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Attic Pyxis
Image by Peter Roan

Attic Pyxis

A red-figure Attic pyxis, 460-450 BCE. Pyxides were lidded boxes used for storing small items such as jewellery. This example depicts the birth of Aphrodite with Eros on the left. (Metropolitan -museum of Art, New York).
Corinthian Vessel with Protome
Image by Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Getty Villa, Malibu)

Corinthian Vessel with Protome

A Corinthian vessel depicting animals and carrying a protome of a female head on the handle, c. 570 BCE. (Getty Villa, Malibu).
Attic Lekanis
Image by Egisto Sani

Attic Lekanis

A red-figure Attic Lekanis, 400-300 BCE. (Provenance: Spina Necropolis). Lekanides were often used for serving food where the lid could be overturned and its handle became a foot. The woman depicted here holds a tympanon or drum.
Boeotian Exaleiptron
Image by Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Boeotian Exaleiptron

A Boeotian tripod exaleiptron (also known as a kothon), mid-6th century BCE. These vessels were used for keeping fine oils and perfumes and had an inverted lip to reduce spillage.
Battle of Marathon, 490 BCE
Image by Dept. of History, US Military Academy

Battle of Marathon, 490 BCE

A map illustrating the position of Greek (blue) and Persian (red) forces at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE. The allied Greek city-states led by Athens would win the battle and repel the invasion of Greece by Persian King Darius.
Spartan Warriors
Image by The Creative Assembly

Spartan Warriors

This is a 3d representation of how Spartan warriors in action might have looked. Armoured warriors equipped with shield and spear, known as Hoplites, were typical of ancient Greek warfare.
Attic Kyathos
Image by Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Getty Villa, Malibu)

Attic Kyathos

A black-figure Attic kyathos depicting the Gorgon Medusa, c. 510-500 BCE. Kyathoi were used for serving wine into cups. (Getty Villa, Malibu).
Etrurian Mastos
Image by Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Portlan Art Museum)

Etrurian Mastos

A Mastos wine cup from Etruria, c. 520-500 BCE. Mastoi were shaped like a female breast with a nipple at the base instead of a foot. (British Musuem, London).
Attic Psykter
Image by Peter Roan

Attic Psykter

An Attic psykter vessel depicting hoplites riding dolphins, c. 520-510 BCE. These vessels were used for cooling wine by filling them with wine and placing the vessel within a larger vessel (a krater) which was itself filled with cool water...
Egyptian Scarab Amulets
Image by Mark Cartwright

Egyptian Scarab Amulets

Egyptian scarab amulets from the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period, 2040-1550 BCE. (Capitoline Museums, Rome).
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