Pelops and his horses from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia

A young man, wearing a long chiton (center), kneels in front of a team of three horses. The youth and horses all face left toward the center of the sculpture group. A woman, probably Hippodameia, stands just to the left and slightly behind the youth. She is reaching up to her left shoulder with her left hand to adjust a fold over her clothing. All of the pieces are damaged to some degree. The horses are most damaged, missing their legs, portions of their bodies and noses.

Part of the pedimental sculpture group from the eastern end of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, which depicted the moment before Pelops' chariot race. 

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Image Source
Perseus Art and Archaeology Browser
Subjects
Pelops
Hippodameia
Type
Image
License
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
Agent
Unknown
Date
ca. 470–456 BCE
Culture
Greek
Medium
Marble
Location
Archaeological Museum of Olympia
Image Credit
Wikimedia: Holger Uwe Schmitt

Fragment of the Tabula Iliaca

Rectangular fragment of a relief carving. Two-thirds of the fragment is a single large image of the fall of Troy. In the foreground, the beached ships of the Greeks. In the background Troy, with the main gate open. Fighting rages throughout the streets, agora, and temple precinct. Legends in Greek, carved in the negative space of the beach and harbor, describe the scene. Horizontal bands of battle scenes border the scene above, below, and to the right of the image.

One of 22 fragments collectively known as the Tabulae Iliacae, which depict scenes from the Epic Cycle. Musei Capitolini MC0316 (image of museum website is flipped).

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Image Source
Musei Capitolini MC0316
Subjects
Trojan War
Troy
Ilion
Type
Image
License
Creative Commons Attribution
Agent
Unknown
Date
1st century CE
Culture
Roman
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
h. 25 cm (9 ¾ in.), w. 28 cm (11 in.)
Location
Musei Capitolini Palazzo Nuovo, Rome
Image Credit
Wikimedia: Jastrow

Caeneus and Centaurs, Lycian Sarchophagus of Sidon

A nude youth lies on the ground between to rearing centaurs. He is visible from torso up, trying to protect himself with a shield strapped to his left arm. The right-hand centaur is broken off at the shoulders. The left-hand centaur holds a pithos over his head with both hands preparing to swing it down on the head of the youth.

End panel of the so-called Lycian Sarcophagus excavated from the royal necropolis in Sidon in 1887. It possibly depicts Caeneus being beaten into the ground by centaurs.

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Image Source
Subjects
Caeneus
centauromachy
centaur
Type
Image
License
Creative Commons Attribution
Agent
Unknown
Date
4th century BCE
Culture
Greek
Medium
Marble
Location
Istanbul Archaological Museum
Image Credit
Wikimedia: Giovanni Dall'Orto

Altar of Zeus Phratrios and Athena Phratria

A large, plain marble altar with a single line of Greek lettering.

Altar of Zeus Phratrios and Athena Phratria, the principal mythological protectors of Athenian phratries.

Comments

Bibliography

Museum Guide (2014), p. 25, fig. 11.

Hesperia 60 (1991), p. 246.

Travlos (1971), fig. 720.

Hesperia 7 (1938), pp. 616-617, figs. 4, 5.

Agora III, no. 112, p. 52.

Agora XVIII, no. V628.

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Object I 6709
Associated Passages
48. Hypothetically Speaking: Subordinate Clauses Key Terms and Concepts
Type
Image
Date
Late 4th C. BC
Culture
Greek
Medium
Marble
Inscription
ΦΡΑΤΡΙΟΥ
Location
Athens, Greece
Image Credit
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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Relief of the Cave of Pan (The North Slope of the Acropolis)

A half-moon shaped marble slab with a relief sculpture of a cave containing several figures and an animal

A relief of the Cave of Pan (north slope of the Acropolis), showing divinities gathered at a rustic altar for the birth of a baby (Dionysus or Ion?). The bottom of the relief is inscribed with the name of the dedicator: Neoptolemos, son of Antikles, of the deme Melite.

Comments

Bibliography

Museum Guide (2014), pp. 43-44, 93, fig. 44.

AgoraPicBk 27 (2006), p. 50, fig. 53.

Ajootian (2005), p. 247, fig. 26.

Baumer (1997), pp. 70, 78, 82, 87, 113-114, 135, pl. 25.1.

Güntner (1994), p. 128, no. A 54, pl. 12.2.

Guide (1990), p. 201, fig. 131.

AM-BH 13 (1989), pp. 158, 199, 214, 240.

Camp (1986), p. 205.

Texte et Images (1984), pp. 59-60, pl. XVII, figs. 1, 2.

AgoraPicBk 19 (1980), title page.

Palagia (1980), pl. 67.

Neumann (1979), pl. 31a.

Guide (1976), p. 193, fig. 100.

Hesperia 42 (1973), pp. 168-170, pl. 35.

OpRom IX (1973), pp. 183-191.

ArchDelt 19 (1964).

Agora XXIV, p. 20, n. 215.

Online Resources
Object I 7154
Associated Passages
47. The Optative Mood: Key Terms and Concepts
Type
Image
Date
ca. 330 BC
Culture
Greek
Medium
Marble
Location
Athens, Greece
Image Credit
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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Votive Stele to the hero Kallistephanos

A large rectangular marble slab, the top containing a relief scene with four figures and lines of Greek lettering beneath

An inscribed votive stele for the hero Kallistephanos, with a scene from the workshop of a cobbler, Dionysios.

Comments

Bibliography

Museum Guide (2014), pp. 58, 60, fig. 37.

Hesperia 81 (2012), p. 476.

Hesperia 64 (1995), p. 124, no. 12.

AgoraPicBk 23 (1994), p. 11, fig. 14.

Guide (1990), p. 212, fig. 134.

Camp (1986), p. 147.

AgoraPicBk 19 (1980), p. 28, fig. 56.

Guide (1976), p. 208, fig. 107.

AJA 77 (1973), fig. 209.

Online Resources
Object I 7396
Associated Passages
46. The Subjunctive Mood: Key Terms and Concepts
Type
Image
Date
4th C. BC.
Culture
Greek
Medium
Marble
Location
Athens, Greece
Image Credit
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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Fragment of a Monument Celebrating a Tribal Victory at the Panathenaia.

A section of marble with relief sculpture of an organized line of horses with riders.

A fragment of a sculpted monument commemorating a tribal victory in the ἀνθιππασία (team cavalry display) at the Panathenaic games. On the back is the inscription ΛΕΟΝΤΙΣ ΕΝΙΚΑ, “the Leontis tribe won.”

Comments

Bibliography

Museum Guide (2014), pp. 32, 46-48, fig. 28.

Camp and Mauzy (2009), p. 31, fig. 31.

AgoraPicBk 24 (1998), p. 29, figs. 41, 42.

Guide (1990), p. 204, fig. 132.

AM-BH 13 (1989), pl. 212.

Camp (1986), pp. 2, 121.

Hesperia 47 (1978), p. 194.

Guide (1976), p. 198, fig. 101.

Hesperia 40 (1971), p. 271, pl. 57c.

Agora XIV, p. 95, n. 72.

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Object I 7167
Associated Passages
43. The Perfect System: Part II Key Terms and Concepts
Type
Image
Date
ca. 400 BC
Culture
Greek
Medium
Marble
Inscription
ΛΕΟΝΤΙΣ ΕΝΙΚΑ
Location
Athens, Greece
Image Credit
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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Monument Fragment with a Relief of a Butterfly

A block of marble with a fragment of a relief sculpture showing a butterfly head, abdomen, and wing.

A fragment of a three-sided tripod base with a relief of a butterfly one one side. The fragment was possibly a Roman choregic monument, which was a type of trophy erected in honor of a Choregos (χορηγός, χορηγοῦ, ὁ), a chorus leader. Such monuments were generally erected to Choregoi who saw their productions victorious in the city Dionysia. 1st-2nd c. A.D.

Comments

Bibliography

Agora XVIII, no. C189, pl. 14.

Agora XXXV, no. 384, pl. 125.

Online Resources
Object I 5868
Associated Passages
42. The Perfect System: Part I Key Terms and Concepts
Date
1st - 2nd C. AD
Culture
Greek
Medium
Marble
Location
Athens, Greece
Image Credit
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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A Grave Monument for a Girl found in the Athenian Agora

A marble fragment with lines of Greek lettering in the middle and a fragment of a niche at the bottom.

A fragment of a grave monument for a girl, found in a modern wall south of the Market Square in Athens.

Comments

Bibliography

Hesperia 30 (1961), p. 283, no. 158, pl. 60.

Agora XVII, no. 740, p. 139.

Agora XXXV, no. 249, pl. 80.

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Object I 5508
Associated Passages
41. The Imperative Mood: Key Terms and Concepts
Type
Image
Date
1st to 2nd C. AD
Culture
Greek
Medium
Marble
Location
Athens, Greece
Image Credit
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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