Classical Greek Period

Artifacts from the Classical Greek Period (circa 480–323 BCE), an era of artistic and intellectual peak. This category includes sculptures and pottery that exemplify the harmony and idealism of ancient Greek culture.

The Bassai Frieze (420–400 BCE)

Antiquities Europe Greece Sculpture

High in the mountains of Arcadia, far from the great urban centers of classical Greece, the Bassai Frieze once unfolded inside the Temple of Apollo Epikourios as a ring of marble violence, heroism, and divine order.

Black-Figure Vessel for Incense (c.600-400 BCE)

Antiquities Ceremonial & Religious Europe Greece

This small black-figure incense vessel opens onto a world in which religion was experienced through smoke, fragrance, and image as much as through words or gesture.

Woman Seated on a Bench (c.400-201 BCE)

Antiquities Europe Greece Sculpture

Woman Seated on a Bench was created around the fourth to third century BCE, in the period between the late Classical and Hellenistic ages. This was a moment when small terracotta figures became especially popular across the Greek world.