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Bronze statue of Zeus or Poseidon

Bronze statue of Zeus or Poseidon. Found in the sea of Cape Artemision, in northern Euboea. The god, shown in great stride, extends his left arm before his body, while holding a thunderbolt or trident in his right hand. His identification as Zeus or Poseidon is controversial (the former identification is more probable). It is one of the few preserved original statues of the Severe Style, notable for the exquisite rendering of motion and anatomy. It is certainly the work of a great sculptor of the early Classical period. ca. 460 BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

Bronze statue of a youth

Bronze statue of a youth. From the Antikythera shipwreck. The figure has been identified with Perseus, who would have been holding the head of Medusa. More probably, however, it depicts Paris, who would have been holding the apple of Strife, ready to award it to the most beautiful goddess, Aphrodite. Attributed to the Sikyonian sculptor Euphranor. About 340 - 330 BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens

Bronze statue of a young athlete

Bronze statue of a young athlete. Found in the sea of Marathon, Attica. The statue probably depicts the young winner of a contest, as is suggested by the band on his head which ends in an upright leaf above the forehead. The object he held in his raised right hand is not preserved. It is also unclear what he held in his left hand, toward which he turns his head and gazes steadily. This hand was replaced, probably at a later period, by another with the palm worked in the form of a lamp. One of the masterpieces of the Late Classical period, associated with the school of Praxiteles. About 340-330 BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens .

Bronze statuette of Zeus

Bronze statuette of Zeus. Found at Ambrakia, Aitoloakarnania. The god holds the thunder with the right raised hand. An eaqle on his extended left hand. About 490-480 BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens

Bronze statuette of Poseidon

Bronze statuette of Poseidon. Found in the sea, in the Gulf of Livadostra in Boeotia, at the site of ancient Kreusis, the port of Plataiai. The god held with his right hand the trident, with his left probably a dolphin. His eyes were inlaid, made in a different material. A dedicatory inscription is carved on the low rectangular plinth. About 480 B.C. National Archaeological Museum of Athens

Bronze head of Zeus

Bronze head of Zeus. Found at Olympia. 520-510 BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens

Bronze female winged figure

Bronze female winged figure. Hammered, with inlaid bone eyes. It is not known whether it was only a bust or formed part of a statue. It has been interpreted as a divine or daemonic being Artemis, Nike or a Sphinx. One of the rarest and most valuable examples of hammered free-standing works. indicative of the early technique of bronze statues, they were made of hammered sheet nailed to a wooden core. From an Ionian Island workshop, or from a Laconian one by an Ionian artist 590-580 BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens

Basin handle

Basin handle. Depicts two lions tearing apart a stag. Handles of this kind are found on shallow bronze basins (foot baths) which were also used as ceremonial vessels. Probably from an Attic workshop. About 480 BC. Archaeological Museum of Olympia

Bronze horn and ear of a bull

Bronze horn and ear of a bull. Was made by the bronze sculptor Philesios and was a votive offering of the Eretrians after their victory over the Athenians at the beginning of the 5th c. National Archaeological Museum of Athens

Bronze statuette of a horse

Bronze statuette of a horse. Solid cast. It comes from a small votive chariot. An outstanding work from an Argive workshop. Early 5th c BC. Archaeological Museum of Olympia

Bronze statuette of an ephebe

Bronze statuette of an ephebe. From the Antikythera shipwreck. 4th - 3th c. BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens

Bronze portrait head of a boxer

Bronze portrait head of a boxer. Found at Olympia. The man is crowned with kotinos, the olive-wreath awarded to victors in the Olympic Games, of which only the stem is preserved. The individual facial features have led to the identification of the figure as a boxer. The head probably belonged to a statue of the famous boxer Satyros of Elis, who repeatedly won the boxing event at Nemea, Pythia and Olympia. The statue of Satyros at Olympia was the work of the Athenian bronze-sculptor Silanion. About 330-320 BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens

 

   

                                                                                                                     

 

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