# bronzeage termeboxer

Ancient Artefact of the Day: The 'Pylos Combat Agate' - a simply stunning and beautiful engraved sealstone from the undisturbed Late Helladic II grave of the Griffin Warrior near the Palace of Nestor at Pylos.

Image: Stocker and Davis (2017) - see end of thread

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2020-05-19

Ancient Artefact of the Day: The Terme Boxer, or 'Boxer at Rest', a glorious Hellenistic bronze statue that was found on the Quirinal Hill in Rome, in 1885.

Image: Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme

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2020-04-23

Ancient Artefact of the Day: The stunning Lucanian Calyx-krater, ca. 400 BC, likely directly depicting the final scene of Euripdes' 'Medea'. The other side of the vase shows Telephos holding the baby Orestes, again a Euripidean scene.

Image: Cleveland Museum of Art 1991.1

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2020-04-09

Ancient Artefact of the Day: Perseus frees Andromeda from her fetters: a fresco from the House of the Dioscuri, Pompeii (VI.9.6), probably after a fourth-century Greek original by Nicias.

Image: Naples Archaeological Museum

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2020-03-28