THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art
1161. MOSAIC. Greece.
Apollo and Marsyas.
Cyprus, the House of Aion.
Mid-4th cent. CE.
Paphos, Archaeological Park.
1162. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Asclepius.
Marble.
Late 2nd — early 3rd centuries CE.
Cyprus.
Paphos, District Archaeological Museum.
1163. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of Isis.
Marble. Late 2nd — early 3rd centuries CE.
Cyprus.
Paphos, District Archaeological Museum.
1164. TOREUTICS. Rome.
Boscoreale cup.
Silver. 1st century CE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1165. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of Athena.
Marble. Mid-5th cent. BCE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1166. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Head of Athena.
Marble. 5th cent. BCE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1167. CERAMICS. Greece.
Heracles bringing Cerberus to Eurystheus.
Caeretan hydria.
Clay.
520 BCE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1168. 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.
1169. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Hermes and Charites.
Detail of relief from the island Thasos.
Marble. Early 5th century BCE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1170. CERAMICS. Greece.
Odysseus and Calypso.
Red-figure vase.
Clay.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1171. CERAMICS. Greece.
Odysseus blinds sleeping Polyphemus.
Black-figure vessel for wine.
Clay.
Ca. 500 BCE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1172. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue of Venus Genetrix.
Marble. Roman copy of a Greek statue of the 5th century BCE, attributed to Callimachus.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1173. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Statuette of Athena.
Marble. 5th cent. BCE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1174. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Etruria.
Painting of Campana tomb.
7th century BCE.
From Veii, from the Campana Tomb.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1175. CERAMICS. Greece.
The Slaughter of the Niobes.
Krater. Second quarter of the 5th century BCE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1176. CERAMICS. Greece.
Apollo and Artemis killing the children of Niobe.
Red-figure calyx krater. Attic.
By the Niobid Painter.
Clay. Ca. 450 BCE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1177. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with Dionysus, Ariadne and Centauri-clipeophori (front panel).
Marble. Ca. 230 CE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1178. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with Dionysus, Ariadne and Centauri-clipeophori (close-up).
Marble. Ca. 230 CE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1179. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with Dionysus, Ariadne and Centauri-clipeophori (close-up).
Marble. Ca. 230 CE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
1180. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with Dionysus, Ariadne and Centauri-clipeophori (close-up).
Marble. Ca. 230 CE.
Paris, Louvre Museum.