Athens
July 13, 2018



Above: At the National Archeological Museum, lion from a funery monument in Attica, 4th century BC.



A row of Roman busts from 100-300 AD.

1 is a funery naiskos (small temple) from Kerameikos cemetery near Athens, 350-325 BC.

2 is a bronze statue of the youth Paris, ready to give the apple to Aphrodite, 340-330 BC.

3 is a statue of Poseidon, found on Milos, 125-100 BC.

4 is a statue of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros, from Delos around 100 BC, where Aphrodite is trying to fend off the advances from the goat-footed Pan, with the winged Eros helping her.

5 is a bronze statue of Emperor Augustus who ruled 29 BC to 14 AD, found in the Aegean Sea, made around 12-10 BC.

6 is a philosopher Metrodorus of Epicurean school of philosophy, from 280-250 BC.

7 is an Attica pot, 725-700 BC.

8 is an Egyptian styled statue of Antinoos found at Marathon, Attica, 2nd century AD.

9 is an Eygptian styled statue with lots of hieroglyphics.

10 is a mummy case of Djed, chantress of the god Amun.

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