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The Artemision Bronze (often called the God from the Sea) is an ancient Greek sculpture that was recovered from the sea off Cape Artemision, in northern Euboea, Greece. According to most scholars, the bronze represents Zeus , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] the thunder-god and king of gods, though it has also been suggested it might represent Poseidon .
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The Apollo of Piombino or the Piombino Boy is a famous Greek bronze statuette [2] in late Archaic style that depicts the god as a kouros or youth, [1] or it may be a worshipper bringing an offering. [3] The bronze is inlaid with copper for the boy's lips, eyebrows, and nipples. The eyes, which are missing, were of another material, perhaps bone ...
People of Abruzzese descent (47 P) People from the Province of Pescara (6 C, 16 P) ... People from the Province of Teramo (5 C, 13 P) W. Writers from Abruzzo (2 P)
When the people consulted the Pythian deity, the God said the murderer must be punished and a statue of the ox erected in the place. Diomus, seeking to be freed from the crime, determined that an ox should be slain by the city so that all the men would have the act in common.
Codrus (/ ˈ k ɒ d r ə s /; [1] or / ˈ k oʊ d r ə s /; [2] Greek: Κόδρος, Kódros) was the last of the semi-mythical Kings of Athens (r. ca 1089–1068 BC). He was an ancient exemplar of patriotism and self-sacrifice. [3] He was succeeded by his son Medon, who it is claimed ruled not as king but as the first Archon of Athens.
As Hermes was the god of commerce, this epithet seems to have reference to the agora as the marketplace; [5] a bronze statue of Hermes Agoraeus is mentioned as standing near the agora in Athens by both Aristophanes and Demosthenes. [6] [7] The Agoraios Kolonos, or "Market Hill", was a precinct on the westernmost boundary of the agora in Athens. [8]
Venus Urania (Christian Griepenkerl, 1878) Statue of the so-called 'Aphrodite on a tortoise', 430–420 BCE, Athens [a]Aphrodite Urania (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Οὐρανία, romanized: Aphrodítē Ouranía, Latinized as Venus Urania) was an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, signifying a "heavenly" or "spiritual" aspect descended from the sky-god Ouranos to distinguish her ...