AGR.Greek Mythology See how ancient Greek and Roman artists represented myths visually through a selection of vases, sculpture, and jewelry from the 6th century BCE to the 3rd century CE. Encounter Herakles performing some of his famous deeds, the mythical births and battles of the gods, and stories and creatures from the <i>Iliad</i> and the <i>Odyssey</i>. /internal/media/dispatcher/1016167/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Architrave relief from the Temple of Athena at Assos with a scene of Herakles and Centaurs about 540–525 B.C. 84.67 151022 /internal/media/dispatcher/856758/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Cameo with the wedding of Cupid and Psyche, or an initiation rite 50–25 B.C. Tryphon 99.101 155692 /internal/media/dispatcher/942489/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Covered drinking cup (kylix) with Apollo and a Muse about 460 B.C. the Carlsruhe Painter 00.356 154002 /internal/media/dispatcher/1012854/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Drinking cup (kylix) depicting scenes from the Odyssey 550–525 B.C. the Painter of the Boston Polyphemos 99.518 153469 /internal/media/dispatcher/988392/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Head of Polyphemos about 150 B.C. or later 63.120 151108 /internal/media/dispatcher/1270844/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail High-handled cup (kantharos) with scenes from the Gigantomachy about 470–460 B.C. the Amphitrite Painter 98.932 153642 /internal/media/dispatcher/1146358/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Mixing bowl (bell krater) with the death of Aktaion and a pursuit scene about 470 B.C. the Pan Painter 10.185 153654 /internal/media/dispatcher/863753/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Mixing bowl (calyx krater) with the killing of Agamemnon about 460 B.C. the Dokimasia Painter 63.1246 153661 /internal/media/dispatcher/1350670/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Oil flask (lekythos); with figure of a Siren at front late 5th–early 4th century B.C. 01.8101 154025 /internal/media/dispatcher/1350700/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Oval gem with Kassandra kneeling at Palladion late 1st century B.C. 27.713 242518 /internal/media/dispatcher/889076/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Sarcophagus with triumph of Dionysos about A.D. 215–225 1972.650 151242 /internal/media/dispatcher/1071200/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Statuette of Aphrodite rising from the sea (Anadyomene) 100 B.C.–A.D. 70 1982.286 150256 /internal/media/dispatcher/1086013/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting Oedipus and the Sphinx of Thebes 450–440 B.C. the Achilles Painter 06.2447 153615 /internal/media/dispatcher/1037632/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting the Judgment of Paris and the recovery of Helen about 510–500 B.C. the Group of Würzburg 199 60.790 153421 /internal/media/dispatcher/851995/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Two-handled jar (amphora) with Herakles driving a bull to sacrifice about 525–520 B.C. the Andokides Painter 99.538 153401 /internal/media/dispatcher/1000612/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Upper part of a grave stele: seated sphinx (sphinx and capital) about 530 B.C. 40.576 151019 /internal/media/dispatcher/1354995/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Water jar (hydria) with the chariot of Achilles dragging the corpse of Hektor about 520–510 B.C. the Antiope Group 63.473 153447