The Games in Ancient Athens: A Special Presentation to Celebrate the 2004 Olympics

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The Games in Ancient Athens: A Special Presentation to Celebrate the 2004 Olympics

Panathenaic prize amphora, ca. 530 B.C.

Attributed to the Euphiletos Painter

Greek, Attic

Terracotta; H. 25 in. (62.23 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Rogers Fund, 1914 (14.130.12)

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The Games in Ancient Athens: A Special Presentation to Celebrate the 2004 Olympics

Panathenaic prize amphora, ca. 525–500 B.C.

Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter

Greek, Attic

Terracotta; H. 25 in. (63.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Rogers Fund, 1916 (16.71)

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The Games in Ancient Athens: A Special Presentation to Celebrate the 2004 Olympics

Statuette of a diskos thrower, ca. 480–460 B.C.

Greek

Bronze; 9 5/8 in. (24.51 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Rogers Fund, 1907 (07.286.87)

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The Games in Ancient Athens: A Special Presentation to Celebrate the 2004 Olympics

Head of an athlete, ca. A.D. 138–192 (copy of Greek original, 450–425 B.C.)

Roman

Stone; H. 13 1/2 in. (34.29 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Rogers Fund, 1911 (11.210.2)