Dido, Queen of Carthage

Gigantomachy frieze of the Pergamon Altar - Keto contra Gigantes

by MiguelHermoso

The god Poseidon.  Unknown artist, late Hellenistic (2nd cent. BCE).  Originally from the terrace of the Altar of Zeus, Pergamon; now in the Pergamonmuseum, Berlin.  Photo credit: Carole Raddato.

Statue of Zeus. Pergamon Museum. 2nd century BCE. Marble. 

The god Poseidon.  Unknown artist, late Hellenistic (2nd cent. BCE).  Originally from the terrace of the Altar of Zeus, Pergamon; now in the Pergamonmuseum, Berlin.  Photo credit: Carole Raddato.

A section of the Market Gate of Miletus, in the Pergamon Museum.

Pergamon Museum | Berlin

I spent a good deal of time studying this art in college. It was incredible to see in person. The Germans built a museum to house all of the fragments from the excavation and recreated the frieze as it originally appeared in the 2nd century BC.

The battle of the Gods and the Giants (detail of the frieze of Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamon; a giant being killed by Artemis), the first half of the 2nd century B.C. Germany, Berlin, Museum Island, Pergamon Museum