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Artemis and Aktaion,metope from Temple E,Selinunte, Sicily,Italy.Detail of 10-03-07/19. Aktaion surprises Artemis during her bath (in another version he boasts to be a better shot than the goddess) who changes him into a stag;his own dogs kill him.
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Artemis and Aktaion,metope from Temple E,Selinunte, Sicily,Italy.Detail of 1...

Athena's robes(the Medusa pectoral missing),from the metope Athena and Enkelados the giant. Metope from Temple E,Selinunte,Sicily,Italy.
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Athena's robes(the Medusa pectoral missing),from the metope Athena and Enkela...

Female head from Temple E,Selinunte,Sicily,Italy. NI 3928
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Female head from Temple E,Selinunte,Sicily,Italy. NI 3928

Female head from Temple E,Selinunte,Sicily,Italy. NI 3926
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Female head from Temple E,Selinunte,Sicily,Italy. NI 3926

Female head,from Temple E,Selinunte,Sicily. NI 3729
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Female head,from Temple E,Selinunte,Sicily. NI 3729

One of 18 waterspouts in the form of lions;from the Temple of Victory at Himera,dedicated to Athena after the victory of all Sicilian Greek cities over the Carthaginians,480 BCE. Himera was captured again and destroyed by Carthage in 409.
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One of 18 waterspouts in the form of lions;from the Temple of Victory at Him...

One of 18 waterspouts in the form of lions;from the Temple of Victory at Himera,dedicated to Athena after the victory of all Sicilian Greek cities over the Carthaginians,480 BCE. Himera was captured again and destroyed by Carthage in 409.
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One of 18 waterspouts in the form of lions;from the Temple of Victory at Him...

A companion of Ulysses devoured by Scylla. Marble,from a group from a fountain in Emperor Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli.Copy of a Hellenistic original from the period of Hadrian (117-138 CE).
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A companion of Ulysses devoured by Scylla. Marble,from a group from...

Hand of Scylla,grabbing one of Ulysses'companions. Marble,from a group from a fountain in Emperor Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli.Copy of a Hellenistic original from the period of Hardian (117-138 CE).
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Hand of Scylla,grabbing one of Ulysses'companions. Marble,from a group from...

Silver tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, mint of Amphipolis 336-323 BCE. The silver coins, with the head of Heracles on one side and a seated figure of Zeus on the other (as seen here), became one of the staple coinages of the Greek world. Inscription:"Alexandros". CM, 1921-1-9-6
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Silver tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, mint of Amphipolis 336-323 BCE. The s...

Dedication by Alexander the Great to Athena Polias, from Priene, Asia Minor, around 330. In th summer of 334 Alexander proceded to tour the Greek cities of the West coast, expelling their Persian garrisons. On reaching Priene,Alexander offred funds to complete the temple and this inscription records the gift. GR, 1870.3-20.88
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Dedication by Alexander the Great to Athena Polias, from Priene, Asia Minor, aro...

Terracotta figurine of an actor. The face of the figure is a highly stylized mask of an old man, balding and heavily wrinkled, with squinting eyes and a square-cut beard. The mask has been identified as that of the brothel-keeper, one of the stock characters of the New Comedy. From Myrina. GR, 1893.9-15.5 (Terracotta C 520)
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Terracotta figurine of an actor. The face of the figure is a highly stylized mas...