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Stone slab bearing a Greek dedication to the Egyptian deities Isis and Serapis from one Marcus Agell

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Ancient Greek or Roman sardonyx cameo depicting a group of Bacchic devotees.  Artist unknown; 1st ce

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Ancient Greek kyathos (wine-ladle) depicting a Dionysiac procession with dancing maenads and satyrs.

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Anthologia Palatina 6.355 = Leonidas of Tarentum (3rdcent. BCE)His mother gives to Bacchus-For she i

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Anthologia Palatina 5.53 = Dioscorides (3rdcent. BCE)Aristonoe the winning pierced me through,O dear

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The so-called “Landsdowne Bust” of the “Athena of Velletri” type.  Roman copy (2nd cent. CE) after a

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A ram destined for sacrifice stands before an altar of Hermes.  Campanian red-figure calyx-krater, a

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Anthologia Palatina 6.141, attributed toAnacreonAfter saving its owner PythonFrom the terrible din o

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Late Archaic terracotta plaque found on the island of Corfu (= ancient Corcyra), thought to have bee

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Terracotta bust of a young woman with an elaborate hairstyle, found in a cave shrine of Eileithyia,

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Priestess of Delphi, John Collier, 1891

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Anthologia Palatina 6.131 = Leonidas ofTarentum (3rd cent. BCE)These huge shields, thesebridles, and

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Fragment of Greek Geometric pottery, showing a female figure (perhaps a priestess or deity) holding

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Sardonyx cameo depicting a Ptolemaic prince as Hermes.  Artist unknown; 3rd cent. BCE.  Now in the C

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The god Hermes leads a goat to be sacrificed.  Side A of a Campanian red-figure bell-krater, attribu

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Silver tetradrachm of the Sicilian polis of Messana.  On the obverse, a charioteer in a mule-drawn c

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Relief sculpture depicting a dancing maenad holding a thyrsus.  Roman copy (ca. 120-140 CE) after a

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An elderly satyr is followed by the young Dionysus.  South Italian red-figure bell-krater, attribute

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Ancient Roman gilded bronze mirror depicting the three Graces.  Artist unknown; mid-2nd cent. CE.  N

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Ancient Greek gold ring depicting Athena, helmeted and with her aegis around her neck.  Artist unkno

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