Male lyre player Found in the Cyclades from 2700-2500 BC. |
Attic krater from 740 BC | Statue of a spear bearer made in bronze by Polykleitos c. 450-440 BC | Athena battling a giant (Alkgoneos). Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon. Date 175 BC |
![]() Greek sleeping Satyr from 230 BC made in marble |
The Sounion kouros height 3.05m 600BC found at the sanctuary at Poseidon |
Sanctuary of Poseidon and Athena at Sounion from the 7th century BC |
Sanctuary of Poseidon |
![]() Funerary kouros height: 1.98m found in Attica date: 500BC |
Relief of the hoplitodromos made in marble. Running hoplit soldier found in Athens 500 BC |
Relief from Eleusis Height: 2,20m. Persephone to the right, Demeter on the left. 440-430 BC | Grave stele of Hegeso 1,58m heigh. Deceased Hegeso seated on a chair. Athens 5th century BC |
"The Diadoumenos" ,95m. Young athlete originally in bronze made by Polykleitos 430 BC |
Statue of Nereid or Avra riding on a horse. Been at the temple of Askleipos at Epidauros |
The grave shrine of Aristonutes funerary monument. Deceased hoplite. Athens 310 BC |
Restored fresco showing a scene from bull sports, from Knossos (Crete) |
A so called Kouros figure (plural: koroi). Kouros means that it's a male figure. They are believed to have something to do with the cult and they were sacrificed to the Gods in temples where they are often found | Two vases with the same motive. Akilles playing a boardgame with Ajax. Known motive from the Illiad. Note that the vase is painted in black-figure on the left vase and in red-figure on the right vase | Parthenon on the Acropolis Perhaps the most famous temple ever built |
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Acropolis (the city on the rocks). This is a view from the Acropolis of what it look like today. |
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