Showing posts with label Corinth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Corinth. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Heracles

Heracles against Triton.Attic black-figure hydria,520 BC.

Statue of Heracles with Greek inscriptions at Behistun.Iran 

Attic black-figure hydria,530 BC,depicting the battle of Heracles against the Amazons. 

Temple of Heracles-valley of Greek temples-Akragas (Agrigento)-Magna Grecia


Heracles and Athena from an Attic red-figure kylix,480-470 BC. 

Terracotta relief.The battle between Heracles and the Nemean lion.50 BC


Copper alloy group of wrestlers,symbolizing the battle between Heracles and the giant Antaeus.2nd BC.Arch.of Athens 

A magnificent Greek terracotta aril from the late archaic period.Heracles and Triton.About 570 BC.


Bronze Corinthian helmet,5th c.BC.Dispute of Heracles and Apollo for the Ceryneian Hind on the frontage 

Heracles, Pholus and the centaurs. Black figured skyphos, ca 580 BC From Corinth

Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great with Lion head,4th-3rd c.BC.MET Museum. 

Monument of the meeting between the philosopher Diogenes and Alexander the Great. Corinth,Peloponnese,Greece

Hellenistic gold ring with Onyx intaglio,100 BC.Head of deified Alexander the Great wearing horn of Ammon

Ηellenistic bronze protome of Alexander the Great.MET Museum

Hellenistic sculpture possibly depicting a wary Alexander the Great.Hermitage Museum. 

Detail from the battle of Issus.Alexander the Great.Mosaic,1st c.AC .

Bronze figure of Alexander the Great,Hellenistic period,3rd-2nd c.BC.