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Late classical

The Antikythera Youth, 340-330 B.C.E., bronze, 1.96 m high (National Archaeological Museum, Athens) — The Antikythera shipwreck was the first of a series of ancient shipwrecks identified in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The Antikythera Shipwreck

by Dr. Michael Anthony Fowler

The Antikythera Youth, 340-330 B.C.E., bronze, 1.96 m high (National Archaeological Museum, Athens) — A magnificent original 4th century Greek bronze lost at sea

The Antikythera Youth

by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

Capitoline Venus, Venus Pudica — Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, emerges from her bath, but what did her nudity mean to the Greeks?

Capitoline Venus (copy of the Aphrodite of ...

by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris

Alexander Sarcophagus — Alexander the Great conquered the known world, but who was this monument for and what does it symbolize?

The Alexander Sarcophagus

by Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay and Dr. Steven Zucker

Apoxyomenos, Lysippos — Ancient Greek athletes cleaned themselves with oil. This sculpture shows one athlete’s bathing ritual.

Lysippos, Apoxyomenos (Scraper)

by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

Farnese Hercules — Weary from his labors, Hercules leans on his club, with hints of his heroic trials hidden in plain sight.

Lysippos, Farnese Hercules

by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker