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Herakles and Pholos

Herakles and Pholus Black figured Hydria 520- 510 BC On this hydria vase is a black figured centaur and man. The man is Herakles and the centaur is…

Nereid Riding Sea-bull Support

Nereid Riding a Sea-Bull Support Image Part of Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus 2nd Century. Roman Bas-relief, Marble Housed at the Glyptotheck in Munich The Nereid is a part…

Cadmus and the Dragon

This image is of Cadmus fighting a dragon who was guarding the sacred spring of Ismenos. The tale that this image belongs to is about Cadmus , when…

Nereid Riding Sea-bull

Nereid Riding a Sea-Bull Part of Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus 2nd Century. Roman Bas-relief, Marble Housed at the Glyptotheck in Munich Here we have a part of a…

Old Satyrs on an Attic Red-Figure Bell Krater

This piece is called a bell krater and it is made out of terracotta. It is painted in the attic red-figure style and is attributed to Polion, an…

Supporting Image for Medea and Jason

This Image is another depiction of the scene shown in the red figure krater of Medea and the murder of her children. This scene shows Medea with a…

Poseidon and the Hippocampus

This image shows the hippocampus pulling Poseidon and his carriage. The hippocampus were known to be Poseidon’s horses and are depicted in a number of works of art…

Class Notes – vase

Class Notes – Early 7th cent – Unglazed terracotta? – Contrast between black, almost silhouette, figures, and the gold/yellow back ground – Detailed pattern in border – Black…

Iberian fibula romana silver brooch

It’s a Iberian silver brooch made in 100~200BC which has a female godness on one side and a cavalier with his horse and dog hunting a boar another…

Supporting Image of the tri-winged Gorgon sheild cover

This is a piece of a roof tile that decorated the edge of a roof of a building. The head of medusa was believed to ward off evil….

Nike, Goddess of Victory

With further investigation. We found that this figure is in fact a Nike, Goddess of victory. This is thought to be a figurine that decorates a large bowl….

Brooch of Braganza

This gold fibula of a long footed form decorated with a figure of a naked warrior wearing a celtic helmut, with a scabbard suspended from the waist and…