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Some earlier depictions of centaurs from the Greek Geometric Period (900-700 BCE) have human legs in front and horse hindquarters behind, but by the Archaic Period (800-480 BCE), artists standardized centaurs as we imagine them today.
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Image from the Met museum: Bronze man and centaur with human front legs

August 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM Everybody can reply

Gilded Histories | Kerigan Pickett - Creative Historian

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Anonymous Artist, Statuette of a Female Figure, Perhaps a Goddess, 7th Century BCE. The J. Paul Getty Museum, LA. www.getty.edu/art/collecti...
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June 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM Everybody can reply

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Patrick Kapty

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Representation of Athena
Gold-plated bronze
Around 530 BC.
Acropolis Museum
Athens, Greece

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Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regarded as the patron and protectress of various cities across Greece, particularly the city of Athens, from which she most likely received her name. The Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens is dedicated to her. Her major symbols include owls, olive trees, snakes, and the Gorgoneion. In art, she is generally depicted wearing a helmet and holding a spear.

From her origin as an Aegean palace goddess, Athena was closely associated with the city. She was known as Polias and Poliouchos (both derived from polis, meaning "city-state"), and her temples were usually located atop the fortified acropolis in the central part of the city. The Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis is dedicated to her, along with numerous other temples and monuments. As the patron of craft and weaving, Athena was known as Ergane. She was also a warrior goddess, and was believed to lead soldiers into battle as Athena Promachos. Her main festival in Athens was the Panathenaia, which was celebrated during the month of Hekatombaion in midsummer and was the most important festival on the Athenian calendar.

April 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM Everybody can reply

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#myart #art #artmoots #ancientgreek #ancientgreece #ancientgreekart

March 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM Everybody can reply

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Antiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa

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Archaeologists, led by Mantha Zarmakoupi (Uni.Penn.) have unearthed Teos' bouleuterion (Sığacık, Turkey), revealing its evolution from a civic center to a performance venue. buff.ly/S1xeuGD

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Unearthing the Secrets of an Ancient Greek City

Classical archaeologist and architectural historian Mantha Zarmakoupi has spent the past four summers excavating the ruins of a city council building at the center of Teos in western Türkiye, in…

March 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM Everybody can reply

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ArtAddict Galleria

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Greek terracotta Bust of Demeter or Persephone, c. 450-400 B.C.

#Greek #terracotta #Bust #Demeter #Persephone #ancientgreekart #mfa #boston #sculpture #arthistory #artaddict #art

March 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM Everybody can reply

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Useless Facts, Badly Drawn

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Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #415: Ancient sculptures.
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Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures and buildings were brightly colored in their day.
The pigments faded over time, leaving them plain white.

February 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM Everybody can reply

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Hexi (900 Followers DTIYS)

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New from my college textbooks: the worlds happiest beheading

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Perseus slaying Medusa, holding Pegasus for some reason. Athena has also photobombed the picture without any of her attributes

January 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM Everybody can reply

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Coeleth

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A little focus on Selenyee, Mehari’s mother! Is she intriguing? …please tell her yes!
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#characterdesign #sketch #digitalart #blackandwhite #originalcharacter #greekaesthetic #ancientgreekart #ancientgreek #originalcomic #mother #procreate #talesbycoeleth

October 4, 2024 at 9:28 AM Everybody can reply

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