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Relief
Relief of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) in sphinx form. 1353-1333 BCE.
Clay Tablet
Babylonian map of the world, inscribed on a clay tablet, size ca. 12 x 8 cm. The world is depicted as a disc surrounded by a ring of water named “Bitter River” Date: ca. 6th century BCE. Discovered in Sippar (present day Abu Habba, Iraq.
Bust
Marble bust of Homer from the 2nd Century BCE.
A remarkable object, used at one such gathering is the so-called ‘Nestor Cup’, a drinking cup dating to the eighth century BCE, found on Pithecusae. On the cup, a poem was inscribed:
I am the cup of Nestor good for drinking.
Whoever drinks from it, him at once a desire for beautifully crowned Aphrodite will seize.
Why should it not surprise us that one of the earliest texts, written in the Greek alphabet, has been found in a place such as Pithecusae?
The Nestor in line 1 may be the owner of the cup. But it might also be a reference to one of the great Homeric kings who fought with Odysseus in Troy. This Nestor owned a huge golden cup that only he could lift, which may be a pun because of the puny size of this simple, ceramic cup. What does it mean to find such an allusion to the Homeric epics in one of the first Greek texts and in a place like this?
Explain the pun hidden in lines 2 and 3.
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The ‘omphalos’ at the sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi (fig.), was a stone object considered to be the navel of the world. Explain why such an object should exist there?
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Coins
Early Classical silver Athenian tetradrachm, ca. 465-463 BCE.
Bust
A 2nd century BCE bust of Alexander the Great, easily characterized by his infamous boyish hair.
Coins
Silver tetradrachm of Alexander. Ca. 323-320 BCE.
Mosaic
Mosaic depicting Alexander defeating Darius III, either at the Battle at Ipsus or at the Battle at Gaugamela.
Senatus Populusque Romanus – The Senate and the People of Rome
Describe how this signifies the rule of Augustus…
The Ara Pacis (Altar of Peace) erected by Augustus in the 1st Century BCE signifies the rule of Augustus because — WIP
