at Caere. Held in British Museum

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