Hygeia Statue (c. 200-300 BCE)
This marble figure of Hygeia, daughter of Asclepius, survives in a fragmentary but still remarkably clear form. Though the head and arms are lost, the statue retains the quiet authority expected of a healing goddess.
Goddess
Goddess figures appear in many religious traditions as representations of divine feminine power. Such figures may be associated with fertility, protection, wisdom, or cosmic order, reflecting the spiritual ideas and symbolic systems of the cultures that venerated them.
Cybele Statue (c.60 BCE)
This marble statue of Cybele presents the goddess as an enthroned and highly formal divine presence. Seated frontally, wrapped in heavy drapery, and crowned with a tall turreted headdress..
Canosa Askos (270-200 BCE)
Rather than relying on a single image or a painted scene, this large Canosa askos builds its meaning through a combination of vessel form, colour, and applied figures.
Inscribed Colonette (2nd–3rd century BCE)
Carved in marble and still preserving its inscription in full, this small inscribed colonette records a personal act of thanks in the Roman city of Tomis. The text tells us that a man from Sidon, dedicated the object to the Syrian Goddess.
Nike Figurine (c. 300-200 BCE)
This Nike figurine presents the Greek goddess of victory in a form that is both graceful and slightly unusual. She appears as a winged nude figure with the body of an ephebe.
Bronze Poppy Capsule (c.100-300 BCE)
A small bronze poppy capsule becomes unexpectedly vivid through its inscription, which preserves the name of the woman who dedicated it: Nikasimacha.
Nemesis Marble Statue (c.100-225 CE)
This statue represents Nemesis, one of the most compelling goddesses of the Greek and Roman world. Rather than embodying vengeance in a narrow sense, Nemesis was the divine force that restored balance..
Attic Funerary Relief of Mynno (c. 430-400 BCE)
An Attic funerary relief dedicated to Mynno, now in the Altes Museum in Berlin, turns a seemingly intimate domestic scene into an image of death, memory, and social identity.
Gigantomachy Frieze, Delphi (530–525 BCE)
This frieze at Delphi is one of the most vivid surviving images of divine combat from ancient Greece. Carved around 530–525 BCE, it shows the Gigantomachy, the mythic battle in which the Olympian gods confront the Giants.