Funerary Stele of Polyxena (c.400 BCE)
This funerary stele of Polyxena transforms a single standing figure into a quiet but richly layered image of memory, identity, and female transition in the Greek world.
Marble
Marble, a luxurious stone prized for its elegance and durability. This category features statues and decorative works that exemplify the timeless appeal of marble artistry.
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.
The Strangford Shield (200–300 CE)
This compact marble relief shield preserves the memory of one of the most celebrated images of Athena in the ancient world. Known as the Strangford Shield, it is a Roman copy of the shield..
Relief Altar Drum (31 BCE-300 CE)
This semicylindrical marble altar drum or base brings together architecture, ritual, and divine imagery in a single carefully composed object. Carved in high relief, it shows a solemn procession of draped gods and heroes moving across its curved surface.
The Bassai Frieze (420–400 BCE)
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.
Hecate Triformis (c. 50–350 CE)
This marble sculpture presents Hecate in one of her most distinctive ancient forms: not as a single standing goddess, but as three joined female figures arranged around a central axis.
Asclepius and Hygieia (100–200 CE)
Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine, sits on an elevated chair with his hand resting on the head of a serpent, while Hygieia stands before him preparing a libation.
Wounded Amazon (c. 100-130 CE)
The so-called Wounded Amazon from Écija is a Roman copy of a Classical Greek prototype, showing a female warrior leaning wearily against a support, her body marked by injury yet composed with striking calm.