Athenian Gallery

Socrates (c 469399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosophe

Socrates (c.469-399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Bust. Found at Piazza Venezia. 1st. century. Pentelic marble. Palazzo Massimo. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy

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Ancient Greek method of riding a horse bareback

Ancient Greek method of riding a horse bareback. A young man returns with a chlamys on his lance to a woman offering drinks to both man and horse (top) and a rider holding lance and bridle, with shield, fillet and myrtle branches denoting victory in martial games (bottom). Maniera di montare a cavallo. Taken from Aubin Louis Millin's Peintures de Vases Antiques. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1842

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Athena Parthenos. Amelia, Italy. AD 100-150. Bust

Athena Parthenos. Amelia, Italy. AD 100-150. Bust. Marble. The goddess wears a helmet crowned by a sphinx flanked by winged horses. It is a copy of the gold and ivory statue by Phidias originally in the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark

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