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Sculpture | Greece
521. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
So-called Nereids.
Sandstone. Metope from the temple of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
522. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Struggle between Apollo and Heracles for the Delphian tripod.
Sandstone. Metope from the temple of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
523. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
The attacking warrior.
Sandstone. Metope from the temple of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
524. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
The suicide of Ajax.
Sandstone. Metope from the temple of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
525. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
So-called Nereids.
Limestone. Metope from the temple of Hera in Paestum.
Late 6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
526. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
So-called Nereids.
Sandstone. Metope from the temple of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum.
527. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Fragment of the slab VI (Poseidon, Apollo and Artemis at the meeting of gods).
Bas-relief from the east frieze of Parthenon.
Marble.
440 BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
528. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Heracles.
Metope of the temple “E” in Selinuntum (Sicily).
Tuff. 470s—460s BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
529. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Zeus and Hera.
Metope of the temple of Hera in Selinuntum (Sicily).
480—460 BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
530. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Diana and Actaeon. Metope of the temple “E” in Selinuntum (Sicily).
Tuff.
470s—460s BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
531. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
The punishment of Actaeon. Metopes of the temple “E” in Selinuntum (Sicily).
First half of the 5th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 3921.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
532. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Asclepius.
Marble.
Late 2nd — early 3rd centuries CE.
Cyprus.
Paphos, District Archaeological Museum.
533. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of Isis.
Marble. Late 2nd — early 3rd centuries CE.
Cyprus.
Paphos, District Archaeological Museum.
534. SCULPTURE. Greece.
“Apollo from Piombino”. Detail.
Bronze. Second quarter of the 5th century BCE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
535. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of Athena.
Marble. Mid-5th cent. BCE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
536. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of Athena.
Marble. 5th cent. BCE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
537. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of idol from Cyclades.
Marble.
Early 2nd millennium BCE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
538. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Heracles and the Cretan bull.
Olympic metope.
5th century BCE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
539. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Heracles bringing to Athena the Stymphalian Birds.
Metope of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
Marble. 60s of the 5th century BCE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
540. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Hermes and Charites.
Detail of relief from the island Thasos.
Marble. Early 5th century BCE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.