Athlete Collection (page 6)

Greek Athlete, (Dancer, Musician) on Corinthian Vase, 7th century BC. Old Cornish Museum

Pot showing Charon and Hermes in the underworld
This pot shows Charon and Hermes in the underworld: Charon is on the left, rowing his boat across the river Styx, and Hermes arm can be seen on the right, acting as a psychopomp

Gold Stater of Phillip II of Macedonia, 356BC
The coin refers to Phillips success in a chariot race in the Olympic Games of 356 BC. Many of these coins were used to pay western barbarian mercenaries

Etruscan bronze figures from the lid of a bronze vessel. A female athlete holds an oil bottle, and a male athlete a strigil. From the British Museums collection

Detail of part of the Panathenaic frieze on the Parthenon, 5th century BC

Votive relief of an athlete making a lustration, 2nd century
Votive relief of an athlete making a lustration, from the Capitoline Museums collection in Rome, 2nd century

Hellenistic marble statue of a young athlete from Aydin, 1st century BC
Hellenistic marble statue of a young athlete (Ephebe) from Aydin, from Archaeological Museums collection in Istanbul, 1st century BC

Greek temple of Olympian Zeus on Sicily, 5th century
Temple of Olympian Zeus in Agriento, Sicily. The statue of a giant Telemone is visible, 5th century

Roman copper alloy figure of the god Hermaphrodite?
Roman copper alloy figure of a nude male wearing a turban with wavy hair beneath. In his right hand he holds an object which might be a jumping weight or a folding mirror

Greek gravestone of an athlete holding a strygil and a boy slave with oil. In the National Museum in Athens

Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, 2nd century BC
Temple of Olympian Zeus with Corinthian captials, from Athens, Greece, 2nd century BC

Roman replica of a Greek relief of Orpheus and Eurydice
A Roman replica of a classical Greek relief, showing from right to left Orpheus, Eurydice and Hermes. The names above the figures are incorrect and appear to have been added in medieval times

Ancient Olympic Games: the relay race, 1922. Competitors had to keep alight the flame and hand it to their fellows.This reconstruction shows a runner protecting the flame with his shield

A Foot Race at the Olympian Games, Ancient Greece. Artist: Archibald Webb
A Foot Race at the Olympian Games, Ancient Greece. The Olympian Games, the great Greek athletic festival in honour of Zeus

Roman Mosaic of Performer killing leopards in Spectacle, Tunisia, 3rd century

Athlete with Jumping-Weight, detail of Greek Kylix, (drinking-cup), c6th century BC

Greek Relief of Young man holding Strygil with Boy holding Oil Vessel, c400 BC. Oil for massage after Athletic activity is cleaned off with strygil, Athens

Head of an athlete, early 1st century. Roman, after the Greek original of the 450s-440s BC by Polykleitos. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Athletics, 1869. Artist: George du Maurier
Athletics, 1869. Then, as now, boxing was a dangerous sport and, in this cartoon, Punch offers advice on a means of increasing its safety. From Punch, or the London Charivari, September 4, 1869

Gathering of various Olympian gods and mythological figures among clouds, Apollo at center with his lyre, Vulcan, Mercury, Hercules, and Hermes to right, various figures below

Milo of Croton, . n. d. n. d Creator: Philippe Auguste Hennequin
Milo of Croton, .n.d

The Athlete, 1907. Creator: Umberto Boccioni
The Athlete, 1907

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