Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, emerges from her bath, but what did her nudity mean to the Greeks?
Late classical
Alexander the Great conquered the known world, but who was this monument for and what does it symbolize?
The Alexander Sarcophagus
Ancient Greek athletes cleaned themselves with oil. This sculpture shows one athlete’s bathing ritual.
Lysippos, Apoxyomenos (Scraper)
Weary from his labors, Hercules leans on his club, with hints of his heroic trials hidden in plain sight.