Neer Chapters 7-8

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Coin of the island of Kos showing a discus-thrower and a tripod. Silver; mid-5th century BCE. May commemorate the games of the Triopeion Apollo, or a victory by a Kos citizen.

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Olympia, with structures discussed in Neer.

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Olympia, so-called Temple of Hera, aerial view from the northeast; c. 590 BCE. Circular building in the background is the monument of Philip of Macedon.

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Olympia, Treasury of Gela, roofing elements. Terracotta; c. 540-520 BCE. A – drawing combining elevation and section views; B – sima and cornice, actual state.

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Cup from Olympia. Gold; end of 7th century BCE. Inscreiption on the rim reads: “To Zeus from the sons of Kypselos, spoil of Herakleia.” Kypselos was a tyrant of Corinth; his son Periander succeeded him in 627 BCE and became notorious for brutality.

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Shield emblem from Olympia. Bronze; mid-7th century BCE. Probably represents Scylla, a monster believed to haunt the strait between Italy and Sicily.

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Shield band from Olympia (drawing). Bronze; first half of 6th century BCE. A – siren; B – birth of Athena; C – death of Astyanax; D – Apollo with lyre and Artemis with bow.

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Reconstruction drawing of basin (perirrhanterion) from Olympia. Marble; late 7th century BCE. Each leg of the basin is carved as the “Mistress of Animals” atop a lion, with leash.

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Olympia, central akroterion of the Treasury of Syracuse. Terracotta; c. 479-470 BCE. Zeus abducting Ganymede.

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Head of Athena from Olympia, perhaps an akroterion. Terracotta; c. 480 BCE. Part of a larger group showing Athena fighting a giant. Compare 6.25-26.

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Warrior from Olympia. Terracotta; c. 480-470 BCE. Part of larger group showing heroic combat.

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Panathenaic amphora by the Kleophrades Painter. Ceramic; c. 525-500 BCE. A – Athena; B – four-horse chariot. Inscription on the front: “One of the prizes from Athens.”

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Delphi: sanctuary of Apollo, with structures discussed in Neer (labeled structures in the figure).

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Votive moo figurine from Delphi. Bronze; early 6th century BCE. Compare 3.30.

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East Greek head of Artemis or Leto from Delphi. Gold, gilt silver and ivory; before 548 BCE. Heavily restored.

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Delphi, Sicyonian pavilion. Limestone; c. 580-570 BCE. Drawing of metopes and triglyphs of one long side of the building, with the Argo spanning three panels.

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Delphi, Sicyonian pavilion. Limestone; c. 580-570 BCE. Remains of a metope with heroes on horseback and aboard ship. One of the oldest sculpted metopes to survive from early Greece.

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Twin kouroi, usually identified as Kleobis and Biton of Argos, from Delphi. Marble; c. 580 BCE.

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Delphi, the Siphnian Treasury: south frieze. Parian marble; c. 525 BCE. Horses of a chariot team. Horses stand parallel to the front plane of the marble block, in contrast with 7.20, which stand at an angle.

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Delphi, the Siphnian Treasury, drawing of the east frieze. Original Parian marble; c. 525 BCE. At left, the gods weigh the souls of Achilles and Memnon. At right, Achilles and Memnon duel at Troy, surrounded by heroes and chariots.

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Delphi, the Siphnian Treasury, north frieze. Parian marble; c. 525 BCE. Battle of Gods and Giants. The gods come in from the left, the Giants from the right.

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Delphi, pediments of the Alkmaionid Temple of Apollo. Marble and limestone; c. 514 BCE. A – east pediment (marble): divine appearance of Apollo in a chariot; B – west pediment (limestone): battle of Gods and Giants.

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Delphi, the Athenian Treasury. Parian marble; after 490 BCE. Theseus subduing the Amazon Antiope.

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Delphi, the Athenian Treasury seen from the south (490 BC). At left is the terrace of the Alkmaionid Temple of Apollo; at right is the treasury. In the background are the cliffs of Mount Parnassos.

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Apollo from Piraeus. Bronze; c. 500 BCE. May originally have been from Delos.

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Figurine representing Zeus from Ugento in the heel of Italy. Bronze; c. 520-500 BCE.

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Roman version of the Tyrranicides by Kritios and Nesiotes. Marble, after a bronze original of 476 BCE. At left, Aristogeiton; at right, Hermodios. Tree trunks that support the figures became necessary when the bronze originals were translated into stone to support the weight of the statues.

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Kouros from Akragas (Agrigento, Sicily). Marble; c. 480-470 BCE.

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Kouros from the Athenian Acropolis (the Kritian Boy). Marble; c. 480-460 BCE.

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Head of a kore from the Athenian Acropolis. Marble; late 6th century BCE.

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Kore from the Athenian Acropolis. Marble; c. 490-480 BCE.

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Grave relief from Geraki in Lakonia. Marble; c. 475-450 BCE.

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Figurine of a carpenter from Boeotia. Terracotta; early 5th century BCE.

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Portable altar from Gela. Terracotta; c. 500-475 BCE. Eos (Dawn) carried off the boy Kephalos.

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Plan of Athens, c. 460 BCE.

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Athenian 4-drachma coin. Silver; mid-5th century BCE. On the front, Athena; on the back, an owl.

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Attic bilingual amphora. Ceeramic; c. 530-520 BCE. Heracles as solitary drinker. A – black-figure side, by the Lysippides Painter; B – red-figure side, by the Andokides Painter.

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Attic red-figure volute krater attributed to Euphronios. Ceramic; c. 490 BCE. A – Herakles and Telamon fight Amazons, while partygoers carouse on the neck; B – detail of the right-hand group of Amazons.

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Attic red-figure cup attribute to Douris. Ceramic; c. 480-470 BCE. Pentheus dismembered by his mother and the maddened women of Thebes.

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Attic red-figure jar signed by Smikros. Ceramic; c. 520-490 BCE. Self-portrait of Smikros as an aristocrat, lost in music.

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Attic red-figure cup attributed to Douris. Ceramic; c. 480 BCE. Man and female servant having sex – man says “keep still!”

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Attic red-figure cup attributed to the Krygos Painter. Ceramic; c. 480 BCE. Courtship of a man and a youth.

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Sarcophagus, manufactured in Klazomenai. Terracotta; late 6th century BCE.

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Polyxena sarcophagus from Didymon Teikhos on the Sea of Marmara: drawing of reliefs. Marble; c. 500 BCE. A – sacrifice of Polyxena at the tomb of Achilles; B – scene of ritual.

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Detail of the Polyxena Sarcophagus, c. 500 BCE; the sacrifice of Polyxena.

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Attic red-figure amphora by Myson. Ceramic; c. 499-490 BCE. A – King Croesus of Lydia on his pyre; B – Theseus abducts Antiope, queen of the Amazons; Antiope wears Persian attire.

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Eretria, Temple of Apollo Daphnephoros (the Laurel-Bearer): pediment. Marble; c. 499-490 BCE. Theseus and Antiope.

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Attic red-figure hydria by the Kleophrades Painter. Ceramic; c. 494-485 BCE. Scenes from the sack of Troy. Left, Aeneas carries his father Anchises from the battle; center, Lesser Ajax drags Cassandra from the statue of Athena; right, King Priam of Troy is murdered on the altar of Zeus.

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Aegina, Temple of Aphaia: drawing of the pediments. A – west pediment, showing the sack of Troy by the Greeks under Agamenon; B – east pediment, showing the sack of Troy by Herakles and Telamon.

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Aegina, Temple of Aphaia. Above – west pediment corner figure. Below – east pediment corner figure. Probably c. 480-470 BCE. Transition from Archaic to Classical style sculpture.

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Attic red-figure rhyton in the form of a ram’s head, signed by Charinos as pottery and attributed to the Triptolemos Painter. Ceramic; c. 480-470 BCE. A – detail of neck showing a banquet of Athenian kings; B – general view.

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Persian cup in the form of a winged lion. Gold; 5th century BCE.