Art and Myth Objects

Statue of zeus

Zeus (or Poseidon?), from the sea off Cape Artemision, Greece, ca. 460–450 BCE. Bronze, 6’ 10” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

Sculpture of Homer

A Hellenistic image of an old man, said to be Homer. Marble, either 1st c. BCE or 1st c. CE Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.

Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300–1250 BCE. Limestone, relief panel, 9’ 6” high.

the so-called mask of Agamemnon. in the homeric poems, Agamemnon was the king of Mycenae

Funerary mask, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600–1500 BCE. Beaten gold, 10 ¼”’ high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

likely a reference to the ships in the Iliad or odyssey

Late geometric krate (mixing bowl)r, from Thebes, ca. 730 BCE.

Nestor’s cup. matches the description of Nestor’s cup from book 2 of the iliad

Goblet from Grave Circle A, Mycenae. Gold: ca. 1600-1500 BCE.

one of the 2 cups of Nestor

Late Geometric cup, from Ischia (off the coast of Naples), 720 BCE.

can see the trojan horse with its wheels on this piece

Bronze fibula (brooch), 680 BCE, found in Thebes, Greece.

another depiction of the Trojan horse with wheels; lower on the vase conveys the brutalities to women and children

Pithos (storage vessel) from M ikonos Ca.675 BCE: 1.34 cm 4’76”

the blinding of Polyphemus; also depicts the beheading of the gorgon sisters in the register below

Amphora from Attica, (the so- called Eleusis amphora) 650 BCE, 4’ 9”

Telemachus and Penelope

Drinking cup, 440 BCE (red figure technique), made in Attica (municipality of Athens)

• Ajax carrying dead Achilles (not in the Iliad)

• The story of Meleager is mentioned in Book 9 of the Iliad. Meleager (Meleagros)

• Second register from the top – Funerary Games in Honor of Patroclus. Iliad 23.

• Showing various themes related to Achilles and the Trojan War.

• Wedding Procession of Peleus and Thetis (on both sides of the vase!)

• The expedition of Theseus

• The battle of Lapiths and Centaurs

• The return of Hephaistos to Mt. Olympus

• Dionysus pictured

Francois Vase by Kleitias and Ergotimos, ca. 570 BCE. Height: 66cm, Diameter: 57 cm

Herkales battles Netos

Attic amphora, the Nessos amphora, 625 – 600 BCE. 4’

Head of a gorgon on a shield

Jug, known as the Chigi Vase, from Corinth Ca. 640-650 BCE. Height 10 ¼”

Ajax and Achilles playing dice (not described in ancient text)

Attic black-figure amphora signed by Exekias Ajax and Achilles playing a game. Ca. 540- 530 BC. Height 2’.

Achilles slaying queen of the Amazons, falls in love at last moment lol

Achilles slaying the queen of the Amazons, Penthesilea. Black figure amphora, signed by Exekias. Ca. 540-530 BC

Dionysos and his son Oinopion Other side of the same black-figure amphora in previous slide. Signed by Exekias, 540-530 BC.

exterior has owl eyes that look like a mask while someone is drinking from it (masks were one of Dionysos’ attributes)

A drinking cup, signed by Exekias, ca. 540-530, showing Dionysos in the sea with dolphins.

kouros/kouroi

A statuette of a youth dedicated by Mantiklos to Apollo, from Thebes, Greece, ca. 700–680 BCE. Bronze, 8” high. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Massive fragmented statue of Apollo

Fragment of statue found in Sanctuary of Apollo at Delos Height – 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters

Fragment of a Colossal Apollo dedicated by the Naxians to Apollo, Delos, ca. 600-575 BCE Height of fragment, 2.3 meters, original height: 8.5 meters, about 28 feet.

Apollo seated on a tripod

Red-figure, hydria (water container), Showing Apollo seated on a tripod. Berlin Painter, ca. 480 BCE.

oracle at Delphi

Interior of a cup (kylix), from Attica (region of Athens) from ca. 440-430 BCE

Herakles trying to steal the tripod from Delphi in top registar

Council of Gods and Trojan war on lower register (530 BCE)

Pediment of Siphnian Treasury (ca. 525 BCE) in Delphi Archaeological Museum in Greece

Herakles and Apollo struggle over the tripod

Red figure storage vessel, from Attica (the region of Athens) Showing Herakles and Apollo struggling over the tripod. Ca. 500 BCE