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The goddess Juno, from the first half of 2nd century CE. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen

This rock-relief lies on the cliff side of mountain Rabana. The mountain looks over the modern village of Qarachatan, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. The relief is about 4 km away from a very similar rock-relief, the relief of...

The Atalante Hermes from Atalante, Phthiotis, 2nd century CE. The figure is a funerary statue of a youth in the guise of the god Hermes. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

A Greek youth named Kleonikos wearing a himation robe. From the Gymnasium at Eretrea, Euboea, 1st century BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

A Pentelic marble Amazonomachy frieze from a 4th century BCE funerary monument from Athens. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

A Parian marble statue of Pan. He holds a panpipe and wears an animal skin. From Sparta. 1st century CE copy of a 4th century BCE original. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

A Nereid (or Aura) riding a horse as she rises from the Ocean. Pentelic marble, c. 380 BCE. By the sculptor Timotheos. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens).

A Parian marble statue group of Aphrodite, Eros, and Pan. From the 'House of the Poseidoniastai', Delos. The statue was dedicated to Dionysos, c. 100 BCE. Aphrodite is depicted fighting off the advances of Pan with her sandal. (National Archaeological...

A Pentelic marble portrait bust of Herodes Atticus. Provenance: Khisias, Attica, mid-2nd century CE. Atticus was a wealthy Athenian sophist who funded many public projects, notably the theatre on the slopes of the Athenian acropolis. (National...

A Pentelic marble statue of Athena considered to be similar to that originally on the East pediment of the Parthenon. The statue was dedicated to Artemis, mid-3rd century CE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)