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Heracles and the Cercopi,a wild people living around Ephesus,robbing and murdering travellers.Hercules killed many,brought two to Queen Omphale.Zeus later changed the Cercopi into monkeys. Metope from Temple C in Selinunte,Sicily,Italy.
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Heracles and the Cercopi,a wild people living around Ephesus,robbing and murd...

Zeus and Hera,metope from Temple E in Selinunte, Sicily,Italy. Mid 5th BCE
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Zeus and Hera,metope from Temple E in Selinunte, Sicily,Italy. Mid 5th BC...

Heracles and the amazon,metope from Temple E, Selinunte,Sicily,Italy. According to Greek myth,an amazon loses her strength when grabbed by the hair.
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Heracles and the amazon,metope from Temple E, Selinunte,Sicily,Italy....

Artemis and Aktaion,metope from Temple E,Selinunte, Sicily,Italy. Aktaion surprises Artemis during her bath (in another version he boasts to be a better shot than the goddess). She changes him into a stag;his own dogs kill him.
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Artemis and Aktaion,metope from Temple E,Selinunte, Sicily,Italy....

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...