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A marble eye which was once attached to the prow of a trireme in order to ward off evil. Traces of the original paint can still be seen. (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus)

Stone kleroteria; a device that randomly dispensed black or white tokens which the Athenians used to select citizens for jury service. (Agora Museum of Athens)

Pottery ostraka identifying Themistocles, 482 BCE. These were used in Athens to vote a particular citizen to be ostracised from the polis. From a well on the north slope of the acropolis of Athens. (Museum of the Ancient Agora, Athens)

A model of the Athenian acropolis in the 5th century BCE. The monumental Propylaea gives access to the Parthenon (centre) and the Erechtheion (left side). (Acropolis Museum, Athens)

A Roman period sundial of the Greek hemispherical type. (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus)

The Assassination of Alboin, Charles Landseer, 1856 CE, Peter Nahum At The Leicester Galleries.

Alboin from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493 CE, Bavarian State Library

The Assassination of Alboin, Charles Landseer, 1856 CE, Peter Nahum At The Leicester Galleries.

Alboin and Rosamunde, School of Rubens, 1651 CE, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

This mosaic scene of tame deer drinking from an ornate fountain was a popular scene in Early Christian art, as it symbolized the fountain of life. 4th or 5th century CE, from Carthage. On display at the British Museum, London (MLA 1859.4-2.90...