British Museum - Greece

Marble figurine of a woman (early Spedos type) Cycladic ca 2700 BC	The Aigina Treasure - jewellery, Minoan 1850-1550 BC	The Aigina Treasure - jewellery, Minoan 1850-1550 BC	Ancient Greek pottery - Myceanae 1550-1500 BC
Terracotta figure of a bull, Mycenaean ca 1300 BC	Pottery jar decorated with an octopus, Mycenaean 1400-1300 BC	Terracotta female figureines, Cyprus 1450-1200 BC	Pyxis (lidded box) with 4 hand-modelled terracotta horses, Athens ca 750 BC
Jug with spout in the form of a griffin's head, Cyclades ca 650 BC	Wine-bowl (Dinos) and stand with the wedding of Peleus & Thetis, Athens ca 580 BC	Oil flask (Leykthos) with a fight, where an injured warrior falls between two others, Corinthian ca 550 BC	Jug (Olpe) with two young horsemen with spears, Corinthian ca 550 BC
Terracotta goddesses, Boeotia 600-550 BC	Corinthian bronze helmet, ca 500 BC	Greek standing male figure of marble, Boiotia ca 560 BC,	Wine jug (amphora) with a running man, Fikellura style, ca 540 BC
Plate with a winged goddess with a gorgon's head wearing a split shirt and holding a bird in each hand, Rhodes ca 600 BC	Man reclining, Troy, ca 500 BC	Black-figured amphora (jar) with a frieze of dancing satyrs and maenads, Athens ca 540 BC, attributed to Nikosthenes	Black-figured amphora (jar) with Achilles and Penthesileia, Athens ca 540 BC, attributed to Exekias
Black-figured amphora (jar) with Achilles and Penthesileia, Athens ca 540 BC, attributed to Exekias	Collection of black-figured pottery from Athens ca 600 BC, British Museum	Black-figured olpe (jug) depicting the return of a hunter and his dog, Athens, ca 550 BC, attributed to Amasis	Bronze banqueter from the tripod-support of a bronze bowl, Laconian ca 530 BC
Striding figure of an athlete or hero marking the development of the male nude, Corfu ca 480 BC	Idealized youth (Kouros) 6th Century BC	Idealized youth (Kouros) ca 510 BC, Greek, found in a tomb in Marion, Cyprus	Scene of Greeks voting which of Ajax or Odysseus should receive the arms of Achilles, Athens ca 490 BC
Red-figured wine mixing bowl (volute-krater) with Achilles from the Persian Wars, Athens ca 490 BC	Red-figured wine mixing bowl (volute-krater) with Hector from the Persian Wars, Athens ca 490 BC	Perikles, citizen and soldier, 2nd C. AD copy of a Greek original ca 440 BC	Siren from the Tomb of Kybernis, ca 480 BC
Red-figured hydra (water jar) of Andromeda, Ethiopian princess, saved from sacrifice to a sea monster by Perseus - Athens 400 BC	Drinking vessel (rhyton) in the form of Dionysos, Athens ca 500 BC	Wine cooler (psykter) with exhibitionist satyr; Athens ca 490 BC by Douris	Exhibitionist satyr on a wine cooler, Athens ca 490 BC
Wine-jar (amphora) male figure, Athens, ca 490 BC	Rhyton (drinking vessel) in the form of a ram's head, Athenian copy of Persian model, ca 470 BC, attributed to Sotades	Rhyton (drinking vessel) in the shape of a sphinx, Athens ca 470 BC, attributed to Sotades	Amphora (wine-jar) with a youth riding a horse, Athens ca 450 BC
Skylla (Scylla), a sea monster from the Odyssey, Melos ca 460 BC	Sculpture of a Victorious Athlete Tying a Ribbon, AD50 copy of 440 BC Greek original	Sculpture of a Victorious Athlete Tying a Ribbon, AD50 copy of 440 BC Greek original	Sculpture of a Victorious Athlete Tying a Ribbon, AD50 copy of 440 BC Greek original
The Chatsworth Head, a bronze Apollo, Tamassos, Cyprus ca 470 BC	Large podium frieze - two warriors clash with an archer drawing his bow, British Museum	The Bassae Sculptures from the Temple of Apollo Epikouriuos in Arcadia	The Bassae Sculptures - Greeks fight Amazons, one of the 12 Labors of Hercules
The Bassae Sculptures - Greeks fight Amazons, one of the 12 Labors of Hercules	The Bassae Sculptures - Lapiths Fight Centaurs	The Bassae Sculptures - Lapiths Fight Centaurs	The Bassae Sculptures - Lapiths Fight Centaurs
The Bassae Sculptures - Lapiths Fight Centaurs	The Bassae Sculptures - Lapiths Fight Centaurs	The Bassae Sculptures - Lapiths Fight Centaurs	The Bassae Sculptures - Lapiths Fight Centaurs
The Bassae Sculptures - Lapiths Fight Centaurs	The Bassae Sculptures - Greeks fight Amazons, one of the 12 Labors of Hercules	The Bassae Sculptures - Greeks fight Amazons, one of the 12 Labors of Hercules	The Three Nereids from Xanthos, ca 390 BC
The Three Nereids from Xanthos, ca 390 BC	The Three Nereids from Xanthos, ca 390 BC	The Three Nereids from Xanthos, ca 390 BC	Nereid Monument, British Museum, built for Arbinas, ca 380 BC
Nereid Monument, British Museum, built for Arbinas, ca 380 BC	Nereid Monument, British Museum, built for Arbinas, ca 380 BC	Nereid Monument, British Museum, built for Arbinas, ca 380 BC	Nereid Monument, British Museum
Crouching lion, tomb guardian from the Nereid Monument	Pediment sculpture from the Nereid Monument showing footsoldier	Pediment sculpture from the Nereid Monument showing footsoldier	Pediment sculpture from the Nereid Monument showing footsoldier
Nyreid Monument from Xanthos (SW Turkey) ca 390 BC	Nyreid Monument from Xanthos (SW Turkey) ca 390 BC	Nyreid Monument from Xanthos (SW Turkey) ca 390 BC	Nyreid Monument from Xanthos (SW Turkey) ca 390 BC
Marble statue of a victorious athlete, 1st C. AD Roman copy of 440 BC Greek original	Marble statue of a victorious athlete, 1st C. AD Roman copy of 440 BC Greek original	Marble statue of a victorious athlete, 1st C. AD Roman copy of 440 BC Greek original	Marble statue of a victorious athlete, 1st C. AD Roman copy of 440 BC Greek original
Bronze statue of a young man, 1st C. BC Roman copy from Ziphteh, Nile Delta	Bronze statue of a young man, 1st C. BC Roman copy from Ziphteh, Nile Delta	Marble relief of a youth with his horse and dog from Hadrians Villa, Tivoli, ca 125 AD	Marble relief of a youth with his horse from Hadrians Villa, Tivoli, ca 125 AD
Marble statue of Apollo holding a kithara, 2nd Century AD copy of a 200 BC Greek original, from Cyrene	Marble statue of Apollo holding a kithara, 2nd Century AD copy of a 200 BC Greek original, from Cyrene	Marble statue of Apollo holding a kithara, 2nd Century AD copy of a 200 BC Greek original, from Cyrene	Part of a marble relief of a Dionysiac procession, Roman ca AD100, Villa Quintiliana
Roman copy of head of Meleager from 340 BC Greek original	Venus of Ostia, 1st-2nd C. AD Roman copy of 4th C. BC Greek original	Venus of Ostia, 1st-2nd C. AD Roman copy of 4th C. BC Greek original	Lely's Venus (Aphrodite) surprised while bathing, 1st-2nd C. AD Roman copy of Greek original
Dionysos wearing an ivy wreath (Sardanapalos type)	Marble statue of a youth, 1st C. AD copy of a Greek original ca 460 BC	Marble statue of a youth, 1st C. AD copy of a Greek original ca 460 BC	Marble statue of a youth, 1st C. AD copy of a Greek original ca 460 BC
Marble relief of a warrior, Roman 1st C. BC from a funeral stele of Rhodes	Marble relief of Apollo and Artemis slaying the children of Niobe	Marble statue of an athlete tying a ribbon around his head, 1st C. AD Roman copy of Greek original ca440 BC (Farnese Diadoumenos	Marble statue of an athlete tying a ribbon around his head, 1st C. AD Roman copy of Greek original ca440 BC (Farnese Diadoumenos
Classical sculpture, British Museum	Pericles, British Museum	Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon in Athens, British Museum	Elgin Marbles from the East Pediment of the Parthenon, British Museum
Elgin Marbles from the East Pediment of the Parthenon, British Museum	Naked youth reclines on a rock, probably Dionysos, god of wine, Parthenon East Pediment	Figure thought to be Dionysos reclining on the skin of a big cat from the corner of the Parthenon East Pediment, Elgin Marbles	Two goddesses seated on chests, thought to be Demeter and Persephone, next to Dionysos, Parthenon East Pediment
Girl moving rapidly away from the center, representing Hebe, cup-bearer of Zeus who was shown in the middle of the East Pediment	Seated woman on the point of rising thought to be Hestia, goddess of the hearth, Elgin Marbles, Parthenon East Pediment	A woman reclines in the lap of her companion representing Aphrodite, goddess of love, in the lap of her mother Dione	Horse head from the chariot of the moon goddess Selene from the East Pediment of the Parthenon
Elgin Marbles from the East Pediment of the Parthenon of Athens, British Museum	Centauromachy-Battle of Centaurs & Lapiths from Thessaly-a series of marble reliefs along the South Metope (II) of the Parthenon	Centaur surprised from behind fending off Lapith with his left arm, Parthenon marbles, South Metope III	Centaur brings a water-jar down on his opponent, who has left his defence open, Parthenon marbles, South Metope IV
The heads were plundered by the Venetian army from Athens in 1688 and are now in Copenhagen	Centaur rearing, Parthenon marbles, South Metope V - the human Lapith has broken off, the Centaur's head is in Würzburg	The Lapith lunges at the Centaur with his left hand while preparing to strike with his right, South Metope VII (heads in Athens)	Lapith and Centaur wrestle at close quarters, South Metope VIII, Elgin Marbles, Parthenon
Lapith is rolled backward over a water-jar, Elgin Marbles, Parthenon South Metope IX (heads in Athens)	Centaur rears up to strike the Lapith who fends him off with hand and foot, Parthenon South Metope XXVI	Lapith prepares to strike a decisive blow, Parthenon South Metope XXVII	A Centaur draped with a panther skin rears triumphantly over a fall Lapith, Parthenon South Metope XXVIII
Centaur with pointed ears carries off a struggling girl, South Metope XXIX	Centaur tramples a falling Lapith gripping his victim by the hair as he prepares to strike, Parthenon South Metope XXX	...the Lapith has one last hope - a stone that he is taking up from the ground, Parthenon South Metope XXX	Elgin Marbles - Parthenon South Metope XXX, British Museum
Centaur and Lapith tussle like wrestles with the Centaur at his oppoents throat, Elgin Marbles, Parthenon South Metope XXXI	...the Lapith attempts to fend off the Centaur with fist and knee, South Metope XXXI	Centaur gripping the hair of the Lapith with his left hand while preparing to strike, Parthenon South Metope XXXII	Parthenon (Elgin Marlbles), the 60 Horsemen of the South Frieze
Parthenon Marlbles, the Horsemen of the South Frieze III (Cavalcade)	Figure 13 of the Horseman of the South Frieze V of the Parthenon glancing back	Figure 26 of the Parthenon South Frieze X, a rider wearing a cuirass over a short tunic with cloak and riding boots	Parthenon South Frieze XXXI with four horses tossing their heads
A youth (figure 135) heads a sacrificial heifer, Parthenon South Frieze XLIV	Horsemen of the Parthenon West Frieze, British Museum	Horsemen of the Parthenon West Frieze, figure 2	Girls on the left of a series of 10 men, Parthenon East Frieze III figures 15-19
East Frieze IV figures 20-23, men standing between the girls of East Frieze III and the gods of East Frieze IV	Hermes (figure 25) looks at the procession while leaning on the shoulder of Dionysos (figure 24), Parthon East Frieze IV	Parthenon East Frieze IV figure 26, Demeter, in mourning over the loss of Persephone, seated next to Ares (figure 27) god of war	Parthenon East Frieze V - Hera (figure 28) seated next to Zeus (figure 29) which used to be over the main door of the Parthenon
Parthenon East Frieze V - man (fig 34) thought to be the Archon Basilius of Athens taking a Sacred Robe from a child (figure 35)	Parthenon East Frieze V - Athena (fig 36) looking in the direction of the procession, seated with Hephaistos (figure 37)	Parthenon East Frieze VIII - Five girls (fig 57-61) walk in single file with the lead carrying a thymiaterion and the rest jugs	Parthenon North Frieze XII figure 45, chariot pulled up sharply by the driver
Parthenon North Frieze XV figure 51 - horsemen	Parthenon North Frieze XXIV figure 66 - a marshal directing chariot traffic in procession	Soldier from the Parthenon North Frieze, British Museum	Elgin Marbles from the Frieze of the Parthenon, British Museum
Horsemen of the Parthenon North Frieze slab XXXVIII, figures 102-105, and slab XXXIX figure 106	Horsemen of the Parthenon North Frieze slab XXXVIII, figures 103-105	Parthenon - Horsemen of the North Frieze slab XL (figures 109-111) and slab XLI (figure 112)	Parthenon - Horsemen of the North Frieze XL
Parthenon - Horsemen of the North Frieze	Parthenon North Frieze - Horsemen (figure 120)	Horsemen of the Parthenon North Frieze, British Museum	Parthenon North Frieze XLVII figures 133-136 - Preparation for the procession
Parthenon North Frieze XLVII figure 133 - horseman waits in readiness looking back at an unprepared comrade,	Parthenon North Frieze XLVII figure 135-136, a boy helps a rider adjust the length of his tunic	A naked youth reclines in a pose well suited to the corner angle of the Parthenon West Pediment representing the River Ilissos	Figure from the Parthenon West Pediment thought to represent Hermes, Elgin Marbles
Iris, a winged messenger goddess from the Parthenon West Pediment, Elgin Marbles	Amphitrite, consort of Poseidon, who served as his chariotteer, Elgin Marbles, Parthenon West Pediment	Model of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece - British Museum	Casts of the west frieze of the Parthenon made in 1802 displayed in a room adjacent to the Elgin Marbles, British Museum
The original here showing some differences	1802 cast of the West Frieze of the Parthenon Block II	1802 cast of the West Frieze of the Parthenon block III	1802 cast of the West Frieze of the Parthenon block III
1802 cast of the West Frieze of the Parthenon block IV	1802 cast of the West Frieze of the Parthenon block V	1802 cast of the West Frieze of the Parthenon block V figure 9	1802 cast of the West Frieze of the Parthenon block VI
1802 cast of the West Frieze of the Parthenon Block VII	1802 cast of the West Frieze of the Parthenon Block VIII	1802 cast of the West Frieze of the Parthenon Block IX	1802 cast of the West Frieze of the Parthenon Block X
1802 cast of the West Frieze of the Parthenon block XI	1802 cast of the West Frieze of the Parthenon block XII	1802 cast of the West Frieze of the Parthenon Block XIII	1802 cast of the West Frieze of the Parthenon Block XIV
1802 cast of the West Frieze of the Parthenon Block XV	1802 cast of the West Frieze of the Parthenon Block XV figure 29	1802 cast of the West Frieze of the Parthenon - Block XVI leading the viewer to the south frieze	Torso from the Parthenon South Metope XVI reunited with its head at the British Museum
Bronze votive statuette of a youth, Etruscan 400-350BC fromt Mount Falterona	Marble group of Mithras slaying the bull, Roman, 2nd C. AD	Lely's Venus (Aphrodite)	Apollo holding a kithara, 2nd C. AD Roman copy of Hellenistic original ca 200-150 BC
Terracotta figures of winged Nike (Victory) in flight, Myrina ca 200-150 BC	Terracotta figures of winged Nike (Victory) in flight, Myrina ca 200-150 BC	Bronze head of Hypnos (Sleep), Roman copy of Greek original ca 325-275 BC	Hermes wearing a wide-brimmed hat called a petasos, ca 150 BC
Statuette of a woman, perhaps a nymph, seated on a rock ca 200-100 BC	Aphrodite, Hellenistic, 1st C. BC from Knosssos	Bust of a Ptolemaic king, Hellenistic 3rd C. BC or Roman copy	Statuette of a Ptolemaic king once thought to represent Hercules, 3rd C. BC
Spinario (thorn-puller), Roman copy ca 25-50 AD of lost Greek original	Molossian Hound	Head of a bronze cult statue of Anahita, a local goddess shown here in the guise of Aphrodite, 200-100 BC	Marble statuette of a seated woman, 220-150 BC
Gold oak wreath with a bee and two cicadas, 350-300 BC	From the later temple of Artemis at Ephesos	From the later temple of Artemis at Ephesos	From the later temple of Artemis at Ephesos
Double staters of Alexander III minted in Macedona ca 330-320 BC	Demeter of Knidos, 350-330 BC	Statues from the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos	Statue from the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos usually identified as Maussollos ca 350 BC
usually identified as Artemisia, wife of Maussollos, ca 350 BC	Horse fragment from a chariot group surmounting the Mausoleum of Halifarnassos	Horse fragment from a chariot group surmounting the Mausoleum of Halifarnassos	Marble statue of a colossal lion from the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos ca 350 BC
Marble statue of a colossal lion from the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos ca 350 BC	Frieze from the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos showing a battle between Lapiths and Centaurs ca 350 BC	These fragments of the Mausoleum (Great Wonder) were found built into the walls of the castle of St Peter in Bodrum	Frieze from the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos
Frieze from the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos	Frieze from the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos	Frieze from the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos	Frieze from the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos
Colossal statue of a Persian rider on a rearing horse, Mausoleum of Halikarnassos ca 350 BC	Krater with Greeks fighting Amazons, Apulia (Southern Italy) ca 410-400 BC	Krater with Greeks fighting Amazons, Apulia (Southern Italy) ca 410-400 BC	Panathenaic Prize-amphora, Athens 367-366 BC
Panathenaic Prize-amphora showing pankration, a mix of wrestling and boxing, 367-366 BC	Payava's Tomb from Xanthos (Lycia) ca 360 BC	Detail of Payava's Tomb from Xanthos ca 360 BC	Theseus being welcomed by his father King Aigeus on his return to Athens, 410-400 BC
Payava's Tomb from Xanthos (Lycia) ca 360 BC	Tombstone from Delos with nude youth taking oil flask from a boy attendant ca 375 BC	Tombstone from Delos with nude youth taking oil flask from a boy attendant ca 375 BC	Tombstone from Delos with nude youth taking oil flask from a boy attendant ca 375 BC
Fragment of a tombstone from Athens, early 4th C. BC	Panathenaic Prize amphora with two athletes competing in the pankration, 332-331 BC	Panathenaic Prize amphora, 332-331 BC	Panathenaic Prize amphora, 332-331 BC
The goddess Athena on a Panathenaic Prize amphora, 332-331 BC	Leda and the Swan ca 350 BC	Metal mirror cover, 4th C. BC	Hydria (water jar) ca 325-300 BC
The goddess Thetis surprised by Peleus as she bathes, 360-350 BC	Tombstone of a woman who died leaving her child in the car of a nurse, Athens ca 425-400 BC	Frieze fragments from the Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis of Athens 458 BC	Frieze fragments from the Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis of Athens 458 BC
Erectheum Caryatid column, Acropolis of Athens 409 BC	Erectheum Caryatid column, Acropolis of Athens 409 BC	Terracotta figure of a youth holding a puppy ca 400 BC	Theseus and the Amazons, Athens ca 440-430 BC
LondonMar10 278.jpg	Kylix (drinking cup) with Athletes bathing, Athens ca 440-430 BC	Kylix (drinking cup) with Athletes bathing, Athens ca 440-430 BC	Kylix (drinking cup) with Athletes bathing, Athens ca 440-430 BC
Kylix (drinking cup) with Athletes bathing, Athens ca 440-430 BC	Kylix (drinking cup) with Athletes bathing, Athens ca 440-430 BC	Prize amphora from Panatenaic Games, ca 420-400 BC	Thanatos (Death) and Hypnos (Sleep) carry a dead warrior, Athens ca 440 BC
Votive relief dedicated to the goddess Artemis Bendis, Athens 400-375 BC	Votive relief dedicated to the goddess Artemis Bendis, Athens 400-375 BC	Bronze statue of a young man found in Ziphteh near Athribis, Nile Delta	Bronze statue of a young man found in Ziphteh near Athribis, Nile Delta