The Erechteum caryatid: caryatids were columns carved in the forn of female figures. This figure is one of six caryatids that supported the roof of the south…
Back of the caryatid.
Ionic column from the east porch of the Erechteum, where it stood at the end of a row of six. This column was fluted in 408-407 BC and cost the equivalent of…
Marble slabs from the west and south frieze of the temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis at Athens. The slab comes from the south side of the temple and shows…
The sculptures of the Parthenon: Lord Elgin acquired many of the Parthenon sculptures including the frieze (which surrounds the whole building) at the beginning…
The East pediment. The center is lost due to its removal when the temple was turned into a Christian church around 500 AD. The sun god Helios rises in his…
East pediment.
Head of a horse from the chariot of the moon goddess Selene. It was placed on the right-hand part of the East pediment.
Back of the East pediment.
A South metope from the Parthenon. A centaur tramples a fallen Lapith.
A South metope.
The West pediment is only fragmentary.
The room of the Pathenon frieze.
The frieze.
Piece of the Parthenon frieze.
Piece of the Parthenon frieze.
Piece of the Parthenon frieze.
The nereid monument is a Lykian tomb found at Xanthos in South-West Turkey. The Lykians were a the people living a mountaneous area called Lykia (south-west…
The mausoleum at Halikarnassos was one of the seven wonders of the world. It was built as a tomb for Maussollos who governed a part of Asia Minor (Karia). Karia…
Colossal statue of a member of Maussollos' dynasty, around 350 BC.