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The Greek statesman Aeschines (389-314 BCE).This marble head was a Roman copy of a portrait, perhaps erected shortly after his death. The ancient inscription makes the identification certain. From Bitolia, Macedonia. (The British Museum...

Chrysippus (281/77 - 208/4 BCE) developed the Stoic school of philosophy founded in Athens around 280 BCE by Zeno. Roman copy of a lost Greek original of the late 3rd or 2nd century BCE. (The British Museum, London)

These fittings were originally attached to the front of a circular wooden shield. The iron boss was in the center with the decorative circular mounts arranged in 2 groups around it. The gilded silver mounts, shaped like an aquatic creature...

Socrates (469-399 BCE) was the intellectual father of Greek philosophy. His self-denying pursuit of true knowledge brought him into conflict with the piety laws of his native Athens, where his eventual prosecution led to enforced suicide...

This relief, which is seen on the south side of the Payava Tomb, depicts 2 armed figures. The inscriptions in Lycian read "Payava, son of Ad..., secretary of A...rah, by race a Lycian". Payava tomb is a limestone tomb with gabled roof. It...

This relief, which is seen on the north side of the Payava Tomb, depicts a man placing a wreath on a head of a young athlete. The Payava tomb is a limestone tomb with gabled roof. It was decorated with reliefs on its four sides and inscribed...

This relief, which is seen on the east side of the Payava Tomb, depicts a battle of cavalry and foot soldiers. The inscriptions in Lycian record that the tomb was built by Payava. The Payava tomb is a limestone tomb with gabled roof. It was...

This relief, which is seen on the south side of the Payava Tomb, depicts a seated Persian, apparently a satrap or governor, with attendent figures. The inscriptions in Lycian probably mention the name of the satrap as Autophradates. The Payava...

This iron lamp, comprising a round bowl on a tripod foot, still contains the remains of beeswax fuel, but no trace of a wick has survived. Iron lamps are extremely rare finds from early Anglo-Saxon England. So far they have been only found...

This is a marble votive relief dedicated to the goddess Athena. Winged Victory flies down to place a laurel crown on a charioteer, perhaps a victor in the Panathenaic Games. Made in Athens, about 425 BCE. From Athens. (The British Museum...