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Search site. Museum of Classical Archaeology Databases. Apollo" of Tenea. This kouros pre-dates most of the discoveries of similar Archaic figures made in Athens and other sites. Without a clear understanding of who or what these early Greek young

Search site. Museum of Classical Archaeology Databases. Berenice". This young woman with a braid has traditionally but incorrectly been called Berenice, the name of three queens of Hellenistic Egypt, and also the name of a daughter of the Roman

Search site. Museum of Classical Archaeology Databases. Inopus". This sculpture is now thought to be an idealised portrait of the late Hellenistic king, Mithridates VI. It bears a strong resemblance to the portraiture of Alexander the Great, whose

Search site. Museum of Classical Archaeology Databases. Leonidas". This warrior is middle aged, and his powerful body and thick, short neck are thrust forward in an unusual and aggressive pose. The shaved upper lip is also a very rare feature.

Search site. Museum of Classical Archaeology Databases. Livia". Dating from around 50 CE, this female head was sometimes called Livia, wife of Augustus. However, the style of her hair was in fashion about twenty years after Livia died. The story was

Search site. Museum of Classical Archaeology Databases. Narcissus". This is one of a number of Roman copies of a Greek original. The bent left leg is reminiscent of the Doryphoros, and the boy leans on a pillar like an Ephesian Amazon. The twist of

Search site. Museum of Classical Archaeology Databases. Penelope". Unlikely to really represent Penelope; more likely to be a funerary monument. Roman copy of Greek original. The copyist has exchanged the stool of the original for a rock and has

Search site. Museum of Classical Archaeology Databases. Penelope". According to Greek myth, Penelope was the personification of fidelity and patience, having waited over twenty years for the return of her husband Odysseus from the Trojan Wars.

Search site. Museum of Classical Archaeology Databases. Psyche". Soon after it was found this sculpture was identified as Psyche, meaning ‘soul’ in ancient Greek. It is now thought to represent Aphrodite and to take its inspiration, ultimately,

Search site. Museum of Classical Archaeology Databases. 1. Ancient Placename:. Attica. Author Squeeze:. IG 1(2) 376. Box/drawer:. A 12. Categ. of monum.:. List of land allotments (Euboea), ca 424 BC. Comments:. pieces of sellotape on edges.