Ancient Greek Sculpture

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Marble stele (grave marker) of a youth and a little girl Period: Archaic Date: ca. 530 B.C. Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Marble
Nike (Victory) Adjusting Her Sandal, Ancient Greek, Fragment of the relief decoration from the parapet (now destroyed), Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Athens. Marble, last quarter of the 5th century.
Nike Of Samothrace Discovered In 1863 A Missing Hand Was Found In 1950 Work Dated About 190 B.C.
The Ancient World
So-called “Thermae boxer”: athlete resting after a boxing match. Bronze, Greek artwork of the Hellenistic era, 3rd-2nd centuries BC (the boulder is modern and replicates the ancient one). From the Thermae of Constantine.
Marble stele (grave marker) of a youth and little girl with capital and finial in the form of a sphinx. Greek, Attic, Archaic, ca. 530 BC.
ANCIENT ART
Bronze statue of the goddess Athena known as Athena of Piraeus, dated to late Classical period (late 4th c. BCE).
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Winged Victory
The Bronzi di Riace (Italian for "Riace bronzes") are two famous full-size Greek bronzes of nude bearded warriors, cast about 460–430 BC and currently housed by the Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia in Reggio Calabria, Italy. The Riace Warriors are respectively termed "A" and "B".
Sculptures of the east pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. Olympia Archaeological Museum
Museums of Macedonia, Greece — Archaeological Museum
Asklepius's (the god of medicine and healing) Daugthers, image from the Archaeological Museum, Dion, Central Macedonia, Greece