Sculpture is well represented in marble:
Apollo seated with lyre:
Athena:
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Athena Promachos:
Athena:
The Farenese Bull - dating to the 3rd century B.C., this sculpture tells the terrible story of Dirce, the first wife of Lykos, King of Thebes, being tied to an enraged bull by Amphion and Zethus, two brothers who were avenging the abuse of their mother, Antiope (abandoned by Lykos).
Hercules, wearied by his second-to-last labor and not much looking forward to the last:
Homer:
Ptolemy Apion:
Sappho:
Apollo seated with lyre:
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The Farenese Bull - dating to the 3rd century B.C., this sculpture tells the terrible story of Dirce, the first wife of Lykos, King of Thebes, being tied to an enraged bull by Amphion and Zethus, two brothers who were avenging the abuse of their mother, Antiope (abandoned by Lykos).
Rear view:
Antiope, curiously unmoved:
Kneeling Barbarian:
Sphinx:
Leaning Aphrodite:
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