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Peaceful Ancient Greek Art

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The funerary stele of Mnesagora and Nikochares

Greek marble relief from Vari, near Athens, dating to circa 420–410 BC, NAM Athens

an old stone sculpture with a woman holding a baby in it's lap and writing on the side

Marble grave stele of a priestess named Choirine

370BC-360BC, Eleusis. British Museum, 2007,5001.1

a stone plaque with an image of a man and woman sitting at a table together

Funeral Stele of Phyrkias and Nikoboule

Funeral Stele of Phyrkias and Nikoboule, Greek, late 5th–early 4th century BCE, marble. Archaeological Museum of Piraeus, acc. no. MP3499. © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports.

an ancient sculpture with two women sitting on it's sides and one holding a baby

Grave stele. Pentelic marble. Found northeast of Athens, in Psychico.

A young mother seated on a stool looks sorrowfully at her baby, that is held by another standing woman and extends its arms toward its arms toward its mother. The name of the dead woman, Phylonoe, is recorded in the epigram carved on the epistyle. First quarter of the 4th century B.C. Accession number: 3790. National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

a white marble vase with two women and one man sitting on a bench in front of another woman

Fragment of a Funerary Lekythos (Monument in the Shape of an Oil Jar)

400 BCE–301 BCE. Art Institute Chicago, Reference Number 2009.76. Inscriptions identify the three figures. The bearded man at left is named Leon and was from Halai (located northwest of Athens). He clasps hands with Demagora, who sits before him and is presumably his wife. Their daughter, Helike, stands behind her mother and watches the couple bid an eternal farewell, although it is unclear which of the three has died. Only prominent families would have had the means to immortalize their loved ones by having their names set in stone.

an ancient statue of a woman holding a bird

Grave Naiskos of Apollonia about 100 B.C.

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, 74.AA.13

Grave stele

Grave stele. The relief represents a young doryphoros to the right, against a red background. Found in Athens. It was once built into the Themistokleian wall. Parian marble. 550-540 BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. (Exhibit number 7901)

a white marble sculpture with a woman holding a bird on it's arm and standing in front of a gray background

Grave Stele of a Young Girl, "Melisto"

c. 340 BCE. Harvard Art Museums, Object Number 1961.86

Grave Stele of Olympias, Chronology: Roman period, in the time of Hadrian (AD 117-138)

National Archaeological Museum Sculpture Collection Inv. Nr. Γ 3955. The grave stele of little Olympias, has the form of a naiskos with pilasters, crowned by a pediment with palmette acroteria. At the center of the tympanum, a relief shield is depicted. An inscription on the epistyle provides the name of the dead girl “Kind Olympias farewell”.

a white marble sculpture with a woman and child

Marble grave stele of a young woman and servant

ca. 400–390 BCE. The young woman leans against the framing pilaster of her grave stele in a pose that may have been inspired by a famous contemporary statue of Aphrodite. Like the child with doves on the stele found on Paros (acc. no. 27.45, displayed in this gallery), the little girl wears an ungirt peplos that is open at the side. Her hair is cut short in mourning. She holds a jewel box and may be a younger sister of the deceased or a household slave. MET Object Number: 36.11.1

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