The Ancient Way of Life

~ Black-figure plate with Athena between Dionysus and Poseidon.

Maker/Artist: Attributed to the Atelier de Toronto 283

Place of origin: Boeotia or Attica, Greece

Date: ca. 520-510 B.C.

Culture: Greek

Period: Archaic period

Medium: Wheel-thrown earthenware, slip-painted with incised detail.

~ Red-figure Calyx Krater; A: Nike and Poseidon; B: Woman and Old Man.

Artist: Aegisthus Painter (Greek, Attic, ca. 480-460)

Date: ca. 470 B.C.

Culture: Greek, Attic

Period: Classical

Medium: Terracotta, red-figure.

~ Bronze statue of Zeus or Poseidon.

Date: ca. 460 B.C.

Medium: Bronze

Provenience: Athens, National Archaeological Museum (Αθήνα, Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο)

~Fragment of an Inscription in Honor of Poseidon.

Place of origin: Bosporan Kingdom

Date: Last quarter of the A.D. 2nd - early 3rd century

Material: Marble

~ Poseidon, Apollo and Artemis in the meeting of gods / Bas-relief from the east frieze of Parthenon. Date: 440 B.C. Provenance: Athens, New Acropolis Museum (Αθήνα, Νέο Μουσείο Ακρόπολης) Medium: Marble

~ The Great Dish from the Mildenhall treasure. Date: A.D. 4th century Place of origin: Mildenhall, England Period/culture: Romano-British Medium: Silver

~ Upper Part of the Statue of Poseidon. Roman copy after the Greek originals of the 5th century B.C. Culture: Roman Sculptor Date: Late A.D. 2nd century Medium: marble

~ Poseidon, Apollo and Artemis in the meeting of gods; Bas-relief from the east frieze of Parthenon. Date: 440 B.C. Medium: Marble Provenance: Athens, New Acropolis Museum (Αθήνα, Νέο Μουσείο Ακρόπολης)

~Stater of Poseidonia with Poseidon hurling trident. Culture: Greek Period: Archaic Period Date: about 530–500 B.C. Mint: Poseidonia, Lukania