Marble

Dancing Maenad holding a thyrsus, detail of a Roman relief

A maenad dances holding a thyrsus in her right hand. Copy after a Greek original sculpted in Athens at the end of the 5th century BC, traditionally attributed to Callimachus. One of four marble relief plaques, Museo Del Prado E00046. Image by Ana Belén Cantero Paz via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

Associated Passages
Type
Image
License
Creative Commons Attribution
Date
c. 120-140 CE
Medium
Location
Museo Del Prado
Image Credit

Herakles and the Golden Apples, detail of a metope from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia

Herakles supports the sky with the help of Athena, while Atlas offers him the golden apples of the Hesperides. Metope east 4, Temple of Zeus at Olympia. Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ολυμπίας L 95. Photo by Joanbanjo via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0. 

Associated Passages
License
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
Date
c. 470-456 BCE
Medium
Location
Archaeological Museum of Olympia
Image Credit
Subscribe to Marble