Diana of Versailles | Museum of Classical Archaeology Databases
Diana, the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Artemis, tirelessly springs forward, while taking an arrow from the quiver on her right shoulder. A deer jumps at her left. She wears a short chiton (tunic) to make her movements easier.
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If it is a Greek original, its survival is unique. The right arm of Hermes is lost, but it is likely that he held a bunch of grapes which he wistfully dangled in front of the baby Dionysos, god of wine and intoxication.
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Dacian or German Female. This head is a portrait, but not of a particular individual. It represents a type of person living on the outer fringes of the Roman Empire; Dacia was roughly where Romania is now.
Temple of Zeus at Olympia, west pediment | Museum of Classical ...
The temple of Zeus was the largest temple in the sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia, where the Olympic Games were held. The sculptures in the pediments show racing and wrestling, but in mythological contexts.
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The temple is unusually large for its early date. The shallow triangular shape of the pediment is awkward to fill. The sculptor has tackled this problem by allowing the monstrous gorgon, who is shown reaching towards her son, and the leopards to dominate.
Hermes Resting | Museum of Classical Archaeology Databases
Hermes Resting. Also known as Seated Mercury. The Resting Hermes was considered a prize find in the late eighteenth century — being bronze adds considerably to its rarity value — and was very widely copied in northern Europe.
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The Primaporta Augustus set the tone for this new style, triumphant but artificial. The Primaporta statue has the body of the Doryphoros of Polykleitos, the pose of a magnanimous yet authoritative statesman, and the uniform of the military leader, imperator.
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Limassol Dist. Mus. 83 2.V.1977 TBM. Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge. Every cast tells two stories.
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Hauser: Die Neu Attischen Reliefs (1889), 82, no.9 Lippold: Griechische Plastik, 225 (n.1) Fröhner: Notice de la Sculpture Antique du Musée Nationale du Louvre (1878), 29, no.7
Torso of Aphrodite | Museum of Classical Archaeology Databases
Torso of Aphrodite. This is one of many Roman copies of the nude female goddess, ultimately derived from the Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles of the mid fourth century BCE. In this case, the pose is reversed, with the left hip and right shoulder raised. It …