THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Athene
41. CERAMICS. Greece.
François vase.
Black-figured volute krater. Attic.
Ca. mid-6th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 4209.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
42. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with a scene of the rape of Persephone (the front side).
Fine-grained marble (possibly Italic).
160—180 CE.
Inv. No. 86.
Florence, Uffizi Gallery.
43. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Athena from the group “Athena and Marsyas”.
Marble.
Frankfort on the Main, Municipal Gallery Liebieghaus.
44. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Athena from the group “Athena and Marsyas”.
Marble.
Roman copy after a bronze Greek original by Myron of the mid-5th cent. BCE.
Frankfort on the Main, Municipal Gallery Liebieghaus.
45. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Reception of Heracles into the Assembly of Olympic gods in the presence of Hera, Athena, and Zeus as rainbow.
Fresco of the 4th style. 50—79 CE.
Herculaneum, Archaeological Park, Hall of the Augustals (VI, 24).
46. SCULPTURE. Rome.
The struggle of Athena and the Gigantes.
A part of frieze from the agora gate of the nymphaeum in Aphrodisias.
Marble. Rome, 2nd cent. CE.
Inv. No. 1613 a.
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
47. CERAMICS. Greece.
Birth of Athena from the head of Zeus.
Black-figure neck-amphora. Attic.
Attributed to the Antimenes Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 510 BCE.
Inv. No. 1837,0609.27.
London, British Museum.
48. CERAMICS. Greece.
Hephaestus at the birth of Athena.
Red-figure pelike.
Clay.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Inv. No. 1849,0620.14.
London, British Museum.
49. CERAMICS. Greece.
Birth of Athena from the head of Zeus.
Red-figure pelike. Attic.
Attributed to the Painter of the Birth of Athena.
Clay.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Inv. No. 1849,0620.14.
London, British Museum.
50. CERAMICS. Greece.
Birth of Athena from the head of Zeus.
Red-figure pelike. Attic.
Attributed to the Painter of the Birth of Athena.
Clay.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Inv. No. 1849,0620.14.
London, British Museum.
51. CERAMICS. Greece.
Birth of Athena from the head of Zeus.
Red-figure pelike. Attic.
Attributed to the Painter of the Birth of Athena.
Clay.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Inv. No. 1849,0620.14.
London, British Museum.
52. CERAMICS. Greece.
Perseus fleeing away with the head of Medusa.
Red-figure hydria. Attic.
Attributed to Pan Painter (Beazley).
Clay.
Ca. 460 BCE.
Inv. No. 1873,0820.352.
London, British Museum.
53. CERAMICS. Greece.
Heracles fighting the Lernaean Hydra.
Aryballos. Corinth.
Terracotta. Ca. 600—575 BCE.
Inv. No. 92.AE.4.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
54. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles and Ajax playing a board game.
(Achilles on the left; Ajax on the right, between them stands Athena.)
Black-figure neck-amphora. Attic.
Attributed to the Leagros Group Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 510 BCE.
Inv. No. 86.AE.81.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
55. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Athena Parthenos.
Roman copy of Greek original derived from the work by Phidias.
Marble.
Inv. g 6697.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
56. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Athena Parthenos.
Marble.
Roman copy of a Greek original derived from the work by Phidias.
Inv. No. g 6697.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
57. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Athena Parthenos (detail).
Marble.
Roman copy of a Greek original derived from the work by Phidias.
Inv. No. g 6697.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
58. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Athena Parthenos (detail).
Marble.
Roman copy of a Greek original derived from the work by Phidias.
Inv. No. g 6697.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
59. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Athena Parthenos (detail).
Marble.
Roman copy of a Greek original derived from the work by Phidias.
Inv. No. g 6697.
Mantua, Ducal Palace.
60. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Phiale with relief decoration—chariots.
South Italy, Calena.
Clay, glaze. 3rd cent. BCE.
Inv. No. AB 602.
Moscow, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.