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diorama of a street in a Roman
provincial town with centurion, soldiers, townspeople; modern
Aalen Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: military, legion
torso of Roman doll made of
bone; legs would have been articulated; found in Ephesus
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: toy, childhood
marble statue of Eirene and
Ploutos; copy of cult statue from the Agora in Athens, c. 370 BCE
close-up of head and upper
body
Munich, Glyptothek. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: mythology, sculpture, mother goddess
Etruscan bronze she-wolf from
Capitoline Hill; sixth-fifth century BCE (twins, Romulus and Remus, added
in Renaissance)
Rome, Conservatori Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: legends
white-ground alabastron
depicting Electra (other side shows Clytemnestra with axe); Attic, c. 490 BCE
detail of Electra
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: Oresteia, mythology
terracotta relief
from Melos: Orestes and Pylades find Electra mourning at Agamemnon's tomb;
Athens, c. 460-450 BCE
Paris, Louvre Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: Oresteia, mythology
terracotta pots with
faces; Roman
close-up of face pot
London, Museum of London. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: cooking, vases, food storage
model of the front of the Temple of Aphaia in Aegina
This view shows a reconstruction of the East Pediment of the late archaic Doric temple, representing the earliest (non-Homeric) Trojan War.
Munich, Glyptothek. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2005
Keywords: mythology, architecture
model of the back of the Temple of Aphaia in Aegina
This view shows a reconstruction of the West Pediment of the late archaic Doric temple, representing the Trojan War described by Homer.
Munich, Glyptothek. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2005
Keywords: mythology, architecture
marble statue of fallen
warrior; Greek, c.500-480 BCE
Sculpture from the East Pediment of the late archaic Temple of Aphaia in Aegina.
Munich, Glyptothek. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2005
Keywords: mythology, Trojan War
marble statue of crouching
Herakles as archer; Greek, c.500-480 BCE
view of Herakles from the front
Sculpture from the East Pediment of the late archaic Temple of Aphaia in Aegina.
Munich, Glyptothek. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2005
Keywords: mythology, Trojan War, Hercules
Athena with spear and shield surrounded by warriors; Greek, c.500-480 BCE
detail of Athena
Central sculptural group from the West Pediment of the late archaic Temple of Aphaia in Aegina.
Munich, Glyptothek. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2005
Keywords: mythology, Trojan War, Minerva
Trojan archer crouching in battle; Greek, c.500-480 BCE
Sculpture from the West Pediment of the late archaic Temple of Aphaia in Aegina; this figure is often called "Paris.".
reconstructed and colored replica of the Trojan archer from the exhibition Bunte Götter (colored gods) showing what the original painted sculptures may have looked like.
Munich, Glyptothek. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2005
Keywords: mythology, Trojan War
sarcophagus with
scenes from family life; Roman
Paris, Louvre Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: sculpture, child, Roman family
sarcophagus relief
of M. Cornelius Statius, Roman, second century CE;
smaller version.
This biographical sacrophagus, dedicated to an aristocratic boy by his parents, depicts the stages in a young boy's life. On the left, the
mother nurses her infant son while the father looks on and later holds his toddler son
(smaller version). In the center, the
youth rides in a chariot drawn by a goat
(smaller version). On the right, the
slightly older boy, holding a scroll, recites a lesson before his seated father, who also holds a scroll
(smaller version). Mother, father, and son all appear to have portrait faces.
Paris, Louvre Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: children, family, education
reconstruction drawing
of Capitoline with major buildings labelled; after drawing by Prof. A.
Gnauth
Credits: Hermann Bender, Rom und Römisches Leben im Altertum, 2nd
ed. 1893, p. 50
Keywords: city of Rome, temple, Jupiter, Juno, Forum
funerary relief of
freedpeople who practiced medicine: Roman; last third of first century
BCE
center CLODIUS METRODORUS MEDICUS; right CLODIA HILARA; left CLODIUS TERTIUS
MEDICUS
Paris, Louvre Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: family, freedman, inscription, doctor, physician
funeral painting of
procession toward tomb of medicus: Porta Capena, Rome; last half of
first century BCE
detail right side, priestesses carrying funerary implements
detail left
side—wife, daughter, other family members;
detail last two figures.
Paris, Louvre Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999; 2005
Keywords: family, wall painting, doctor, physician, burial
funerary relief of
Aurelius Hermia and his wife Aurelia Philematio: c. 80 BCE, from tomb on
Via Nomentana
one of earliest to commemorate legitimate marriage between freedpeople; they
are portrayed as Roman citizens
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: family, freedman, inscription
bronze figurine of
gladiator: greaves, small shield, helmet with horns and crest; Roman,
first-second century CE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: arena, sport, combat
bronze figurine of
gladiator; Roman, first-second century CE
detail: helmet with plume and griffin.
His armor (greaves, small shield, helmet with crest) indicates that he is a Thracian (Thraex).
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2006
Keywords: arena, sport, combat
bronze figurine of
gladiator: Thracian; Roman, first-second century CE
side view of figurine
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: arena, sport, combat
bronze figurine of
gladiator: retiarius with net and trident; Roman, first-second century
CE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: arena, sport, combat
tiny ivory figurine of
gladiator; Roman, first-second century CE
larger version.
His large body shield and helmet indicate that he is a murmillo.
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2006
Keywords: arena, sport, combat
bronze finial for
pole—gladiator's helmet; Roman, first-third century CE
The distinctive shape of this helmet, oval with small eye openings, was characteristic of the
secutor ("pursuer"), who typically fought against a retiarius
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2006
Keywords: gladiator, arena, sport, combat
terracotta lamp
depicting gladiatorial combat between a heavily armed Samnite and
hoplomachus
Roman, second half of the first century CE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: gladiator, arena, sport, combat
terracotta lamp
depicting gladiatorial combat:
victorious gladiator stands over fallen opponent
Roman, 15 BCE-15 CE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: gladiator, arena, sport, combat
wooden token
—gladiator's discharge ticket:
issued at Lanuvium to Moderatus, owned by Lucceius, on October 5, 88 CE, in the
consulship of L. Minicius Rufus and L. Plotius Grypus
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: gladiator, arena, sport, combat
ancient bronze
gladiator's helmet first century CE
detail, head of Hercules
on helmet
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: arena; gladiator; sports; armor
drawing of gladiatorial
mosaic from Rome depicting a secutor's victory over a retiarius: ASTIANAX
VICIT KALENDIO
Credits: Hermann Bender, Rom und Römisches Leben im Altertum, 2nd
ed. 1893, p. 322
Keywords: gladiator, arena, sport, combat
woodcut of
gladiators; heavily armed pairs
Credits: William Smith, ed., Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
1842, p. 457
Keywords: gladiator, arena, sport, combat
woodcut of
gladiators with arena referees
Credits: William Smith, ed., Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
1842, p. 456
Keywords: gladiator, arena, sport, combat
woodcut of
gladiators retiarius, secutor, referee holding long staff (summa rudis)
Credits: William Smith, ed., Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
1842, p. 456
Keywords: gladiator, arena, sport, combat
woodcut of
gladiators: drawing of bas-reliefs on tomb of Scaurus in Pompeii; various
types of combat
Credits: William Smith, ed., Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
1842, p. 456
Keywords: gladiator, arena, sport, combat
interior of mummy case
with goddess (Nut?): Egyptian
Brussels, Royal Museum of Art and History. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Egypt, burial, funerary, funeral
detail—red-figure kalyx
krater depicting Scylla: (rest of vase depicts Zeus, Europa, Triton)
Greek, from Paestum, in southern Italy; c. 340 BCE
Santa Monica, Getty Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1989
Keywords: mythology, monster, vase painting, Homer, Ulysses, Odyssey
wall painting, Odysseus and the
sirens; Pompeii, 50-75 CE
Detail of fresco showing Odysseus tied to
the mast of his ship, and a siren blowing a horn on a rock with numerous skeletons.
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2003
Keywords: mythology, monster, vase painting, Homer, Ulysses, Odyssey
skeleton of mummified
female; Roman, third-fourth century CE
Budapest Historical Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1992
Keywords: funeral, funerary, burial
sphinx with youth as
victim; Roman copy from detail on throne of Pheidias' Zeus at Olympia
(reconstructed from fragments)
Vienna, Ephesus Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1992
Keywords: mythology, monster, Oedipus
red-figure kylix: sphinx
with Theban youth as victim
Kleomelos painter ("Kleomelos kalos"); Attic; c. 500 BCE
Santa Monica, Getty Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1989
Keywords: mythology, monster, Oedipus
detail, painted stone
sarcophagus from Haghia Triada: bull bound to table for sacrifice
Minoan, c. 1450-1400 BCE
Herakleion Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1980
Keywords: religion, Crete, ritual
bone hairpin with carved
head of woman with elaborate hairstyle
Roman, second century CE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: women
bronze hecateum: statuette
of triple-bodied underworld goddess Hecate; Roman, imperial period, first-third century CE
Rome, Conservatori Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: mythology
vase painting: return of Helen
to Menelaus: Helen holds her veil in typical bridal gesture
Munich, Antiken Sammlung. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: mythology, Trojan War, Homer, Iliad, Odyssey
metope from Temple E in
Selinunte: Hera as bride unveiling before Zeus; Greek, c. 460 BCE
Palermo, National Archaeological Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: mythology, Juno, Jupiter
metope from Temple E in
Selinunte: Herakles grabbing amazon by hair; Greek, c. 460 BCE
Palermo, National Archaeological Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: mythology, Hercules
sculpture group: Hercules
clubbing amazon by Properzia de Rossi; 16th century
Florence, Palazzo Vecchio. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1990
Keywords: statue, mythology, Herakles
detail, red-figure
kylix: Herakles clubbing amazon; Greek, attributed to Onesimos
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: vase painting, mythology, Hercules
detail, white-ground
oenochoe: Athena pouring wine for Herakles; from Vulci, c. 430 BCE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: vase painting, mythology, Hercules
statue of drunken Hercules
relieving himself; Roman
Tunis, Bardo Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: mythology, Herakles
detail, red-figure
lekythos: Hera suckling Herakles while Aphrodite and Iris look on; Greek,
c. 360-350 BCE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: vase painting, mythology, Hercules, Juno
gold bulla depicting
Hercules and Iolaus; Etruscan, from a necklace; 400-350 BCE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: jewelry, Herakles, mythology
incised bronze back of a
mirror depicting Hercules and Athena; Etruscan
Madrid, Archaeological Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1985
Keywords: Herakles, mythology
detail, red-figure vase
painting: Athena takes the soul of Herakles to Olympus in a chariot after
the pyre has consumed his mortal body
Munich, Antiken Sammlung. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2005
Keywords: mythology, Hercules
statue of infant Hercules
strangling snake sent by Juno; Roman
Rome, Capitoline Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: mythology, Herakles, Hera
bronze statuette of infant
Hercules strangling 2 snakes sent by Juno
said to be from Ephesus; Roman, first-third century CE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: mythology, Herakles, Hera
detail, vase painting:
Herakles conquers Cydnos while Athena and Zeus look on
Munich, Antiken Sammlung. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: mythology, Hercules
detail, red-figure vase
painting: Herakles in the Gerden of the Hesperides
Attic, c, 410 BCE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: mythology, Hercules
detail, red-figure vase
painting: Herakles attempts to rescue Deianeira from centaur Nessus
detail, Deianeira and
Nessus
Agrigento Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: mythology, Hercules
bronze sacrificial knife
with lion-head handle
Roman, first-second century CE
smaller version (gif with
transparent background)
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: religion, ritual, sacrifice
large Roman mosaic:
detail, two horseman hunting animals
Paris, Louvre Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: hunt, sport, villa
large Roman mosaic:
detail, three horseman hunting a lion and tiger
Paris, Louvre Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: hunt, sport, villa, animals
painting of Hylas and the
Nymphs by Francesco Furini; 17th century
Florence, Pitti Palace. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1990
Keywords: mythology, Hercules, Herakles
bronze statuette of Isis;
Roman, 50-100 CE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: mythology, Egypt, cult
pottery flask designed as bust of Isis
Roman, 60-100 CE, probably made at Cnidus in Asia Minor.
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: mythology, Egypt, cult
bone plaque with engraved depiction of Isis or a priestess of her cult
Roman, first century CE, decoration from a casket or other piece of furniture.
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2006
Keywords: mythology, Egypt, cult
silver statuette
of goddess with syncretic religious symbolism:
attributes of Isis (uraeus--cobra--headdress, small bucket on arm) and Fortuna (ship's rudder); Roman, first century CE
Naples, National Archaeological Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2003
Keywords: mythology, multicultural, Egypt, cult
bronze statuette
of goddess with syncretic religious symbolism:
attributes of Isis, Minerva, and Fortuna; Roman, second century CE (said to be
from Cyprus)
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: mythology, multicultural, Egypt, cult, cornucopia
Roman silver cup
depicting Cupid and Jason at the time of his marriage to the daughter of Creon;
end first century CE
Bonn, Rheinishes Landesmuseum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: mythology, Medea
detail, red-figure vase
painting: Judgment of Paris
Paris holds lyre as Hera approaches with an apple, followed by Athena and
Aphrodite
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: mythology, Trojan War
Roman mosaic:
Judgment of Paris; from Antioch, second century CE
Paris, seated on a rock, is looking at Mercury while the three goddesses
(Minerva, Juno, and Venus) pose for their "beauty contest"
Paris, Louvre Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: mythology, Trojan War
silver statuette of
goddess with syncretic religious symbolism:
attributes of Juno and Fortuna; Roman, third century CE
part of a large silver service (ministerium) found buried in Chaourse,
France
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: mythology, cornucopia
small bronze bust of
Juno
Etruscan, 300-100 BCE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: mythology, Hera, goddess
seated bronze statuette
of Jupiter holding a thunderbolt
said to be based on Pheidias' Zeus at Olympia; Roman, first-second century
CE
Paris, Louvre Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: mythology
statue of magistrate
throwing down mappa at start of chariot race; Roman, fourth century
CE
Credits: Rodolfo Lanciani, The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome,
1897, fig. 153, p. 404
Keywords: circus, chariot racing, sport
old photo of
substructures of podium of Temple of Deified Claudius, west side
Credits: Rodolfo Lanciani, The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome,
1897, fig. 133, p. 354
Keywords: imperial cult, city of Rome
old photo of interior of
Colosseum with half of substructures still covered
Credits: Rodolfo Lanciani, The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome,
1897, fig. 141, p. 376
Keywords: arena, city of Rome
old photo of marble step
from Colosseum engraved with name FABIUS ISSTEIUS
(indicating seating for the family; dating from mid-fourth century CE
Credits: Rodolfo Lanciani, The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome,
1897, fig. 144, p. 383
Keywords: arena, city of Rome, inscription
old photo of
substructures of Colosseum showing wood flooring beams discovered in
1874
Credits: Rodolfo Lanciani, The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome,
1897, fig. 145, p. 384
Keywords: arena, city of Rome
plan of the western
section of Colosseum shown from above
Credits: Rodolfo Lanciani, The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome,
1897, fig. 140, p. 370
Keywords: arena, city of Rome
drawing of the remains of
the upper tier of the Colosseum
Credits: Rodolfo Lanciani, Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent
Discoveries, 1888, p. 220
Keywords: arena, city of Rome
drawing of a
fragment of the Forma Urbis (ancient marble plan of Rome)
showing the Ludus Magnus (imperial gladiatorial school)
Credits: Rodolfo Lanciani, The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome,
1897, fig. 147, p. 388
Keywords: arena, city of Rome
plan of the Colosseum at
four different levels shown from above
Credits: J. Henry Middleton, The Remains of Ancient Rome vol II, 1892,
fig. 59, p. 88
Keywords: arena, city of Rome
plan of part of the
substructures of the Colosseum
plan of animal cages viewed
from side
plan of animal cages viewed
from top
Credits: J. Henry Middleton, The Remains of Ancient Rome vol II, 1892,
fig. 62, p. 107
Keywords: arena, city of Rome, venatio
plan of one of radiating
walls of the Colosseum showing different construction materials
Credits: J. Henry Middleton, The Remains of Ancient Rome vol II, 1892,
fig. 61, p. 94
Keywords: arena, city of Rome
reconstruction drawing
of Colosseum exterior showing one slice of the 4 tiers
Credits: J. Henry Middleton, The Remains of Ancient Rome vol II, 1892,
fig. 60, p. 90
Keywords: arena, city of Rome
plan of the Baths
of Titus
1=frigidarium; 2=tepidarium; 3=two circular domed halls; 4=two open peristyles;
5=two dressing rooms; 6=theater; 7-8=4 exedrae
Credits: J. Henry Middleton, The Remains of Ancient Rome vol II, 1892,
fig. 74, p. 154
Keywords: thermae, city of Rome
artist's drawing of
front of a Roman shop
Credits: J. Henry Middleton, The Remains of Ancient Rome vol I, 1892,
fig. 26, p. 193
Keywords: commerce, taberna
cross-sectional plan of
Colosseum by Hirt; labels added
Credits: John Edwin Sandys, ed., A Companion to Latin Studies, 3rd ed.,
1925, fig. 70, p. 548
Keywords: arena, city of Rome
artist's drawing of scrolls
in a library
Credits: John Edwin Sandys, ed., A Companion to Latin Studies, 3rd ed.,
1925, fig. 24, p. 239
Keywords: books, reading, bibliotheca
reconstruction drawing of
exterior of the House of Vettii in Pompeii, seen from above
Credits: John Edwin Sandys, ed., A Companion to Latin Studies, 3rd ed.,
1925, fig. 20, p. 222
Keywords: domus, residence
gold wedding ring; Roman, second-third century CE
larger version.
The depiction of right hands clasping (dextrarum junctio) was symbolic of marriage.
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2010
Keywords: wedding, jewelry, family
drawing of gold
wedding ring showing hands clasping in the dextrarum junctio
symbolic of marriage.
Credits: John Edwin Sandys, ed., A Companion to Latin Studies, 3rd ed.,
1925, fig. 1, p. 177
Keywords: wedding, jewelry, family
gold wedding ring; Roman, second-third century CE
larger version.
The ring depicts a couple clasping right hands (dextrarum junctio), symbolic of
marriage.
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2010
Keywords: wedding, jewelry, family
gold children's rings
carved with a phallus for good luck; Roman, first-third century CE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: wedding, jewelry, family
marble relief of Jupiter raping
Leda in the form of a swan; Roman
Herakleion Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1998
Keywords: mythology, Zeus
bronze figurine of lictor,
Roman, first century BCE
smaller version;
gif with
transparent background
A lictor was an attendant who accompanied magistrates carrying symbols of
office, (fasces), rods bundled with an axe; London, British Museum.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: politics, government
bronze figurine of
genius, Roman, first century BCE
version with transparent
background (gif)
A genius was a guardian spirit representing the paterfamilias;
hence the figurine is clothed in a toga with top pulled up to cover the
head.
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: domestic religion; household
marble lion-head sima from
classical temple in royal estate on Mon Repos
Greek; beginning of fourth century BCE
Corfu Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1980
Keywords: animal, lion
gold rhyton (sacred vessel) of
lioness head side view
Mycenaean; 16th century BCE
Athens, National Archaeological Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1980
Keywords: animal, lion, ritual, Mycenae
lion gate monumental
entrance to Mycenaean Acropolis flanked by two lionesses; c. 1250 BCE
Mycenae. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1980
Keywords: animal, lion
central panel of so-called
"Ludovisi throne" probaby depicting Aphrodite rising from the sea
between two nymphs; Greek, c. 460 BCE
Rome, Terme Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: Venus, goddess
Greek lyre restored from
remains found in Athens; fifth-fourth century BCE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: music, musical instrument, poetry
Monument of Lysicrates
commemorating the victory of a choregos (wealthy Athenian who paid for the
chorus of one set of plays during the City Dionysia); Greek, 335 BCE
Athens. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1998
Keywords: drama, comedy, tragedy, dramatic festival
detail, red-figure vase
painting: maenad ecstatically dancing with snakes; Greek, from Southern
Italy; 420-410 BCE
Madrid, Archaeological Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1985
Keywords: Bacchus, bacchante, Dionysus, mythology
marble relief of ecstatic
maenad with knife and torn-apart animal
from original by Kallimachos
Rome, Conservatori Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: Bacchus, bacchante, Dionysus, mythology
red-figure hydria: maenad
with two thyrsi ecstatically dancing between other maenads and satyrs; Greek,
from Campana; 380-370 BCE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: Bacchus, bacchante, Dionysus, mythology, vase painting
white-ground tondo of
kylix: dancing maenad with leopard and thyrsus, hair tied back with a
snake
Greek, attributed to Brygos, c. 490 BCE
Munich, Antiken Sammlung. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Bacchus, bacchante, Dionysus, mythology, vase painting
red-figure tondo of kylix:
dancing maenad with snake and thyrsus
Greek, attributed to Epeleios, c. 510-500 BCE
Munich, Antiken Sammlung. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Bacchus, bacchante, Dionysus, mythology, vase painting
red-figure lekythos:
maenad tearing apart an animal; Greek
detail of maenad
Syracuse Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: Bacchus, bacchante, Dionysus, mythology, vase painting
detail, red-figure
amphora: ecstatic maenad with thyrsus
Greek, attributed to Kleophrades, c. 500-490 BCE
Munich, Antiken Sammlung. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Bacchus, bacchante, Dionysus, mythology, vase painting
detail, red-figure
amphora: maenad with thyrsus and snake
Greek, attributed to Kleophrades, c. 500-490 BCE
Munich, Antiken Sammlung. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Bacchus, bacchante, Dionysus, mythology, vase painting
detail, black-figure
vase: amorous satyr and maenad
Greek, mid-fifth century BCE
Syracuse Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: Bacchus, bacchante, Dionysus, mythology, vase painting
red-figure tondo of
kylix: erotic—amorous satyr and maenad
Attic, c. 500-490 BCE
Santa Monica, Getty Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1989
Keywords: Bacchus, bacchante, Dionysus, mythology, vase painting
large mosaic of
Dionysus—detail dancing satyr and maenad:
from oecus on west side of peristyle of third-century CE Roman villa
near modern Cologne
Cologne, Romisch-Germanisches Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Bacchus; mythology, bacchante
red-figure calyx
krater: top—chorus of women; bottom—Dionysus and satyrs
Greek, c. 460-450 BCE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1986
Keywords: Bacchus, bacchante, Dionysus, mythology, vase painting
small terracotta
vase with incised scene of maenads killing Orpheus or Pentheus
Roman, third century CE
Cologne, Romisch-Germanisches Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1988
Keywords: Bacchus, bacchante, Dionysus, mythology
detail, red-figure
vase: Orpheus being stoned by maenads
Taranto Museum. Credits: Paula Chabot, 1982
Keywords: Bacchus, bacchante, Dionysus, mythology, vase painting
wall painting—Pentheus
torn apart by maenads
detail of painting
Pompeii, House of the Vettii. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1979
Keywords: Bacchus, bacchante, Dionysus, mythology
red-figure vase: Dionysus
holding thyrsus and satyr playing aulos (double flute)
Syracuse Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1982
Keywords: Bacchus, bacchante, Dionysus, mythology, vase painting
sardonyx cameo: satyr
dancing holding thyrsus; Roman, first century BCE
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: Bacchus, bacchante, Dionysus, mythology
larger-than-lifesize
marble statue of Marcellus portrayed as a heroic nude in the Greek
fashion—full-length front view; wearing signet ring on left index
finger
full-length slightly to
the side
full-length back
view
signed "Cleomenes the Athenian," comisssioned by Augustus; c. 20
BCE
Paris, Louvre Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: Augustan succession, sculpture
larger-than-lifesize
marble statue of Marcellus—upper torso
head and right hand
holding pebble? seed?
front view of head
signed "Cleomenes the Athenian," comisssioned by Augustus; c. 20
BCE
Paris, Louvre Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: Augustan succession, sculpture
small marble head of
Marcellus from the island of Keos, c. 25 BCE
Paris, Louvre Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: Augustan succession, sculpture
painting—Vergil
reading Marcellus passage from Aeneid to Livia, Augustus, and
Octavia
Villa Carlotta, Lake Como. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1983
Keywords: Augustan succession
Theater of
Marcellus—drawing of the two lower stories of arches
Credits: Albert Kuhn, Roma, 1901, fig. 109, p. 98
Keywords: theater, city of Rome
statue of Diana dressed
as huntress
Paris, Louvre Museum. Credits: Emily Stern, 2000
Keywords: Artemis, goddess, mythology, sculpture
sculpture group of imperial
couple as Mars and Venus; Roman, 120-140 CE
smaller version
originally with portrait heads of Hadrian and Sabina; woman's head altered in
170-175 CE with portrait head of Lucilla, wife of Lucius Verus
Paris, Louvre Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: Augustan succession, sculpture
Go to Index, Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, Part X, Part XI, Part XII, Part XIII, Part XIV, Part XV, Roman Coins: Republic and Principate, Roman Coins: Empire, Greek Coins, Coins from the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Coins from the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland, Coins from the Hunterian Museum
revised January, 2013
