The National Archaeological Museum of Greece

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National Archaeological Museum, in Athens, museum of ancient Greek art, containing probably the finest collection of Greek antiquities in the world. The museum was erected in 1866–89 and extended in 1925–39, when an additional wing was built. The holdings include sculpture, bronzes, pottery, jewelry, and artifacts from all parts of Greece; they range in date from the Neolithic Period to the Hellenistic Age.

Mycenaean funerary mask

Gold funerary mask of an unknown Mycenaean ruler, 16th century BCE, found in Tomb V, Grave Circle A, at Mycenae; later added to the collection of the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. This mask was named the Mask of Agamemnon by the German archaeologist and excavator of Troy Heinrich Schliemann, but it is now known to predate the death of Agamemnon.

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Among the museum’s treasures are the contents of six shaft graves from Mycenae, including the so-called Mask of Agamemnon as well as gold objects, cups, diadems, and a bull’s head in silver with gold horns and rosettes. Treasures of Archaic Greek sculpture include many kouros and kore figures (standing male and female figures) as well as fine vases. The best-known kouros is the colossal figure from the temple of Poseidon at Sounion. Sculptural fragments from the pediments of the Temple of Aphaia at Aegina illustrate the pre-Classical phase of Greek sculpture. Sculpture of the Classical period of the 5th century BCE is well represented. An especially fine piece is the bronze statue of Poseidon found off Cape Artemision in 1928 and dating from about 450, possibly by the sculptor Kalamis.

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The Jockey of Artemision . Discovered in 1926 at the Aegean See , near the cape Artemision .

Marble status of a Hermes, found at Aigion,

The Atalante Hermes”. Pentelic marble. Found at Atalante, Phthiotis. Funerary statue of a youth depicted in the form of the god Hermes. He is shown nude with his chlamys over his shoulder and wound around his left arm. In his left hand he will have held the caduceus. Work of the 2nd century A.D. copying or repeating a statue type of the 4th century B.C. with Lysippean characteristics. Accession number: 240. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Text: Museum inscription. 

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Marble female funerary statue, found on Delos, Cyclades Copy made in the 2nd c. BC of an original dating from about 300 BC (1829)

Zeus or Poseidon

Found in a shipwreck off the island of Euboea (Evia) the hollow cast bronze statue dates back to the early Classical period around 460BC and is one of the few original pieces in existence from this time. 

Archaic Period

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 Marble funerary kouros from Mesogeia, Attica. ca. 500 BC

Archaic Period

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 Marble votive kouros (naked youth) from Ptoon. ca. 550 BC.

Classical Period

  Bronze statue of a young athlete, found in the sea off Marathon, Attica. ca. 340-330 BC.

ound in 1925 in the sea off Marathon, Attica. The statue, smaller than life-size, probably depicts the young winner of a contest, as is suggested by the band on his head which ends in an upright leaf above the forehead. The object he held in his raised right hand is not preserved. It is also unclear what he held in his left hand, toward which he turns his head and gazes steadily. This hand was replaced, probably at a later period, by another with the palm worked in the form of a lamp. One of the masterpieces of the Late Classical period, associated with the school of Praxiteles. Height 1,30 m.

Bronze statue of a youth . 

Marble female  statue

The man is formerly known as Octavian. According to historian Christopher Kelly, in 27 BCE, the adopted son of Julius Caesar assumed a new moniker- Augustus – “the divinely favored one.” Augustus brought stability to the Roman world (including Greece) and presided over massive imperial expansion.

Indeed, to list all his titles and achievements would take up the rest of this page. Suffice to say, he was kind of a big deal. Augustus himself certainly thought so. If you don’t believe me, you can check out the Res Gestae divi Augusti (his autobiography).

The statue you’ll see here is meant to convey the impression of a powerful and accomplished ruler. According to archaeologist Despina Ignatiadou, this is the only extant life-size equestrian statue of Emperor Augustus. However, only the upper part of the emperor’s figure is preserved, and the horse is absent. Archaeologists date this statue to c. 12-10 BCE.

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 Emperor Augustus ( 27 BC-AD 14 )  . Bronze status , found in the Aegean sea . 

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