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121. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Sarcophagus with Dionysiac scenes.
Marble.
Roman period.
Mystras, Metropolis.
122. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Sarcophagus with Dionysiac scenes (long-side panel).
Marble.
Roman period.
Mystras, Metropolis.
123. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Sarcophagus with Dionysiac scenes (short-side panel with a sphynx representation).
Marble.
Roman period.
Mystras, Metropolis.
124. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A lenos-shaped sarcophagus known as “Sarcophagus of the Brothers” or a “Senatorial sarcophagus” (close-up).
Carrara marble. 240—260 CE.
Inv. No. 6603.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
125. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Heracles starting the rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Neo-Attic relief.
Luna varble.
Late 1st cent. BCE — early 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6679.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
126. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Relief depicting a theatre scene.
Neo-Attic relief.
Luna marble. Mid-1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6687.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
127. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Ikarios plays host to Dionysos.
Neo-Attic relief.
Marble. Late 1st cent. BCE — early 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6713.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
128. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Sitting Dionysos.
Neo-Attic relief.
Marble. 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6728.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
129. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Sitting Dionysos (close-up).
Neo-Attic relief.
Marble. 1st cent. CE.
Inv. No. 6728.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
130. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Grave stele of Lysisrate.
Marble.
Attic work, 350—325 BCE.
Inv. No. 06.287.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
131. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Grave stele (grave marker) with a family group.
Marble.
Attic work, ca. 360 BCE.
Inv. No. 11.100.2.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
132. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Demeter, Persephone and Triptolemos.
Fragment of the Great Eleusinian mysteries.
Ten marble fragments of a Roman copy are inserted into a cast from an original relief from the National Museum in Athens.
Marble, plaster.
Ca. 27 BCE — 14 CE.
Inv. No. 14.130.9.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
133. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Funerary lekythos of Aristomache.
Marble.
Greek, Attic, ca. 375—350 BCE.
Inv. No. 49.11.4.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
134. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Grave stele (grave marker) of a man in the form of edicula.
Marble.
Attic work, 375—350 BCE.
Inv. No. 59.11.27.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
135. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Grave stele (grave marker) of a woman in the form of edicula.
Marble.
Attic work, 375—350 BCE.
Inv. No. 65.11.11.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
136. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of a centaur.
West pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
Marble. 60s of the 5th century BCE.
Olympia, Archaeological Museum.
137. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Athena and Marsyas.
Metope from the Temple of Zeus, Olympia. 5th century BCE.
Olympia, Archaeological Museum.
138. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Athena.
Detail of metope of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
Marble. 60s of the 5th century BCE.
Olympia, Archaeological Museum.
139. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Heracles, Athena, and Atlas.
Metope of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
Marble. 460s BCE.
Olympia, Archaeological Museum.
140. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Athena.
Detail of metope of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia (Heracles, Athena, and Atlas).
Marble. 60s of the 5th century BCE.
Olympia, Archaeological Museum.