This document contains descriptions and images related to art and architecture from ancient Greece, including: 1) Descriptions of sculptures, paintings and buildings from ancient Greek sites like the Parthenon in Athens, the palace of Knossos in Crete, and the theater of Epidaurus. 2) Images and discussions of famous Greek sculptures like the Kouros, Calf Bearer, and Three Goddesses from the Parthenon's east pediment. 3) Details on Greek architectural structures such as the Parthenon, Erechtheum, and the reconstructed Acropolis at Pergamon.

1. The Parthenon, Athens.
Werner Forman Archive. [Fig. 3-1]

2. Ancient Greece.
[Map 3.1]

3. Bull-leaping in ancient Crete, fresco from the royal palace at Knossos, Crete. c. 1500
BCE. The Art Archive/Heraklion Museum/Gianni Dagli Orti. [Fig. 3-2]

4. Snake Goddess, from the royal palace at Knossos, Crete. c. 1600 BCE.
Faience. Height 11" (30 cm).
The Art Archive/Heraklion Museum/Gianni Dagli Orti. [Fig. 3-3]

5. "Mask of Agamemnon," from a grave in Mycenae. c. 1500 BCE.
Beaten gold. Height 10-1∕8" (26 cm).
National Archaeological Museum, Athens. © 2000 Craig and Marie Mauzy, Athens. [Fig.
3-4]

6. Fighting over the body of Patroclus, scene from a black-figure vase. c. 530 BCE.
National Archaeological Museum, Athens/Gianni Dagli Orti. [Fig. 3-5]

7. Citharode and listeners, from a vase painting by the Attic master Andokides. c. 530 BCE.
Louvre, Paris. Reunion des Musees Nationaux. [Fig. 3-6]

8. Funerary krater from the Dipylon Cemetery, Athens. c. 750–700 BCE.
Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop.
Ceramic. Height 42-5∕8".
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York/Art Resource/Scala, Florence. [Fig. 3-7]

9. Euphronios. The Death of Sarpedon. c. 515 BCE.
Red-figure calyx-krater, terracotta. Height 18" (46 cm), diameter 21-3∕4" (55 cm).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Photograph © 1999. [Fig. 3-8]

10. Kouros from Attica. c. 590 BCE.
Marble. Height 6' 4-3∕4" (1.94 m).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Photograph © 1997. [Fig. 3-9]

11. Koré from Chios. c. 520 BCE.
Marble. Height 22" (56 cm).
Acropolis Museum, Athens. © 2000 Craig and Marie Mauzy. [Fig. 3-10]

12. Calf Bearer (Moschophoros). c. 570 BCE.
Marble. Height 5' 5" (1.65 m).
Acropolis Museum, Athens. BAL. [Fig. 3-11]

13. Kritios Boy. c. 490 BCE.
Marble. Height 34" (86 cm).
Acropolis Museum, Athens. © 2000 Craig and Marie Mauzy. [Fig. 3-12]

14. Grave stele of Hegeso. c. 410–400 BCE.
Marble. Height 4' 11" (1.5 m).
National Archaeological Museum, Athens/SCALA. [Fig. 3-13]

15. Model reconstruction of the Athenian acropolis. [Fig. 3-14]

16. Ictinus and Callicrates, the Parthenon, Athens. 447– 432 BCE.
Pentelic marble. Length 228 × 104' (69.5 × 31.7 m), height of columns 34' (10.36 m).
Exterior and sectional view (reconstruction). Drawing with watercolor by Peter Connolly.
akg-images. [Fig. 3-15]

17. The Greek orders. [Fig. 3-16]

18. Plan of the Parthenon. [Fig. 3-17]

19. Mnesicles, Erechtheum (from west), Athens. c. 421– 409 BCE.
Marble. Length of temple 37' (11.3 m), width 66' (20.1 m). © M. Timothy
O'Keefe/Alamy. [Fig. 3-18]

20. Caryatid (south) porch, Erechtheum. c. 421–409 BCE.
© Wolfgang Kaehler/Corbis. [Fig. 3-19]

21. Lapith and Centaur, metope from the Parthenon’s outer frieze (south face). c. 448–442 BCE.
Marble. 3' 11" × 4' 2" (1.19 × 1.27 m).
British Museum, London. ©The Trustees of the British Museum. [Fig. 3-20]

22. Three Goddesses, from the Parthenon’s east pediment. c. 438–432 BCE.
Marble. More than life-size.
British Museum, London. ©The Trustees of the British Museum. [Fig. 3-21]

23. Athenian Horsemen, from the Parthenon’s inner frieze (west face). c. 442–432 BCE.
Marble. Height of panel 3' 7" (1.07 m).
British Museum, London. ©The Trustees of the British Museum. [Fig. 3-22]

24. Zeus of Artemision (also called Poseidon). Mid-5th century BCE.
Bronze. Height 6' 10" (2 m).
National Museum, Athens. The Bridgeman Art Library. [Fig. 3-23]

25. Praxiteles. Aphrodite of Cnidos. Roman copy after original of c. 350–340 BCE.
Marble. Height 6' 8" (2.03 m).
Vatican Museums, Rome. Monumenti Musei e Gallerie Pontificie SCALA. [Fig. 3-24]

26. Praxiteles. Hermes and the Infant Dionysus. c. 340 BCE.
Marble copy of original. Height 7' 1" (2.16 m).
Archaeological Museum, Olympia. Scala, Florence. [Fig. 3-25]

27. Theater at Epidaurus, Greece. c. 350 BCE.
Diameter 373' (114 m), orchestra 66' (20 m). Craig & Marie Mauzy.
[Fig. 3-26]

28. The dramatic poet Menander holding a mask. Roman copy of a late Hellenistic original.
Museo Gregoriano Profano, Vatican Museum, Vatican State. Werner Forman Archive.
[Fig. 3-27]

29. Contest of Apollo and Marsyas. Relief from Mantineia, Greece. c. 350 BCE.
National Museum, Athens. Scala, Florence. [Fig. 3-28]

30. Alexander at the Battle of Issus, from the House of the Faun, Pompeii. 2nd
century BCE.
Copy after original painting of c. 320– 311 BCE.
Mosaic. 8' 10" × 16' 9" (2.69 × 5.11 m).
Museo Nazionale, Naples. Fotografica Foglia. [Fig. 3-29]

31. Acropolis at Pergamon. c. 150 BCE.
Reconstruction model.
Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen, Berlin. © 2005, Photo Scala, Florence/BPK,
Bildagentur für Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte, Berlin. [Fig. 3-30]

32. Dying Gaul, Roman copy after bronze original. c. 225 BCE.
Marble. Height 35-1∕2" (91 cm), length 6' 3" (1.91 m).
Museo Capitolino, Rome. Scala, Florence. [Fig. 3-31]

33. Agesander, Athenodorus, and Polydorus of Rhodes. Laocoön and his Two Sons. c. 150 BCE.
Marble. Height 8 ' (2.44 m).
Vatican Museums, Rome. Photo Scala, Florence - courtesy of the Ministero Beni e Att.
Culturali. [Fig. 3-32]