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Ancient gods / deities (38 Subjects)

Title page. Ancient relief, most possibly from the mouth of a well (puteale), depicting Heracles, Athena, Apollo and Artemis.

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Relief from the mouth of a well (puteale), from Ancient Corinth.

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Relief from the mouth of a well (puteale), from Ancient Corinth, depicting Artemis and Apollo.

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Relief from the mouth of a well (puteale), from Ancient Corinth, depicting Athena and Heracles.

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Coin of ancient Athens.

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Reconstruction of the interior of the Parthenon with the statue of Athena.

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Strife of Poseidon and Athena, from the western pediment of the Parthenon. Dionysus from the eastern pediment of the Parthenon. Dionysus from the Choregic monument of Lysicrates. The strife of Poseidon and Athena, with other gods present: Ancient vase, which was discovered during the excavations of the walls of the Acropolis and ended up in Cambridge as part of Edward Clarke's collection.

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Enigmatic inscription from a bust of Isis. In the late 18th century the inscription became the cause of controversy among British scholars. Several academics believed that it was an Egyptian bust with Chinese ideograms, produced in the context of Chinese-Egyptian commercial relations, while others considered the item a forgery.

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