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The House of Cleopatra and Dioscorides. Located on the island of Delos, Greece.

 ”Cleopatra, daughter of Adrastus of Myrrhinous, set up this image of her husband Dioscorides…” So reads the Greek inscription written on the state-base. As you may have already noted, these statues, and the house which contained them, were not owned by the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. Rather, an Athenian couple, offering us insight into residential life on Delos during the 2nd century BC. ‘Cleopatra’, after all, is a name of Greek origin.

The house itself is fairly typical of the larger homes in the town’s Theatre Quarter district, with 12 rooms arranged around 2 open courtyards. The placement of these statues within the house may have been significant in relation to visibility from the streets outside, for the pleasure of their owners, or for impact on visitors to the household.

An ancient Greek cup awarded as a prize to the marathon winner in the first modern Olympics of 1896 has been returned to Athens from a German university.

Greece’s Culture Ministry said Wednesday that the 6th century B.C. pottery vessel was considered lost for decades until research in 2014 by archaeologist Giorgos Kavvadias identified it in the University of Muenster’s collections.

A ministry statement said it was proved “beyond any doubt” that the two-handled wine cup painted with ancient runners was the one given to Spiros Louis, the Greek marathon victor in the 1896.

~ Aphrodite.

Culture: Roman

Date: 1st century B.C.

Roman funerary monument, Trier

Either a game  or two men using an abacus

https://rlp.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=objekt&oges=6050&cachesLoaded=true

Venus de Milo

The Venus de Milo (Greek: Αφροδίτη της Μήλου, Aphroditi tis Milou), the work of Alexandros of Antioch.

"The Venus de Milo is an accidental surrealist masterpiece. Her lack of arms makes her strange and dreamlike. She is perfect but imperfect, beautiful but broken—the body as a ruin. That sense of enigmatic incompleteness has transformed an ancient work of art into a modern one."

The House of Cleopatra and Dioscorides. Located on the island of Delos, Greece.

 ”Cleopatra, daughter of Adrastus of Myrrhinous, set up this image of her husband Dioscorides…” So reads the Greek inscription written on the state-base. As you may have already noted, these statues, and the house which contained them, were not owned by the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. Rather, an Athenian couple, offering us insight into residential life on Delos during the 2nd century BC. ‘Cleopatra’, after all, is a name of Greek origin.

The house itself is fairly typical of the larger homes in the town’s Theatre Quarter district, with 12 rooms arranged around 2 open courtyards. The placement of these statues within the house may have been significant in relation to visibility from the streets outside, for the pleasure of their owners, or for impact on visitors to the household.

Double hermai of Eros and Aphrodite, created for a Roman collector after two masterpieces by artists from the circle of the Greek sculptor Phidias 

Early Imperial Period, c. 35 A.D.

white Carrara marble

Relief with dance in honor of Dionysus, probably created for a Roman mansion 

Greek, Hellenistic Period, 50-30 B.C.

white marble

‘Artemis’ (stained glass). Design by Géza Maróti (1875-1941).

Black-figure kylix with seated men and youths (and details)

Greek (manufactured at Athens), Archaic Period, c. 550-540 B.C.

terracotta