Melpomene (muse of tragedy), Rome, theater of Pompey, 1st century BC, Carrara marble.
Melpomene (muse of tragedy), Rome, theater of Pompey, 1st century BC, Carrara marble.
Artemis (Diane), 1st-2nd century AD, from Greece.
Agasias of Ephesos, Fighting warrior, Athens, 1st century AD.
Agasias of Ephesos, Fighting warrior, Athens, 1st century AD.
Sleeping Hermaphrodite, 2nd century AD. Hermaphrodite is the son of Hermes and Aphrodite who rejected nymph Salmacis. The nymph was granted by Zeus that her…
Sleeping Hermaphrodite, 2nd century AD. Hermaphrodite is the son of Hermes and Aphrodite who rejected nymph Salmacis. The nymph was granted by Zeus that her…
Sarcophagus, Achilles at the court of Lycomedes, Athens, ca. 240 AD.
Strigilated sarcophaegus: shepherd and lion heads, ca. 250 AD.
Mosaic from Lydda (now Lod, Israel), ca. 300 AD.
Mosaic from Lydda (now Lod, Israel), ca. 300 AD.
Mosaic from Lydda (now Lod, Israel), ca. 300 AD.
Elephant, giraffe, tiger, rhynoceros, lion, lioness, and a keto, a mythical sea creature emerging from the waves between 2 rocks in the background.