Ch. 2 Ancient Greece

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Figurineof a woman, from Syros (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 2600-2300 BCE

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Stairwellin the residential quarter of the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1700-1370 BCE.

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Bull-leaping,from the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1400-1370 BCE

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Landscapewith swallows (Spring Fresco), from roomDelta 2, Akrotiri, Thera (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 1650-1625 BCE

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Octopusflask, from Palaikastro (Crete), Greece, ca. 1450 BCE

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Treasuryof Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 BCE.

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Interior, Treasuryof Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 BCE.

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Funerarymask, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600-1500 BCE

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Geometrickrater, from the Dipylon cemetery, Athens, Greece, ca. 740 BCE

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Lady of Auxerre, ca. 650-625 BCE. Musée duLouvre, Paris

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Kouros,from Attica, Greece, ca. 600 BCE

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Kroisos, from Anavysos, Greece, ca. 530 BCE

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Peplos Kore,from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 530 BCE

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Temple of Hera (“Basilica,” lookingnortheast), Paestum, Italy, ca. 550 BCE

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Westpediment, Temple of Artemis, Corfu, Greece, ca. 600-580 BCE. ArchaeologicalMuseum,Corfu

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EXEKIAS,Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game (detail of a black-figure amphora), fromVulci, Italy, ca. 540-530 BCE

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EUPHRONIOS,Herakles wrestling Antaios (detail of a red-figure calyx krater), fromCerveteri, ca. 510

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EUTHYMIDES,Three revelers (red-figure amphora), from Vulci, Italy, ca. 510 BCE.

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Dyingwarrior, from the west pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, ca.490

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Dyingwarrior, from the east pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, ca.480

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KritiosBoy, from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 480 BCE

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Warrior,from the sea off Riace, Italy, ca. 460-450 BCE

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POLYKLEITOS, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Roman copy from thepalaestra, Pompeii, Italy, of a bronze statue of ca. 450-440 BCE. Italy, ca. 510BCE.

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MYRON,Diskobolos (Discus Thrower). Roman copyof a bronze statue of ca. 450

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Centauromachy,metope from the south frieze of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca.447-438 BCE.

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Heliosand his horses, and Dionysos (Herakles?), from the east pediment of theParthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 438-432 BCE.

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Threegoddesses (Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite?), from the east pediment of theParthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 438-432 BCE

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Two details ofthe Panathenaic Festival procession frieze, from the Parthenon, Acropolis,Athens, Greece, ca. 447-438 BCE.

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KALLIKRATES,Temple of Athena Nike (looking southwest), Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca.427-424 BCE.

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Erechtheion(looking northwest), Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 421-405 BCE.

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Nikeadjusting her sandal, from the south side of the parapet of the Temple ofAthena Nike, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 410 BCE.

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Gravestele of Hegeso, from the Dipylon cemetery, Athens, Greece, ca. 400 BCE.

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PRAXITELES,Aphrodite of Knidos, Roman copy of amarble statue of ca. 350-340 BCE

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PRAXITELES,Hermes and the infant Dionysos, from the Temple of Hera, Olympia, Greece. Copyof a marble status of ca. 340 BCE.

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LYSIPPOS,Apoxyomenos (Scraper). Roman copy of abronze statue of ca. 330 BCE.

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PHILOXENOSOF ERETRIA, Battle of Issus, ca. 310BCE. Roman copy (Alexander Mosaic) from the House of Faun, Pompeii, Italy, latesecond or early first century BCE

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POLYKLEITOSTHE YOUNGER, aerial view of the theater (looking northeast), Epidauros, Greece,ca. 350 BCE.

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Reconstructedwest front of the Altar of Zeus, Pergamon, Turkey, ca. 175 BCE.

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Athenabattling Alkyoneos, detail of the gigantomachy frieze of the Altar of Zeus,Pergamon, Turkey, ca. 175 BCE.

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EPIGONOS (?), Dying Gaul. Roman copy of abronze statue from Pergamon, Turkey, ca. 230-220 BCE.

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Sleepingsatyr (Barberini Faun), from Rome,Italy, ca. 230-200 BCE.

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Old marketwoman. Roman copy(?) of a marble statue of ca. 150-100 BCE.

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ATHANADOROS, HAGESANDROS, and POLYDOROS ofRHODES, Laocoön and his sons, from Rome, Italy, early first century CE.