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ancient Greece
GEOMETRIC PERIOD
ca. 900-700 bce
Horse
early 9th century bce
man and centaur
ca. 750 bce
mantiklos apollo
ca. 700-675 bce
Mantiklos donated me as a tithe to the far shooter, the bearer of the Silver Bow. You, Phoebus (Apollo) give something pleasing in return.
dipylon vase
ca. 750 bce
terracotta krater
ca. 750-735 bce
ARCHAIC PERIOD
ca. 700-480 bce
new york kouros
ca. 600-590 bce
nikandre kore
ca. 650-625 bce
kroisos from anavysos
ca. 540-525 bce
Stay and mourn at the tomb of defeated Kroisos, whom raging Ares destroyed one day as he fought in the foremost ranks.
CLASSICAL PERIOD
ca. 480-323 bce
doryphorus (spear bearer)
roman copy after original by polykleitos ca. 450-40 bce
townley discobolus
roman copy after original by myron ca. 450-440 bce
artmision zeus
ca. 460-450 bce
riace warrior
ca. 450 bce
aphrodite of knidos
roman copy after original by praxitiles ca. 350 bce
THE PARTHENON
447-432 bce
iktinos and kalikrates (architecture), phidias (sculpture)
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