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Clay calyx-krater depicting the myth of Cadmus, a legendary Phoenician prince credited with founding Thebes and introducing the alphabet to Greece, slaying a dragon. Paestan red-figure, attributed to Python of Poseidonia , c. 350s BCE.

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Clay calyx-krater depicting the myth of Cadmus, a legendary Phoenician prince credited with founding Thebes and introducing the alphabet to Greece, slaying a dragon. Paestan red-figure, attributed to Python of Poseidonia , c. 350s BCE.

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Terracotta bell krater with Hermes and Hekate leading Persephone from the underworld to her mother Demeter. Greek, Attic, ca. 440 BC. Red-figure decoration attributed to the Persephone painter. See link in comments for reverse with libation scene. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta bell krater with Hermes and Hekate leading Persephone from the underworld to her mother Demeter. Greek, Attic, ca. 440 BC. Red-figure decoration attributed to the Persephone painter. See link in comments for reverse with libation scene. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Red figure calyx krater with a young warrior likely about to leave to war, and a woman passing his helmet to him over an altar. Decoration attributed to the Altamura Painter, Greek, Attic, ca. 470-460 BC. Terracotta. Walters Art Museum collection

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Red figure calyx krater with a young warrior likely about to leave to war, and a woman passing his helmet to him over an altar. Decoration attributed to the Altamura Painter, Greek, Attic, ca. 470-460 BC. Terracotta. Walters Art Museum collection

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Attic red-figure krater - Hephaestus sitting on mule holding hammer and tongs, Hermes with winged boots, Satyr playing aulos, Hera seated - Attributed to the Cleophrades Painter - 485-480 BCE - Mule fallos censored

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Attic red-figure krater - Hephaestus sitting on mule holding hammer and tongs, Hermes with winged boots, Satyr playing aulos, Hera seated - Attributed to the Cleophrades Painter - 485-480 BCE - Mule fallos censored

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Terracotta red-figure kylix . Greek, Attic, decoration attributed to the vase painter Douris, ca. 470 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. See exterior with women and youths in museum link in comments

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Terracotta red-figure kylix . Greek, Attic, decoration attributed to the vase painter Douris, ca. 470 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. See exterior with women and youths in museum link in comments

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Terracotta kylix with boy carrying a writing tablet. Greek, Attic, ca. 460 BC. Red figure decoration attributed to the Painter of Munich 2660. See museum link in comments for cup exterior showing boys holding papyrus scrolls. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Terracotta kylix with boy carrying a writing tablet. Greek, Attic, ca. 460 BC. Red figure decoration attributed to the Painter of Munich 2660. See museum link in comments for cup exterior showing boys holding papyrus scrolls. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

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Dinos with the abduction of Thetis. Apulia, ca. 340 BC. Clay with red figure decoration attributed to the Painter of the Louvre MNB 1148. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid, collection

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Dinos with the abduction of Thetis. Apulia, ca. 340 BC. Clay with red figure decoration attributed to the Painter of the Louvre MNB 1148. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid, collection

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Fish plate - Red-figure terracotta - Greek-South Italian, Apulia - ca 340-320 BCE - Attributed to the Darius Painter workshop

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Fish plate - Red-figure terracotta - Greek-South Italian, Apulia - ca 340-320 BCE - Attributed to the Darius Painter workshop

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Kraters were used for mixing wine with water at symposia in Ancient Greece. However, the Derveni Krater was also used as a funerary urn. It contained the cremated remains of a man and a younger woman. 40kg, 90 cm, 4th century BCE

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Kraters were used for mixing wine with water at symposia in Ancient Greece. However, the Derveni Krater was also used as a funerary urn. It contained the cremated remains of a man and a younger woman. 40kg, 90 cm, 4th century BCE

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Jason being regurgitated by the Colchian dragon. The Golden Fleece hanging on the tree; Athena stands to the right - Red-figured kylix - Attributed to Douris, one of the Attic painters - c. 480–470 BC - Vatican Museums

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Jason being regurgitated by the Colchian dragon. The Golden Fleece hanging on the tree; Athena stands to the right - Red-figured kylix - Attributed to Douris, one of the Attic painters - c. 480–470 BC - Vatican Museums

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Fish plate. Attributed to the Asteas-Python workshop, Paestum, southern Italy, ca. 340-330 BC. Red-figure ceramic. Princeton University Art Museum collection

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Fish plate. Attributed to the Asteas-Python workshop, Paestum, southern Italy, ca. 340-330 BC. Red-figure ceramic. Princeton University Art Museum collection

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A large Neo-Assyrian lapis lazuli cylinder seal from Babylon in Iraq, and dated to the reign of the king Esarhaddon , depicting the storm god Adad, standing on a stylized pedestal, with bolts of lightning in his hands, and a lion-dragon on a leash lying at his feet

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A large Neo-Assyrian lapis lazuli cylinder seal from Babylon in Iraq, and dated to the reign of the king Esarhaddon , depicting the storm god Adad, standing on a stylized pedestal, with bolts of lightning in his hands, and a lion-dragon on a leash lying at his feet

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Rosary Pendant from Germany, c.1520 CE: this pendant was created as part of a rosary, and it depicts four figures in various stages of decay; the phrases "love of the world," "I am going to die," "follow me," and "I am" are inscribed in Latin along the sides

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Rosary Pendant from Germany, c.1520 CE: this pendant was created as part of a rosary, and it depicts four figures in various stages of decay; the phrases "love of the world," "I am going to die," "follow me," and "I am" are inscribed in Latin along the sides

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Greek hoplite with a shield bearing the image of Pegasus defeats a Persian warrior - Tondo of Attic red-figure kylix - Triptolème painter ~480 BCE -

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Greek hoplite with a shield bearing the image of Pegasus defeats a Persian warrior - Tondo of Attic red-figure kylix - Triptolème painter ~480 BCE -

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Satyr Appliqué from Georgia c.150-100 BCE: this appliqué was found on a vessel depicting several figures from Greek mythology, including Dionysus, Pan, Ariadne, the maenads, and the goddess Nike

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Satyr Appliqué from Georgia c.150-100 BCE: this appliqué was found on a vessel depicting several figures from Greek mythology, including Dionysus, Pan, Ariadne, the maenads, and the goddess Nike

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The “Dolphin Rider” coinage of the ancient Greek city of Tarentum, in Italy, 5th-4th centuries BCE. It is believed that this individual is either Taras, a son of the god Poseidon who survived a shipwreck by being rescued by a dolphin, or Phalanthus, the legendary founder of Tarentum

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The “Dolphin Rider” coinage of the ancient Greek city of Tarentum, in Italy, 5th-4th centuries BCE. It is believed that this individual is either Taras, a son of the god Poseidon who survived a shipwreck by being rescued by a dolphin, or Phalanthus, the legendary founder of Tarentum

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Panathenaic prize amphora. Greek, Attic, ca 470 BC. Terracotta with black figure decoration attributed to the Niobid Painter. Baltimore Museum of Art collection

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Panathenaic prize amphora. Greek, Attic, ca 470 BC. Terracotta with black figure decoration attributed to the Niobid Painter. Baltimore Museum of Art collection

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A silver tetradrachm from Naxos, in Sicily, attributed to the Aitna Master, depicting on the obverse a bearded head of Dionysos crowned with ivy, and on the reverse a nude and ithyphallic Silenos, squatting on the ground and raising kantharos to his lips. Circa 460 BCE

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A silver tetradrachm from Naxos, in Sicily, attributed to the Aitna Master, depicting on the obverse a bearded head of Dionysos crowned with ivy, and on the reverse a nude and ithyphallic Silenos, squatting on the ground and raising kantharos to his lips. Circa 460 BCE

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Bronze statue of a young man. The figure shown is in the middle of a prayer - hence its name "Praying Boy". The object was found in Rhodes, and is dated to the 3rd century BCE.

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Bronze statue of a young man. The figure shown is in the middle of a prayer - hence its name "Praying Boy". The object was found in Rhodes, and is dated to the 3rd century BCE.

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