A seated goddess before a procession of seahorses. Mycenaean gold ring, artist unknown; 15th cent. BCE. From Tiryns; now in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Photo credit: Zde/Wikimedia Commons.
Terracotta statuette from Bronze Age Cyprus, depicting a woman with the face of a bird. Artist unknown; ca. 1450-1200 BCE. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Mycenaean stirrup jar depicting an octopus. Artist unknown; Late Helladic IIIC (13th cent. BCE). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Cycladic marble female figurine, attr. to the Goulandris Master. Ca. 2500-2400 BCE (Early Cycladic II). Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.
Minoan clay pyxis (cylindrical vessel with lid), depicting a man in a long robe (possibly a priest) playing a guitar-like instrument while surrounded by birds, so-called “horns of consecration,” and double-axes. Artist unknown; ca. 1300-1250 BCE (Late Minoan IIIB). Found in the district of Aptera, Crete; now in the Archaeological Museum of Chania.
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Small Minoan pithos of the Kamares Ware type, depicting fish caught in a net. Artist unknown; ca. 1800-1700 BCE. From Phaistos, Crete; now in the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion. Photo credit: Zde/Wikimedia Commons.
Small painted terracotta rhyton in the shape of a lion’s head. Artist unknown; Mature Late Cycladic I (1700-1600 BCE). Now in the Prehistoric Museum of Thira, Greece. Photo credit: Zde/Wikimedia Commons.
Late Cycladic/Minoan jug with a painting of a bird. Artist unknown; ca. 1600 BCE. Now in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Photo credit: Zde/Wikimedia Commons.