Unknown Artist. Soteria (Salvation). New Roman. Antioch. 5th Century

Soteria (Salvation)

Unknown Artist

5th Century

New Roman

Antioch (present-day Antakya (Hatay Province) TURKEY) 

Unknown Artist. Diskobolos (The Discus Thrower). Greco-Roman. 2nd century AD Copy. Original by Myron of Athens. mid-5th century BC

Diskobolos (The Discus Thrower)

Unknown Artist

2nd century AD. Greco-Roman. Original by Myron of Athens, mid-5th century BC

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This is the greatest artwork with athletics as the theme… bar none. It has NEVER been surpassed. Chalk one up for the Greeks…

BMD

Unknown Artist. Alexander Mosaic. Greco-Roman. Pompeii ITALY. circa 100 BC. Copy of either Apelles of Kos or Philoxenos of Eretria (both 4th century BC)

Alexander Mosaic

Unknown Artist

circa 100 BC

Greco-Roman copy from Pompeii (near present-day Pompei (Province of Napoli. Campania Region)) ITALY of either Apelles of Kos or Philoxenos of Eretria, both 4th century BC. 

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Here is a contemporary reconstruction of what some think the original looked like:

Unknown Artist. A Warrior. Neo-Attic Greco-Roman. 1st century BC

A Warrior

Unknown Artist

1st century BC

Neo-Attic Greco-Roman