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| Burial plot of Koroibos fam, Kerameikos Cemetery, Athens 410-370 (Includes Grave Stele of Hegeso (410-400) |
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| Boxers on a Panathenaic prize amphora, 323-322 |
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| Diskobolos, Myron, marble copy, 450 |
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| "Westmacott" Athlete, marble copy, 430 |
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| Athenian red-figure wine jar (stamnos) with male revelers parading, (before or after the symposium), 430 (450 symposiums were democracized) |
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| Gravestone of Mnesagora and Nikochares, from Vari in Attica, 430-420 (monument for sister and bro from parents) |
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| The Hephaistaeion, on the Kolonos Agorais Hill (west of agora), 460s-450s (metopes depict labors of Herakles and Theseus, mostly on East side) |
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| The Sanctuary of Asklepios, south side of Acropolis, second half of fifth century (450-400), perhaps i response to plague (~430) |
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| Sanctuary of Poseidon at Sounion, 440s, plan close to Hephaistaeion (6X13), large danctuary complex, Periklean building program |
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| Sanctuary of Artmemis at Brauron, 425, female cult activity, stoa built in limestone and marble, large dining rooms, unusual time for building (Plague) |
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| Nike untying her sandal, slab from Nike parapet on the Acropolis, 425-420 |
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| Nike of Paionios, Mende, 425-420, dedicated at Olympia by Messenians and Naupaktians to celebrate their contribution to the Athenian victory over the Spartans at Sphakteria in 425 (statue 6 ft, monument 18 ft) |
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| Monument of Dexileos, son of Lysanias, of the deme Thorikos, 394, inscription gives birth and death dates (414-394), no part in oligarchic coups of 411 and 404 |
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| Gravestone of Thraseas and Euandria, from Kerameikos, 350, family at center of democracy |
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| Eirene and Ploutos, Kephisodotos of Athens, statue in the agora, 370-60, (Peace and Wealth), peace and prosperity under Common Peace (362) short-lived |
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| Portrait of Sokrates, 390-370, would have been full length, ugly |
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| Portrait of Plato, Silanion of Athens, 340, modest and handsome |
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| Athena from the Piraeus, 350, Bronze original, references Athena Parthenos by Phedias (spear and shield in left hand and nike in her right), more relaxed as other cults grew in popularity |
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| Aphrodite of Knidos, Praxiteles, 350, marble copy, first naked lady sculpture, ideal feminine form |
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| Battle of Chaironea--Philip II, king of Macedon, defeats Athenians and Thebes |
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| vase used to mix wine and water |
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| vessel used for holding h20 during rituals |
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| Theater of Dionysos, created by Lykourgos, 330s |
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| The choregic monument of Lysikrates, 335 |
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| Pronomos Painter red-figure krater, cast of a play including Herakles and a silenos, 400 |
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| Fragment of a krater with a theater scene, perhaps from Euripides' Medea, 350, use of the orthogonal (lines above eye level seem to recede while lines below appear to rise) |
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| The Panathenaic Stadium, also built by Lykourgos, SE of city along Ilissos R., natural landscape sloped seating |
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| Arsenal of Philon, built in the Piraeus in the time of Lykourgos by Philon, 4th c |
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| Monument of the Eponymous Heroes, in the Agora, 330 |
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| Portrait of the young Alexander the Great, Acropolis, 340-330 |
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| Bronze statuette of Alexander the Great, later version of bronze original, perhaps by Lysippos, 335-300 |
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| Portrait of Alexander from the Alexander mosaic, from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, shows Alexander defeating Darius probably at the Battle of Issos in 330, most likely a version of an earlier painting, perhaps by Philoxenos of Eretria 330-320. |
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| Portrait statue of Demosthenes, by Polyeuktos, Agora, 280/79, forty yrs after Demosthenes death |
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| Hellenistic grave monuments in the Kerameikos, small columns and trapezai (tables), after anti-luxury law imposed by Demetrios of Phaleron, simpler, less expensive. |
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| Stoa of Eumenes II, on slope of the Acropolis, 196-159 |
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| Base for a statue of Eumenes II, entrance to the Acropolis, later reused for a statue of Agrippa, statue may have been an equestrian statue |
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| Stoa of Attalos (II), Agora, 159-138 |
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| Tower of the Winds, or the Horologion of Andronikos, 150-100 |
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| Alexander the Great dies, beginning of Hellenistic period. |
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| Ruled for ten years in Athens, exiled in 307, introduced important reforms into legal system, fan of oligarchy. |
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Macedonia- Antigonids
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| Odeion of Agrippa, built in late first c. BCE, completely rebuilt in 5th c CE, built by Agrippa, son-in-law of Augustus, for smaller performances, built in dialogue with the stoa, placement within the agora was a political statement, put agora out of comission, lavish construction, 2nd c roof collapsed, rebuilt to a decreased size, became lecture hall |
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| Temple of Ares, 5th c bce, moved and rebuilt in Agora, late 1st c BCE, almost a twin of Hephaisteion, probably originally built by same architect. doric, pentelic marble, itenerant temple (rebuilt in the agora), masons marks, Ares is god of war, like the odeion, political statement |
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| Market of Caesar and Augustus, Roman Agora, 1st c BCE, new agora 100 m east of old one, doric peristyle, inscription idicates that money provided by Caesar and Augustus and dedicated to Athena, served as principle marketplace |
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| Arch of Hadrian, 132 CE, boundary between old and new Athens, one side--"This is Athens, the old city of Theseus," other side--"This is the city of Hadrian, and not of Theseus." part of building boom in 2nd c CE largely initiated by Hadrian-- he finished the temple of Zeus which was started by the Peisistratids |
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| Library of Hadrian, 132 CE, garden/forum area, surrounded by convered porticos with library rooms at one end. Design follows the Forum of Peace, built by Vespasian in Rome. single entrance from the west through projecting propylon, 100 columns of phygian stone inside, largest room in the middle to house the scrolls of the library collection. |
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| Odeion of Herodes Atticus, 160 CE, south slope of Acropolis |
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| (396-323) began role in athens in 337 raised public revenue, loved beauty and grandeur, for public use and ornament |
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| structure built by the choregos in honor of the winner of theatrical contests |
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| area in front of stage reserved for the chorus |
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| religious festivals in honor of Dionysos with theatrical performances |
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| annual festival with drama competition |
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| Roman commander who seized Athens in 86 BCE |
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| put a sculpture of himself on the Eumenes base of the Acropolis |
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| Archon (ruler), worked under the Emperor Hadrian, Herodes Atticus Odeion, great benefactor to city |
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