Neer Chapters 13-14 Flashcards
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Lucanian red-figure krater by the Dolon painter. Ceramic; c. 380-360 BCE. Odysseus in the Underworld. The white-haired head of Tereisias, a seer, rises from the earth.
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Apulian red-figure volute krater by the Ganymede Painter. Ceramic; c. 330 BCE. At center is a picture of a grave monument, or sema; compare 13.27 and 13.28.
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Apulian red-figure volute krater by the Darius Painter. Ceramic; c. 330 BCE. King Darius of Persia, the Persian court and the gods.
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Fragment of a Tarentine krater painted in the Gnathia technique. Ceramic; c. 350 BCE. An actor holding a mask.
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Volute krater from Grave B at Derveni in Macedon. Gilded bronze; c. 350-330 BCE. Dionysiac scenes. A – detail: drunken satyr; B – general view: on the neck, lions and ivy; on the shoulder, devotees of the wine god; on the body, Dionysos and Ariadny, mainad and child.
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Pella, Macedon, mosaic signed by Gnosis. Pebbles; last third of the 4th century BCE. Stag hunt. A floral pattern surrounds the picture on all four sides; it closely resembles the florals on 13.2 and other, similar, pots – helps to date the mosaic.
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Olynthos, pastas house. Plan; 432-348 BCE.
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Priene, prostas house. After c. 352 BCE. Cross-section showing sunlight entering the house.
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Monte Iato, Sicily, peristyle house. Plan; later 4th century BCE. Courtyard surrounded by a two-storey colonnade employing the Doric order for the ground floor, and Ionic for the upper.
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Priene, plan of the Classical and Hellenistic town.
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Priene, Temple of Athena Polias and adjacent stoa c. 350 BCE (temple completed 158-156 BCE). Plan.
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Votive relief from Arkhinos, from the sanctuary of Amphiaraos at Oropos in Attica. Marble; c. 370 BCE.
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Epidaurus, Temple of Asklepios: west pediment (detail). Marble; c. 380-370 BCE. Dead Greek.
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Epidaurus, Temple of Asklepios: east pediment (detail). Marble; c. 380-370 BCE. Head of Priam, king of Troy, seized by the hair.
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Athena, found in Piraeus, but originally perhaps from Delos. Bronze; c. 350 BCE or a later copy. The statue was found with 8.1. Part of a consignment of statues, probably to Italy, where it would likely have decorated a Roman house.
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Boxer from Olympia, sometimes associated with the sculptor Silanion of Athens. Bronze; c. 350 BCE.
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Portrait head found in the Temple of Apollo, Cyrene. Bronze; probably mid- to late 4th century BCE (disputed).
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Boy from the sea off Marathon, in a Praxitelean style. Bronze; c. 330 BCE. Arms restored in antiquity.
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Roman version of the Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles. Marble; original c. 350-340 BCE.
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Agias of Pharsalos, dedicated at Delphi by Daochos of Thessaly. Marble, after a bronze original; 336 BCE. Contemporary copy of a work by Lysippos of Sicyon.
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Athlete from the sea off Losinj in Croatia. Bronze; later 4th century or Hellenistic.
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Youth from the sea off Antikythera. Bronze; c. 340 BCE. May represent Paris awarding the Apple of Beauty. Heavily restored.
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Bust of Demeter or Kore (Persephone) from Syracuse. Terracotta; late 4th century BCE. A Classical version of the type shown in 6.29.
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Figurine of a dancer or nymph from the Acropolis of Athens (the Titeux Dancer). Terracotta, Attic manufacture; c. 375-350 BCE. Popular in the 19th century – fashion icon in France and England.
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Figurine of a satyr, from Armento in Sicily. Bronze; second half of 4th century BCE. Unclear whether of Greek or Etruscan manufacture.
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Grave relief of Prokleides and his family, from the Kerameikos cemetery in Athens. Marble; end of 4th century BCE.
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Xanthos, Turkey, tomb and hero-shrine of King Erbinna (the Nereid Monument). Marble; c. 390-370 BCE.
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Xanthos, the Nereid Monument (detail). Marble; c. 390-370 BCE. Erbinna, seated under a parasol, receiving ambassadors.
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Halikarnassos, tomb of Mausolos of Caria (the Mausoleum). Before 351 BCE. Reconstruction based on archaeological remains (vs. literary accounts).
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Halikarnassos, tomb of Mausolos of Caria (the Mausoleum), over life-size figures. Marble; before 351 BCE. Sometimes identified as Mausolos (left) and his wife, Artemisia (right), but may also represent ancestors or other family members. Old-fashioned female hairstyle.
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Halikarnassos, tomb of Mausolos of Caria (the Mausoleum): detail of frieze. Marble; before 351 BCE. Battle of Herakles and the Amazons. At left, an Amazon shoots an arrow while facing backwards on horseback.
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Head of Alexander the Great, from the Athenian acropolis. Marble; c. 336 (or a Roman copy).
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Head of Alexander the Great. Marble; c. 325-320 BCE.
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Vergina, Tomb I, detail of a wall painting. Fresco; 336 BCE. Hades abducts Persephone. Tomb probably contained the remains of King Philip II of Macedon, conqueror of Greece and father of Alexander the Great.
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Vergina, Tomb II: cutaway drawing showing the layout of the tomb and its position beneath the tumulus; 317 BCE. Probably contained the remains of Philip III Arrhidaios of Macedon, puppet king and half-brother of Alexander the Great.
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Box from the inner chamber of Tomb II at Vergina. Gold, with glass pastel c. 317 BCE.
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Oak-leaf crown from Tomb II at Vergina, found inside the box shown in 14.3. Gold; c. 317 BCE.
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Roman mosaic from Pompeii (the Alexander Mosaic). Cut stone squares; before 79 CE. The Battle of Issos: Alexander skewers a Persian at left; Darius III flees at right. Often believed to reflect a lost painting by Philoxenos of Eretria, late 4th century BCE.
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Aghios Athanassios, Macedon, Tomb III. Detail of fresco on façade: banqueters. Fresco; last quarter of the 4th century BCE.
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Aghios Athanassios, Macedon, Tomb III. Detail of fresco on façade. Fresco; late 4th century BCE. Riders; shield with head of Medusa, shown as if hanging from a nail; guard in Macedonian attire.
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Mosaic from Thmuis in the Nile delta, signed by Sophilos. Mosaic of tesserae; c. 200 BCE, copying an original of 246-221 BCE. Allegorical figure of Queen Berenike II.
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Vergina, royal palace; late 4th century BCE. Plan. Substantially larger and more elaborate version of the peristyle house; compare 13.9.
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Sarcophagus of King Abdalonymos of Sidon. Marble; late 4th century BCE. Alexander spearing a Persian.
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Sarcophagus of King Abdalonymos of Sidon. Marble; end of 4th century BCE. Lion and deer hunts.
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Coin of King Lysimachus of Thrace. Silver; 305-281 BCE. Front – head of Alexander the Great with horns of Zeus Ammon.
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Didyma, near Miletus, Temple of Apollo. Plan; begun c. 300 BCE. Designed by Paionios of Ephesus. Late example of the East Greek tradition of enormous Ionic temples.
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Roman version of the Fortune (Tykhe) of Antioch by Eutykhides, son of Lysippos. Marble; based on an original of c. 300 BCE.
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Kos, reconstruction of the sanctuary of Asklepios in the 2nd century BCE.
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Roman statuette of Sarapis with Cerberus, the Hound of the Underworld. Marble; based on a large statue by Bryaxis of the 3rd century BCE.
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Maps of the southern Argolid showing the distribution of sites. A – before 250; B – 1st century BCE. Countryside was drained of permanent settlements during the Late Hellenistic and Roman periods.
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Athens, plan of the Agora in the Hellenistic period.
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Athens, Stoa of Attalos in the agora (reconstructed). Based on a Greek original of 159 BCE.
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Model of the acropolis of Pergamon.
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Athena Parthenos from the library at Pergamum. Marble; early 2nd century BCE.
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Hermes of Praxiteles (?) from Olympia. Marble; early 3rd to mid-1st century BCE. Hermes playing with the infant Dionysus, dangling a bunch of grapes before the little wine god.
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Victorious athlete with olive wreath, found in the Adriatic Sea. Bronze; 3rd-2nd century BCE.
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The Terme Ruler. Roman general or Hellenistic prince. Bronze; early 1st century BCE.
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Portrait head from Delos (the Worried Man). Bronze; c. 100 BCE.
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Statuette of a thinker. Bronze; 3rd century BCE original or Roman work of 1st century CE.
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Portrait statue of a woman from Kos. Marble; late 3rd or 2nd century BCE.
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Nike from Samothrace. Marble; c. 225-125 BCE.
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Boxer from Rome. Bronze with copper inlay; early 1st century BCE. Below – general view. Right – detail of head.
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Pergamon, external frieze of the Great Altar (detail). Marble; c. 180-160 BCE. Athena, Earth, and Giant.
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Eros (Love) removing his crown, from the sea off Tunisia. Bronze; c. 130-100 BCE. Left hand would have held a bow.
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Erotic statue group (Slipper Slapper) from the Establishment of the Poseidoniasts of Beirut on Delos. Marble; c. 100 BCE. Aphrodite (Astarte) slaps Pan with her shoe, as Eros flutters overhead.
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Two women conversing, from Myrina, near Pergamon. Terracotta; c. 100 BCE. Usually taken as a mother and child, but identification is not absolutely secure. A nearly identical piece replaced one figure with Dionysus in an erotic scene of Dionysus with his bride, Ariadne.
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Relief showing the Deification of Homer, signed by Arkelaos of Priene, from near Rome. Marble; 2nd century BCE.
