Greek: Hellenistic Flashcards
Greek: Hellenistic Period
323-31 BC

Head of Alexander the Great
Greek: Hellenistic (323-31 BC)

Altar of Zeus
at Pergamon
Greek: Hellenistic (323-31 BC)

Gallic Chief Killing Himself and his Wife
Greek: Hellenistic (323-31 BC)
“formiddable enemy approach”

Dying Gaul
at Pergamon
Greek: Hellenistic (323-31 BC)

Demosthenes
by Polyeuktos
Greek: Hellenistic (323-31)
depiction of old age

Seated Boxer
Greek: Hellenistic (323-31 BC)
“The Ugly Truth”

Old Market Woman
Greek: Hellenistic (323-31 BC)

Aphrodite from Milos (Venus de Milo)
Greek: Hellenistic (323-31 BC)
much more sexual than Praxiteles Aphrodite
Sleeping Satyr (Barbarini Faun)
Greek: Hellenistic (323-31 BC)
overly sexualized

Nike of Samothrace (Winged Victory)
Greek: Hellenistic (323-31 BC)

Laocoön and His Two Sons
from Palace of Titus
by Hagesandros, Polydoros, and Athenodoros
Greek: Hellenistic (323-31 BC)
might actually be Roman

Head of Odysseus
from Tiberius Grotto at Sperlonga, Italy
by Hadesandros, Polydoros, and Athenodoros
Greek: Hellenistic (323-31 BC)
might actually be Roman, early 1st century AD