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81. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Hercules kills the Nemean lion. Frontal relief of a sarcophagus.
Marble. Greece, 5th cent. BCE.
Rome, Basilica of Saint Mary Above Minerva.
82. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Hercules kills the Nemean lion (detail). Frontal relief of a sarcophagus.
Marble. Greece, 5th cent. BCE.
Rome, Basilica of Saint Mary Above Minerva.
83. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Funerary relief of Olbiogenes, son of Apollonius, with a funeral repast.
Marble.
2nd cent. BCE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-5061 / А. 477.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
84. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Sarcophagus with a battle scene (front panel).
Marble.
Attic work. Early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-6243 / А.521.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
85. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Sarcophagus with a battle scene (side panel).
Attic work. Early 3rd cent. CE.
Marble. Ca 240 CE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-6243 / А.521.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
86. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Grave stele.
Attic.
Marble.
Ca. 3rd quarter of the 4th century BCE.
Inv. Nos. ex L.64.81 / ex L.1988.81.6.
Sotheby’s Auction House, New York.
87. SCULPTURE. Greece.
A fragment of front panel of a sarcophagus with a scene of ransoming of Hector’s body.
Marble. Late 2nd—early 3rd cent. CE.
Inv. Nos. 322 / 323.
Sparta, Archaeological Museum.
88. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Funerary Laconian relief depicting enthroned male figure, probably, a heroized deceased.
Late Archaic period.
Inv. No. 550.
Sparta, Archaeological Museum.
89. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Funerary Laconian inscribed relief depicting a pair of men, probably, a heroized deceaseds.
3rd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 3360.
Sparta, Archaeological Museum.
90. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Fragment of a sarcophagus with a Dionysiac scenes (Satyr and a panther).
Marble. 2nd cent. C.E.
Inv. No. 10814.
Sparta, Archaeological Museum.
91. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Funerary Laconian relief depicting enthroned male figure, probably, a heroized deceased.
Late Archaic period.
Inv. No. 550.
Sparta, Archaeological Museum.
92. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Pyramidal shaped base of a stele decorated on all sides. Side 1. A man stretces his sword towards a woman (Helen and Menelaos?).
Sparta, 6th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 1.
Sparta, Archaeological Museum.
93. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Pyramidal shaped base of a stele decorated on all sides. Side 3. A man embraces a woman (Helen and Paris?).
Sparta, 6th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 1.
Sparta, Archaeological Museum.
94. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Fragments of an attic sarcophagus with a scene of Calydonian hunt (front relief).
Marble. 225—250 CE.
Thessaloniki, Archaeological Museum.
95. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Gravestone depicting a maiden holding a dove.
Marble. Ca. 440 BCE.
Thessaloniki, Archaeological Museum.
96. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Attic sarcophagus with scenes of battle between the Greeks and the Amazons.
Marble. 220—230 CE.
Thessaloniki, Archaeological Museum.
97. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Attic sarcophagus with scenes of battle between the Greeks and the Amazons (the front side).
Marble. 220—230 CE.
Thessaloniki, Archaeological Museum.
98. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Attic sarcophagus with scenes of battle between the Greeks and the Amazons (the front panel).
Marble. 220—230 CE.
Thessaloniki, Archaeological Museum.
99. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Attic sarcophagus with scenes of battle between the Greeks and the Amazons (the left short side panel).
Marble. 220—230 CE.
Thessaloniki, Archaeological Museum.
100. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Attic sarcophagus with scenes of battle between the Greeks and the Amazons (the left short side of the lid).
Marble. 220—230 CE.
Thessaloniki, Archaeological Museum.