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HW #6_TIMELINE 5 (GREECE & ETRURIA)

By Andres L.
  • Period: 900 BCE to 323 BCE

    Ancient Greece

  • Period: 800 BCE to 100 BCE

    Ancient Etruria

  • Ancient Etruria The Parade Fibula Regolini-Galassi tomb (c. 675–650 B.C.E.) Rock, Gold Filigree , Repoussé and chasing , Granulation Vatican Museum
    675 BCE

    Ancient Etruria The Parade Fibula Regolini-Galassi tomb (c. 675–650 B.C.E.) Rock, Gold Filigree , Repoussé and chasing , Granulation Vatican Museum

    The Etruscan tomb was located in the Sorbo necropolis of an ancient Caere was opened and its contents revealed. The assemblage of objects in the Regolini-Galassi tomb represents a broad geographic range and the aesthetic that indicates the influence of the ancient Near East. The evident in the metal-working techniques are used to produce objects in the tomb and, in the broader landscape of funereal culture.
  • Ancient Greek Exekias Achilles and Ajax playing dice Black-figure amphora ceramic (c. 550-525 BCE) Archaic Period 2’ ht
    550 BCE

    Ancient Greek Exekias Achilles and Ajax playing dice Black-figure amphora ceramic (c. 550-525 BCE) Archaic Period 2’ ht

    These are the heroes that are Achilles on the left, and Ajax on the right, these are the two Greek heroes that are featured in Homer's lliad. Exekias the potter who signed only two pots as the potter and painter. It shows the Achilles are winning in the game that they are playing in the pot.
  • Ancient Etruria Sarcophagus of the Spouses, (c. 520 B.C.E.), Etruscan, painted terracotta,3 feet 9-1/2 inches x 6 feet 7 inches, found in the Banditaccia necropolis, Cerveteri (MuseoNazionale di Villa Giulia in Rome)
    520 BCE

    Ancient Etruria Sarcophagus of the Spouses, (c. 520 B.C.E.), Etruscan, painted terracotta,3 feet 9-1/2 inches x 6 feet 7 inches, found in the Banditaccia necropolis, Cerveteri (MuseoNazionale di Villa Giulia in Rome)

    The sarcophagus would have originally contained cremated human remains, but was discovered during the course of archaeological excavations in the Banditaccia necropolis of the ancient Caera during the nineteenth century and is now in Rome. The sarcophagus shows a man and a woman on its lid, the pair rests on the highly stylized cushions, just as they would have done at an actual banquet.
  • Ancient Greece Porch of the Caratyds (Maidens) Erechtheion Acropolis, Athens, Greece (c. 421 BCE)
    421 BCE

    Ancient Greece Porch of the Caratyds (Maidens) Erechtheion Acropolis, Athens, Greece (c. 421 BCE)

    This is an iconic temple, in the contract of Parthenon, which is largely Doric. Some features to it appears to look slender, there are also decorative details, fineness, and the scroll shapes that are associated with the ionic order in the capitals. They say that this building not as the Erechtheion but instead it looks to be the temple or Athena Polias, which is the protector goddess of the city Athens.
  • Period: 323 BCE to 31 BCE

    Greek Hellenism

  • Greek Hellenism Lysippos Alexander the Great (c. 200-150 BCE) (Hellenistic copy) marble
    200 BCE

    Greek Hellenism Lysippos Alexander the Great (c. 200-150 BCE) (Hellenistic copy) marble

    This is a portrait of Alexander the Great in a coin, which is made in Thrace after his death. Alexander wears a royal diadem. He also has ram's horns sprouting from his head, which show he is descended from the Egyptian ram-god. The horns show Alexander's Godliness.
  • Greek Hellenism Nike (Victory) of Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace (c. 180 BCE) Marble, 8’1” ht
    180 BCE

    Greek Hellenism Nike (Victory) of Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace (c. 180 BCE) Marble, 8’1” ht

    The Nike of Samothrace had been originally erected as a military victory monument in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods (Theoi Megaloi) on Samothrace, a small island in the northern Aegean Sea. The cult of the Great Gods was a mystery religion, which is what the worshippers needed to be initiated into the cult before they were allowed to participate, and the rites were kept secret from everyone except the initiates.