Rediscovery of Antinous, Delphi 1893.

Clytemnestra by John Collier, 1914, oil on canvas. Collection: Worcester City Museum and Art Gallery.

A Roman marble torso of an athlete, ca. 1st–2nd century A.D. 94 cm. Private Collection.

Olive Wreath. Place of origin: Bosporan Kingdom. Date: Mid 4th century B.C. Medium: Gold

Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion, Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1639

The Temple of Neptune, Paestum. Artist/Maker: Giorgio Sommer (Italian, born Germany, 1834 - 1914) Place of origin: Salerno, Italy Date: ca. 1855 - 1865 Medium: Albumen silver print Source: getty.edu

Ghost of Hellas I much prefer the 1882 version (at the Guildhall) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clytemnes…

Caravaggio - The Adolescent Bacchus, Detail.

Terracotta oil-lamp depicting the fearsome sea monster Scylla. Period: Roman, c. 2nd century AD. Collection: Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich. Photographer: Marcus Cyron.

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Pair of altars depicting the death of Adonis. Place of origin: Possibly from Taras (Tarentum), Apulia, South Italy. Culture: Greek, 4th century B.C. Medium: Terracotta. Now on display at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Ghost of Hellas I beg to differ....

Detail, Scenes of the Apocalypse and the End of Times,from the illuminated manuscript Il Leggendario Sforza-Savoia by Cristoforo de Predis. Collection: Biblioteca Reale di Torino, circa 1476.

ShadowsOfConstantinople Ghost of Hellas This method of double-sided coining was first used at the end of the sixteenth century and became well known to us in the 17th century. In terms of enamels colors, there are Dulevo ones, but mostly European ones. (perhaps your icon is from Greece, after a good restoration).

ShadowsOfConstantinople Ghost of Hellas He seems very… whitened… compared to the original

ShadowsOfConstantinople Ghost of Hellas A truly reverential piece of work.

Ghost of Hellas Nice painting! My only objection is the dress is Minoans style not Mycenaeans.

Ghost of Hellas How Agamemnon and Clytemnestra connect to House Atreides of Dune