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Media: Animal Depictions in Ancient Greek Art

Vase fragment painted with ancient boat and birds.

Ostraca with the names of famous Greek persons

Ceramic cup

Trefoil oinochoe

Pyxis with horses

Pyxis with horses

Late Geometric Era Pottery

Late Geometric Era Pottery

Cinerary urn amphora

Early Archaic Era Pyxis

Horsemen procession relief sculpture

Grave relief of Dexileos

The "Sacred Gate Lion".

young horseman statue

Archaic lion statue

Molossian Hound sculpture

Sculpture of a boy fighting with a goose

Statue of Laocoön and his sons attacked by a serpent

Terracotta neck-amphora (storage jar)

Krater with Chariot decoration

Grave stele of girl kissing her pet doves

Marble head of Alexander the Great

Detail of an Amazonomachy scene.

Horse sculpture

Greeks fighting Amazons. From the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Relief sculpture of Greeks fighting Amazons.

Relief sculpture from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. Amazonomachy. 351 BCE.

Greeks fighting Amazons sculpture

Molossian Hound sculpture

Maenad and two satyrs in a Dionysiac procession sculpture

Bronze Bull with Acrobat on its Back

Minoan jewelry

Fragment of a Kore statue holding a bird

Tomb of Kybernis: north side frieze detail of a siren

Relief sculpture from the tomb of Kybernis.

Satyrs hunting wild animals

Guardian Sphinxes

Procession of chariots and horsemen

Parthenon East pediment fragment of horse's head

Parthenon East pediment fragment of horse's head

Parthenon East pediment fragment of horse's head

Parthenon East pediment fragment of horse's head

Horse head statues

Marble Sima with Lion's Head

Archaic Coins

Archaic pediment from Figareto

The Gorgo pediment from the temple of Artemis. Detail.

The Gorgo pediment from the temple of Artemis. Detail of Gorgon seen from below

The Gorgo pediment from the temple of Artemis

The Gorgo pediment from the temple of Artemis. Detail

The Gorgo pediment from the temple of Artemis. Detail. 590 - 580 BCE.

The Gorgo pediment from the temple of Artemis

The Gorgo pediment from the temple of Artemis

Horse head of Selene's chariot

sculpture of man controlling a horse.

Detail from the Parthenon frieze

The north frieze of the Temple of Athena Nike. with relief sculpture

Metope sculptures depicting Amazonomachy

Athena statue

Moschophoros (The calf-bearer) statue with man calf on his shoulders

Four Horse Sculptures

Bull attacked by two lions pediment sculpture

Parthenon frieze detail

Lion and bull group

Base of Kouros with Athletes Relief with two seated youths pair a dog and a cat in a fight

Amphora found at Kerameikos

Spring Fresco from Akrotiri. Detail with lilies and swallows in flight.

Athens National Archaeological Museum-Interior Panorama

Statuette of a female figure (peplophoros)

Statue of a Nereid or Aura on a horse

Wooden plaque with painting of a procession to an altar

Attic Late Geometric krater

Lion Rython. Gold rhyton in the shape of a lion’s head. 16 century BCE.

Mycenaean Bull Rhyton

Spring Fresco from Akrotiri

Leda and Swan oil lamp

Athenian coins

Pyxis with a lid handle in the form of three horses

Base of a sculpture with a relief carving depicting a man getting on and off a chariot

Marble statue of Satyr holding a goat

Horse Fresco Fragment

Delos Archaeological Museum - Mosaic fragment

Mosaic Fragment with Doves

Mosaic detail: face of the tiger.

mosaic from the House of Dionysos

Statue of Artemis and a deer

Archaic Horseman

The original lion sculptures from the Terrace of the Lions on display in the museum.

Marble head of a horse

Entablature Reconstruction from Below

entablature reconstruction

Mycenaean vase depicting a bird and a cat (or lion).

Clay horse with wheels and jugs

Snake Goddess

Minoan Fresco Fragment

Fresco with relief bull

Dolphin Fresco from Knossos

Partridge Frieze Fresco detail

Partridge Frieze Fresco

Saffron Gatherer Fresco

Minoan Fresco Fragment

Frieze of Prinias Temple A

Lintel of Prinias Temple A

Fragment of a large bronze stand

Pottery with Chariot

Clay donkey with jugs statuette.

Agia Triada Sarcophagus

Agia Triada Sarcophagus

Agia Triada Sarcophagus

Jug with relief and painted Marine Style decoration

Heraklion Archaeological Museum - Pottery

Blue Bird Fresco

Bull Leaping Fresco

Rhyton with Mountain Shrine

Rhyton with relief decoration of mountain shrine

Lion's-head rhyton

Minoan Snake Goddess Figurine

Minoan Snake Goddess Figurine

Ovoid Rhyton with Marine Decoration

Stirrup Jar and Flask with Octopus

Panther and axe sceptre head

Gold Pendant with Two Bees

Minoan stone vessels and Pyxis

Minoan Pottery Jar with Marine Life

Rhyton with Mountain Shrine Detail

Heraklion Archaeological Museum - Pithoi

Large Minoan pithos with octopus decoration

Minoan Gold Bee Pendant

Amphora

Krater with decoration of male figures and horses

Tripod amphora

Stucco offering table

Statue of a bull from the Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus

Herakles Captures the Cretan Bull

Statue of a seating lion

Bronze statuette of a stag attacked by three dogs

Gold ring with lions head

Ceramic vessel with birds and dolphins.

Large ceramic vesels

Golden ibex statuette from Akrotiri.

Akrotiri Monkey Fresco

Akrotiri Monkey Fresco from Akrotiri Room B6

Akrotiri Monkey Fresco from Akrotiri

Akrotiri Monkey Fresco

Fresco in the Thera Prehistoric Museum

Fresco Fragment Depicting a Bird

Large Ceramic Vessel

Sacrificial Tripod of Dolphins

Seals depicting scenes similar to Minoan animal themes.

Prehistoric Skewer Holders

Ceramic Jar with Swallow

Ceramic Jars from Early 17th c. BCE

Early Cycladic Ceramic Vessel

Thera Prehistoric Museum Artifacts

The Rampin Horseman

Parthenon - Horses of Selene Chariot

The Terrace of the Lions with the lion statue replicas

Lion statue taken from Delos to Venice.

Ancient lion at Delos

Exedra of Dionysus, or Stoibadeion

Mosaic detail depicting a dolphin wrapped around an anchor.

The House of Dionysus Mosaic Detail

The iconic lion sculptures at Delos Island

Bronze handle of a Facsimile Sword from Dodona

Bronze handle of a Facsimile Sword

A scepter finial in the form of an eagle.

Ivory Lion

Steele detail of hunting scene

Steele from Grave Circle B

Bull hunt incised on stone

Grave stele with bull hunt incised.

Clay figurines Mycenae Archaeological Museum.

Clay figurines Mycenae Archaeological Museum.

Relief sculpture of two lions above the main gate of Mycenae citadel

Mycenae Lion Gate

The Lion Gate and the Cyclopean walls of Mycenae

Siphnian Treasury East Frieze

Siphnian Treasury Frieze Detail

Pediment and part of the frieze of the Treasury of Siphnos

Relief sculptures with horses

Frieze detail from the Siphnian Treasury

Metope detail from the Tholos.

Painted clay parts of various roofs.

Sculpture fragments from the temple's pediment

Relief sculpture of a lion biting a warrior from the Siphnian Treasury

Frieze from the Siphnian Treasury

Horse sculptures of the Siphnian Treasury frieze.

Horses on relief sculpture

Horses depicted on relief sculpture

Photo of pediment and frieze

Fragments of an ancient statue made of silver and gold

Libation vase in the shape of a bull's head.

Bronze statue of a young jockey on a leaping horse.

The calf-bearer

The Bull Leaping fresco depicts athletes leaping over a charging bull

Jan 26, 2026

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