Greek Art and Archaeology Midterm

Herakles captures the Cretan bull

at the Temple of Zeus at Olympia

c. 450s BCE

Plan of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia

c. 450s BCE

Herakles holds up the sky for Atlas to bring him the golden apples of the Hesperides

at the Temple of Zeus at Olympia

c. 450s BCE

The Artemesion Zeus

Attic bronze sculpture

c. 460–450 BCE

Riace/Warrior A,

450–440 BCE

Chryselephantine statue of head of Artemis(?)

at the sanctuary at Delphi

early 6th century BCE

Artistic recreation of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia

c. 450s BCE

Model of the Temple of Olympian Zeus

at Akragas (Sicily)

c. 480–406 BCE

So-called ‘Valley of the Temples’

at Akragas, Sicily

Plan of the agora

at Cyrene, Libya

Lakonian black-figure cup showing King Arkesilas supervising the weighing of silphion

Vulci (Italy)

c. 560 BCE

Hero shrine

at the west side of Agora, Paestum

c. 510–500 BCE

Temple of Hera

at Paestum

550–520 BCE

Reconstructed fortification walls

at the Acropolis

c. mid-5 th century BCE

South metope 18, showing a centaur triumphing over the body of a Greek fighter

at the Parthenon

447–438 BCE

Climax of the procession shows officials preparing a new peplos (garment) for Athena, with seated gods at left and right

at the Parthenon east frieze

c.. 447–438 BCE

Two Nikai lead a cow to be offered to Athena

parapet of the Temple of Athena Nike, Athens

c. 420s BCE

Plan of the Temple of Athena Polias (Erechtheion)

at Athens

c. 400s BCE

White ground lekythos showing mistress and maid

at Athens

c. 450-440 BCE

Attic marble grave stele (‘the Cat Stele’)

at Salamis

c. 420 BCE

Prokne prepares to slaughter her son Itys, marble statue by the artist Alkamenes

at the Acropolis (Athens)

c. 425–410 BCE

Attic red-figure hydria (water jug) with woman spinning

440–430 BCE

Distribution of gendered artefacts in spaces

in various houses at Olynthos

348 BCE

Olynthos, House of Many Colours

(5th -4 th c. BCE)

Bronze statue of Athena

at Piraeus (originally Delos?)

c. 350 BCE (or later copy)

Marble votive relief offered by Arkhinos

at the sanctuary of Amphiaraos

c. 370 BCE

Scene of King Erbinna from the upper podium frieze of the Nereid Monument

c. 390–370 BCE

Nereid monument

at Xanthos

390-370 BCE

Plan of the palace at Vergina

later 4th century BCE

Gold larnax (small chest or coffin) from inner chamber of Tomb II

at Vergina

c. 317 BCE

Winged Nike of Samothrace

c. 225–125 BCE

Marble statuette of Sarapis, Roman copy based on larger Greek original

3rd century BCE

Marble sarcophagus of King Abdalonymos of Sidon (the ‘Alexander Sarcophagus’)

c. 320 BCE

Monument of Philopappos

at Athens

110- 120 CE