THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art
81. CERAMICS. Greece.
Black-figure kylix with a winged Nike holding a wreath.
Boeotia.
475—450 BCE.
Inv. No. ΝΓ 381.
Athens, Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art.
82. CERAMICS. Greece.
Aides throws seeds on the ground ploughed by Demeter.
Red-figure amphora.
430—420 BCE.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
83. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Athena Parthenos.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
84. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Demeter, Triptolemos, Persephone.
Fragment of the Great Eleusinian mysteries.
Marble. 440—430 BCE.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
85. CERAMICS. Greece.
Eleusinian ceremonies.
Clay board.
4th century BCE.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
86. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of Hera.
Marble. 420 BCE.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
87. CERAMICS. Greece.
Heracles comes to the aid of Prometheus.
Krater. Attic.
610 BCE.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
88. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Statue of Poseidon.
Marble. 130 BCE.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
89. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Statue of Themis from Ramnus.
Marble. 3rd century BCE.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
90. MOSAIC. Greece.
Mosaic floor with Medusa’s head.
Piraeus.
2nd cent. CE.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
91. MOSAIC. Greece.
Mosaic floor with Medusa’s head.
Piraeus.
2nd cent. CE.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
92. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Hermes.
Pentelic marble. Augustan Age.
Inv. No. 241.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
93. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Dionysos and a Satyr (unfinished group).
Pentelic marble. Early 3rd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 245.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
94. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles puts on the armour forged by Hephaestus.
Peleus the father of Achilles, Achilles, Thetis the mother of Achilles, his son Neoptolemus (Pyrrhus) are represented.
Black-figure dish.
Clay.
Inv. No. 507.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
95. TOREUTICS. Greece.
Funeral mask (so-called Death mask of Agamemnon).
Hammered golden sheet.
1550—1500 BCE.
Inv. No. 624.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
96. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Group of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros.
Parian marble.
Ca. 100 BCE.
Inv. No. 3335.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
97. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Group of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros.
Parian marble.
Ca. 100 BCE.
Inv. No. 3335.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
98. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Group of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros.
Parian marble.
Ca. 100 BCE.
Inv. No. 3335.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
99. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Aphrodite (type “Aphrodite of Syracuse”).
Parian marble. Copy of the 2nd century CE after a Greek original of the 4th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 3524.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
100. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Aphrodite (type “Aphrodite of Syracuse”).
Parian marble. Copy of the 2nd century CE after a Greek original of the 4th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 3524.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.