A sculpture constructed by an ancient Greek artist.

Grecian Sculpture

A sculpture constructed by an ancient Greek artist.

The son of Acoetes and allegedly a priest of Poseidon at Troy. He is famous for warning the Trojans in vain against accepting the Trojan Horse from the Greeks, and for his subsequent divine execution.

Laocoon

The son of Acoetes and allegedly a priest of Poseidon at Troy. He is famous for warning the Trojans…

The son of Acoetes and allegedly a priest of Poseidon at Troy. He is famous for warning the Trojans in vain against accepting the Trojan Horse from the Greeks, and for his subsequent divine execution.

Laocoon

The son of Acoetes and allegedly a priest of Poseidon at Troy. He is famous for warning the Trojans…

A Graeco-Roman marble table support in the shape of a sphinx. It was found in the ruins of the Villa of Antoninus Pius at Lanuvium. The sculpture is half woman, half bird, with wings stretching out behind the body.
<p>"In Greek mythology, a female monster, said to have proposed a riddle to the Thebans who passed her as she sat on a rock by the roadside, and to have killed all who were not able to guess it." &mdash;Whitney, 1889

Sphinx of Lanuvium

A Graeco-Roman marble table support in the shape of a sphinx. It was found in the ruins of the Villa…

Statue of Theseus

Theseus

Statue of Theseus

An ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous pieces of ancient Greek sculpture.

Venus de Milo

An ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous pieces of ancient Greek sculpture.