Hypnos Thanatos BM Vase D56 full
Hypnos and Thanatos carrying the body of Sarpedon from the battlefield of Troy. Detail from an Attic white-ground lekythos, ca. 440 BC. Français : Hypnos et Thanatos emportant le corps de Sarpédon du champ de b... More
Sotades-Maler 001 - The Yorck Project Masterpieces of Painting
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British Museum Room 20a Campanian cup Bull Danaid Painter 19022019 670...
Campanian stemless cup, by Danaid Painter : bull and fish. 340-330 BC, from Nola. British Museum, room 20a, showcase 31. Blacas collection.
British Museum Room 20a Campanian hydria Detail Two erotes Danaid Pain...
Campania hydria by Danaid Painter, 340-320 BC, from Avella. Detail : two erotes, on the shoulder. British Museum, room 20a. GR 1867.5-8.1338 ( F 219 ) Blacas collection.
Greek Bireme 500BC
Greek bireme circa 500BC.
British Museum Room 20a Apulian satyr-head kantharos Menzies Group 190...
Satyr head-shaped kantharos. Red-figure painting : seated youth. Apulia, Menzies Group, 330-310 BC. British Museum, room 20a, showcase 33. GR 1842.4-7.1 ( F 436 )
British Museum Room 20a Gnathian pelike Bird Dunedin Group 19022019 67...
Gnathian pelike with bird. South Apulia, Dunedin Group, 320-310 BC. British Museum, room 20a, showcase 35. GR 1873.8-20.321 ( F 554 ).
Apulian red-figured globular pyxis, Puglia
Pottery: Apulian red-figured globular pyxis. In front is Eros flying to left, looking back; his hair is tied up with a fillet, and he wears an opisthosphendone, earrings, necklace, bracelets, a string of beads... More
Eros - Apulian red-figured kantharos, Puglia
Pottery: red-figured kantharos. Designs red on black ground, with accessories of white and yellow. At the upper junctures of the handles are female heads in relief. Eros flying to left, with hair floating behi... More
Panathenaic prize British museum B133
Title: Greek athletic sports and festivals. Image from Panathenaic prize, now in British museum B133. Year: 1910 (1910s) Authors: Gardiner, E. Norman (Edward Norman), 1864-1930 Subjects: Athletics Sports Olymp... More
Woman spinning BM VaseD13 - Public domain dedication image
Woman spinning. Detail from an Attic white-ground oinochoe. Français : Femme filant. Détail d'une œnochoé attique à fond blanc.
Apulian Red-Figure Amphora, British Museum F331
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Blacas krater illustration
Illustration of central band from the Blacas krater of "Sunrise", British Museum E466. The figures generally combine mythical personages and astronomical objects. From right to left, the figures are Helios (the... More
Furtwaengler 1924009 - A black and white drawing of a boat with birds ...
Odysseus and the Sirens. Detail from an Attic red-figured stamnos, ca. 480-470 BC. From Vulci. Français : Ulysse et les Sirènes. Détail d'un stamnos attique à figures rouges du Peintre de la Sirène (vase épon... More
Herakles und Acheloos, British Museum, 536
Deutsch: Schwarzfigurige Vasenmalerei
Kerostasia
Deutsch: Kerostasie – Abwägen der Keres (Schicksale des Todes) durch Hermes. English: Kerostasia - Weighing the Keres (fates of death) by Hermes.
London 1899.2-19.1 (Vase) - Public domain dedication image
Woman, man and ship with oarsmen
Panathenaic amphora BM 605
panathenaic amphora British Museum BM_605 Public domain photograph of theatrical production, cabaret, musical, performance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rider BM B1 - A black and white plate with a man on a horse
Rider with birds and a winged figure, perhaps Nike (Victory). Lakonian black-figured kylix, ca. 550–530 BC.
Plate Kameiros BM GR1860.4-4.5
Stemmed plate with birds and patterns placed in the segments of concentric circles. Terracotta, Eastern Greek Orientalizing, ca. 600 BC. From Kameiros in Rhodes. Français : Assiette à décor d'oiseaux et de mo... More
Jug griffin BM 1873-8-20-385
Jug with spout in form of a griffin's head. Shoulder: lion pulling down a stag, two horses. Terra cotta, Paros (?).
Pyxis Pergamon BM GR1882.12-5.1
Pyxis with stylised palmettes and other florals, Easy Greek style (marbe Rhodes or Asia Minor), ca. 300 BC. Said to be from Pergamon. Français : Pyxis à décor de palmettes stylisées et de fleurs, style grec o... More
Plastic flask BM G154 - A statue of a man holding a vase
African boy and amphora. Campanian black-glaze plastic oil flask, ca. 300–200 BC. From Capua. Français : Jeune africain avec une amphore. Flacon à huile plastique campanien à vernis noir, vers 300-200 av. J.-... More
Pyxis protocorithian BM GR 1892-3-14-1
Protocorinthian pyxis with animals (bull, griffins, lions, panthers, sphinxes) and a “mistress of animals” figure. Terracotta, ca. 620 BC. Français : Pyxis protocorinthienne aux animaux (taureau, griffons, li... More
Bowl maenad BM GR1898.11-21.2
Black-glaze bowl with an incised loop decoration and the head of a maenad in relief. Greek artwork, 2nd century BC (?). From Elis (?). Français : Bol à vernis noir à décor de cercle incisé et tête de ménade e... More
Fragment Apollo BM GR1886.4-1.103
Fragment from a cup bearing the inscription: “(I am) Apollo's”. Terracotta, Eastern Greek Orientalizing. Français : Fragment d'une coupe portant l'inscription : « [J'appartiens] à Apollon ». Terre cuite, styl... More
Plate sphinx BM GR1965.9-30.705
Seated sphinx. Plate, Eastern Greek Orientalizing, 6th century BC. From Naukratis in Egypt. Français : Sphinx assis. Assiette, style orientalisant de la Grèce de l'Est, VIe siècle av. J.-C. Provenance : Naucr... More
Lakonian cup BM GR 1968.2-13.1
Lakonian black-figured kylix with floral patterns, ca. 550–530 BC. Français : Motifs floraux. Coupe à figures noires laconienne, vers 550-530 av. J.-C.
Volute-krater woman BM GR1985.10-9.1
Female head and vine tendril in the Gnathian technique. Apulian red-figured volute-krater, ca. 330–320 BC. Français : Tête féminine et pampre dans le style de Gnathia. Cratère à volutes apulien à figures roug... More
Bell-krater hare BM F547
Hare and wines. Apulian bell-krater of the Gnathia style. From Gnathia. Français : Lièvre et pampres. Cratère en cloche apulien dans le style de Gnathia Provenance : Gnathia.
Black-glaze oinochoe BM B632
Black-glaze oinochoe with white-ground shoulder decorated with palmettes and flying birds. From Vulci. Français : Œnochoé à vernis noir et épaule à fond blanc, décorée de palmettes et d'oiseaux en vol. Proven... More
Fish-plate Karlsruhe BM F266
Three sea-perch and three limpets. Apulian red-figured fish-plate, ca. 340–320 BC. From Gnathia. Français : Trois perches de mer et trois patelles. Plat à poissons apulien à figures rouges, vers 340-320 av. J... More
Hydria gorgon BM B58 - A vase with a lot of designs on it
Lakonian black-figured hydria with a gorgon's head, sphinxes and cranes, ca. 540–530 BC. From Vulci. Français : Hydrie laconienne à figures noires à décor de tête de gorgone, de sphinx et de grues, vers 540-5... More
Janiform kantharos BM E786
Sileni breaking into a symposium. Attic janiform red-figured kantharos with the moulded heads of a satyr and a woman, ca. 470 BC. Français : Sileni faisant irruption dans un banquet. Canthare attique janiform... More
Oinochoe phlyax BM F99 - A vase with a painting of a man and a woman o...
Herakles chasing a woman, scene of a phlyax play. Apulian red-figured oinochoe, ca. 370–360 BC. From the Basilicata. Français : Héraclès pourchassant une femme, scène d'une pièce phlyaque. Œnochoé apulienne à... More
Olpe Pan maenad BM F381
Young Pan and a dancing maenad. Apulian red-figured olpe. Français : Jeune Pan et ménade dansant. Olpè apulienne à figures rouges.
Pelike fawn BM F315 - A black and red vase sitting on top of a table
A woman holding a harp, Eros and a youth with a fawn. Apulian red-figured pelike, ca. 320–310 BC. From Anzi. Français : Femme tenant une harpe, Éros et un jeune homme au faon. Pélikè apulien à figures rouges,... More
Plastic aryballos BM GR1888.6-1.660
Plastic aryballos in the shape of a squatting man with hands clasped together, perhaps a comic actor, a komast or silenos. Previously thought to be Corinthian, now known to be of Eastern Greek, ca. 600-550 BC.... More
Psalterion 001 - A vase with an image of a woman playing a harp
A woman holding a harp. Apulian red-figured pelike, ca. 320–310 BC. From Anzi. Français : Femme tenant une harpe. Pélikè apulien à figures rouges, vers 320-310 av. J.-C. Provenance : Anzi.
Rhyton crocodile BM F417
Crocodile devouring an African boy. Apulian red-figured plastic rhyton, ca. 340 BC. From Capua. Français : Crocodile dévorant un jeune Africain. Rython plastique apulien à figures rouges, vers 340 av. J.-C. P... More
Visiting grave BM D73 - A black and white vase sitting on top of a tab...
Woman decking a gravestone with garlands. Attic white-ground lekythos. Français : Femme ornant une tombe de guirlandes. Lécythe attique à fond blanc.
Woman naiskos BM F341 - A vase with a painting of a woman holding a bo...
Woman in a naiskos. Detail from an Apulian red-figured barrel-shaped amphora, ca. 320 BC. From Bari. Français : Femme dans un naïskos. Détail d'une amphore apulienne à figures rouges, vers 320 av. J.-C. Prove... More
Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developme...
Detail on the main Kylix (drinking cup), along with several colour photographs (non-commercial reuse), can be found on the British Museum database at http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/co... More
Panathenaic prize British Museum B604
Panathenaic prize British Museum B604 Identifier: greekathleticspo00gard Title: Greek athletic sports and festivals Year: 1910 (1910s) Authors: Gardiner, E. Norman (Edward Norman), 1864-1930 Subjects: Athletics... More