Stele of Aurelia Artemis, 3rd CE.
Her elaborate dress, the import of marble and the Greek inscription suggest Aurelia was from a wealthy Greek, Christian family in southern Egypt.
'Farewell Aurelia Artemis, Pasionos' daughter, incomparably sweetest among all'
Walters Art Museum

Pnyx Πνυξ is a hill in Athens where Athenians gathered as early as 507 BC to host assemblies, making the hill one of the most important sites in the creation of democracy.
Each debate was opened with 'who wishes to speak to the Popular Assembly?'
Prayers to Zeus preceded sessions

Kylix with running warriors.
Made in Athens, #Greece , 510 BC.
The warriors take part in a hoplitodromos, a race in which hoplites competed carrying their armor, in the Panathenaic Games.
Greek inscription reads:
ΠΑΝΦΑΙΟΣ ΕΠΟΙΕΣΕΝ
'Panphaios made this'
Walter's Art Museum

Temple of Aphaea.
Aegina island, #Greece .
Built 500 BC, dedicated to the Greek goddess Aphaea, who was associated with fertility and the agricultural cycle.

3rd CE BC Greek grave stele of a deceased young woman ΑΛΕΞΙΒΩΛΑ (Alexivola) bidding farewell to her father.
The daughter caresses her distraught father's face, as her father holds her by the arm.
Discovered Santorini, #Greece .
Archeological Museum of Thera.

Grave stele of a young Greek girl, Eukoline, from Lesbos.
Dated 350 BC.
Her mother (Protonoe) sorrowfully caresses her cheek as her father (Onesimos, son of Onetor) and grandmother (Nikostrate) weep.
Her pet dog jumps up on her.
Kerameikos Museum, Athens, Greece

Oenochoe (wine jug).
Athena's owl in the form of a charging Athenian hoplite, holding shield/spear, between olive palms.
Made in Athens, Greece
Dated 425 BC
May have been used during Anthesteria, an Athenian festival honoring god of wine, Dionysus.
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Ancient Greek hoplite armor and spear.
5th/6th CE BC.
National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece.

Statue of which has been identified as either Thetis (mother of Achilles), or Amphitrite (wife of Poseidon) with the infant Triton, ruler of the depths of the sea.
2nd CE.
National Museum of Rome, Italy

Statue of a lion.
From Attica, Greece.
Dated 325 BC.
Made of Pentelic marble and weighing over 1360 kgs, this massive lion, shown in a threatening stance, once guarded the entrance to a cemetery in Athens.
Nelson Atkins Museum

Bust of Mars Ultor (Avenger), 2nd CE, from the Forum of Augustus.
Mars is the Roman personification of the Greek god of war, Ares.
Mars wears a winged Corinthian style helmet adorned with the Sphinx, and Gorgon/Medusa on his cuirass.
Palazzo Altemps, Rome, Italy

Epitaph of young girl, Apollonia.
Dated 1st CE, found Piraeus, Greece.
Inscribed:
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑ ΑΡΙΣΤΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΘΗΒΑΓΕΝΕΙΑΣ
Apollonia, daughter of Aristandros and Thivageneia
Apollonia pets a dove (symbolizing the soul) and holds pomegranate, fruit of the dead, symbolizing rebirth.

Grave stele of two siblings, Mnesagora and Nikochares, from Attica, Greece, 420 BC, erected by their parents. Their children may have died together in an accident or parents joined their tombs together.
Nikochares kneeling, reaches up to grab the bird his sister is handing him.

Fantastic Greek coin from ancient Greek city of Kamarina, in Sicily, Italy.
Front side: Athena drives a quadriga as Nike crowns her from above.
Inscribed is the name ΕΧΑΚΕΣΤΙΔΑΣ.
Reverse side: a young Herakles wears the Nemean lion skin.
Inscribed is ΚΑΜΑΡΙΝΑΙΟΝ (of Kamarina)

Winged Victory.
Wall fresco from Pompeii, Italy.
Dated 64 AD.
Victory was the Roman personification of the Greek goddess, Nike.
The winged goddess is shown holding spear and shield in left hand, and helmet in right hand.
Archaeological Park of Pompeii.

Asklepios, god of healing.
2nd CE Roman copy of a Greek original.
When a plague hit Rome in 293 AD, Roman Senate sent delegates to Epidauros, Greece to obtain a statue of the god, then built a temple dedicated to the god at Tiber island, Rome.
The original temple was destroyed.

Marble statue of Alexander the Great as the god Pan.
In Greek mythology, Pan is the god of the wild, sheperds and flocks.
Discovered Pella, Macedonia, Greece.
Dated 280 BC.
From the exhibition - The Greeks: From Agamemnon to Alexander the Great.
Photo: Anne Peterson

ΔΕΛΦΟΙ ΕΔΩΚΑΝ ΧΙΟΙΣ ΠΡΟΜΑΝΤΕΙΗΝ
'The Delphians gave to the Chians the right of first consul to the oracle'
Found at Apollo's sanctuary in Delphi, Greece.
The people of Chios received promanteia (privilege) following their dedication of a giant altar at the sanctuary of Apollo.