This presentation surveys the depiction and perception of animals in the ancient Greek and Roman cultures.

1. Animals in Antiquity

2. Sacrifice

3. Boar Sacrifice, c. 510 BCE

4. Parthenon Frieze, 447-443 BCE

5. Roman Goat Sacrifice, c. 350 BCE

6. Roman Sacrifice, 1st c. CE

7. Spectacles of Violence

8. Bestiarii

9. Bestiarius, Tunisia

10. Bestiarii
Nennig (Germany), 3rd c. CE

11. Bestarius, Nenning

12. Bestiarii, Tunisia

13. Bestarius and Lion
Poleto (Bulgaria)

14. Zliten Mosaic, Libya, 2nd c. CE

17. Executions

19. Tunisia, 3rd c. CE

20. Tunisia, 3rd c. CE

21. Venatores

22. Venator and Bear

23. Venatores, Rome, 1st c. CE

24. Arena Hunting, 1st c. CE

26. Hunting Scene
Colloseum, Rome, 2nd c. CE

27. Tiger Hunt
Miletus (Greece), c. 200 CE

28. Venatores, Istanbul, 5th c. CE

29. La Olmeda, Spain
5th-6th c. CE

31. Antioch, Syria, Early 6th c. CE

33. The Corridor of the Great Hunt
Villa of Casala, Sicily, 4th c. CE

39. Children Hunting

40. Loading Ostriches on a Boat

41. Animal Fights to the Death

43. Cockfight, Pompeii, 1st c. CE

44. Lod, Israel, c. 300 CE

45. Lion Devours a Deer
Tunisia, 3rd c. CE

46. Antioch, Syria, Early 6th c. CE

47. Processions and Displays

48. Roman Triumph of Bacchus
Tunisia

49. Roman Sarcophagus with
Triumph of Dionysus

50. Exotic Animals, 2nd-3rd c. CE

51. Hippo, Pompeii, 1st c. CE

52. Other Animals

53. Toy, 7th-6th c. BCE

54. Greco-Egyptian Hedgehog
Cosmetic Vessel, 6th c. BCE

55. Greek Rhyton

56. Greek Rhyton, 4th c. BCE

57. Funerary Stele with Goose and Bird
Athens, c. 310 BCE

58. Greco-Egyptian Funeral Stele, 3rd c. BCE

59. Greek Horse Stature, 2nd-1st c. BCE

60. Pompeii, 1st c. CE

61. Pompeii, 1st c. CE

62. Pompeii, 1st c. CE

63. Orpheus
Edessa, Mesopotamia, 194 CE

64. Orpheus, Blanzy, France, 4th c. CE

65. Zaragoza, Spain, 4th c. CE