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On this section of the website, you can find black and white archaeological drawings as well as puns, comics and other drawings inspired by ancient history.

Comics

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Busts and Statues

Fragmentary bust of Athena from the Vatican Museum

Head of Hyperides of Athens at the Glyptoteket

Bust of Pericles from the Altes Museum

Fragmentary head of Aphrodite in the Glyptoteket in Munich

Reconstruction of the Diadumenos by Polykleitos

Fragment of the head of a Greek warrior at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens

Greek philosopher statue

Wounded Amazon a statue by Polykleitos

Fragmentary head of the goddess Tyche in the Spartan Archaeological Museum

Colossal head of Sappho at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum

Fragmentary head of a Ptolemaic Queen (Arsinoe II) at the Glyptoteket

Head of Ptolemy III Euergetes at the Vatican Museums

Head of Alexander the Great at the Glyptoteket

Roman goddess with a mural crown at the Glyptoteket

Head of a Greek goddess at the Altes Museum

Torso of an old fisherman at the Altes Museum

Head of Alexander the Great at the Instanbul Archaeological Museum

Fragmentary head of a Greek goddess at the Munich Glyptoteket

Hellenistic ruler from Miletos

Doryphoros or spear-bearer by Polykleitos

Head of Pyrrhus of Epirus at the Glyptoteket

Fragment of the head of Ptolemy I Soter

Head of Medusa at the Roman-Germanic Musuem in Cologne.

Artemision Bronze from National Archaeological Museum in Athens

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The Belvedere Apollo, this statue was part of the

The Belvedere Apollo, this statue was part of the collection which Cardinal Giuliano della Rover held in his palace in Rome. When he was elected Pope as Julius Il (1503-1513) the statue was transferred to the Vatican, where it has remained since at least 1508. The god, Apollo, moves forward majestically and seems to have just released an arrow from the bow which he originally carried in his left hand.

The work has been dated to mid-way through the 2nd century A.D. and is considered to be a copy of an original bronze statue of 330-320 BC by Leochares, one of the artists who worked on the Mausoleum at Halicarnassos.

The statue has always been greatly admired, but owes its fame particularly to Johann Joachim Winckelmann who considered it the sublime expression of Greek art, "of all the works of antiquity that have escaped destruction, the statue of Apollo represents the highest ideal of art.”

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Cycladic figurine in the Archaeological Museum of

Cycladic figurine in the Archaeological Museum of Athens. Cycladic Art was produced on the Cycladic Islands of the Aegean between 3300 and 1000 BC.

It comprised mostly of these highly stylised human figures which had a flat, geometric characteristic to them. Most statues are female, naked and with their arms folded across the chest, right arm above the left. There are indications that they could have been brightly painted.

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Alexander the Great is often seen as the most impo

Alexander the Great is often seen as the most important figure from the Hellenistic period! But there are so many other interesting and influential kings, scientists, statesmen, women, artists, poets and historians who also deserve to be remembered!

Last year we organised the first edition of the Hellenistic Hero Showdown in 32 of these historical figures went head to head in a series of battles to crown Archimedes as the ultimate Hellenistic Hero (aside from Alexander the Great, of course).

However, there are still so many potential heroes left, it is about time we organise a second edition. Aside from some personal favourites and recurring ones from last year, I’m still looking for historical characters from the Hellenistic period, so please contact me or comment below if you have a favourite from the period that HAS to be included!

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This statue of a woman offering a hare comes from

This statue of a woman offering a hare comes from the sanctuary of Hera on Samos and dated to 560-550 BC. Statues like these, called korai, were often placed on Tombs or dedicated to the gods.

This one can be identified as a votive offering based on the inscription on the statue: ‘Cheramyes has erected me, an extremely beautiful statue for the goddess.’ She holds a hare in her hand as an offering.

#ancient #ancienthistory #ancientgreece #ancientgreek #greekstatue #archaeological #archaeologist #historian #ancientgreekhistory #archaic #archaicgreece #kore #korai

A so-called fish plate showing three fishes (two b

A so-called fish plate showing three fishes (two breaks and a trembling ray?). It is uncertain whether these so-called fish plates wete used in the same way as the oxybaphon, a vase type which was generally used to serve food. Dated to the 4th century BC.

It was sometimes specifically used in drinking games in a variation of the so-called Kottabos game. This was a skill full game played at symposia, especially in the 6th- 5th centuries BC. It involved flinging wine-lees at a target in the middle of the room. The winner received a prize also known as κοττάβιον.

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