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Homer and the Homeric age of the 8 th c. BCE. Smyrna (Aeolia, Asia Minor), 9 th c. BCE. Constituent parts of the polis. Thermon, NW Greece 9 th -7 th c. temples. Temple of Hera ( Heraion ), Samos: 7 th c. monopteral Samos: 6 th c. peripteral Samos: altar of Hera, 8 th c.
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Temple of Hera (Heraion), Samos: 7th c. monopteral Samos: 6th c. peripteral Samos: altar of Hera, 8th c.
Tripods: Siphnian Treasury, Delphi (550); 5th c. vase; 8th c. bronze tripod, Cyprus
Some Greek ethne: Boiotoi (Boeotians), Aitoloi (Aetolians), Thessaloi (Thessalians), Makedones (Macedonians), Thrakioi (Thracians), Phokioi (Phocians), Achaioi (Achaeans), Ionioi (Ionians) AETOLIA PHOCIS IONIANS
Philadelphia MS739Main panel: runner on rightPhotograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of The University ofPennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Harvard 1972.39Side B: hoplitodromos at leftPhotograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of Harvard University Art Museums
Boston 01.8020Tondo: discus throwerPhotograph courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Toledo 1961.26, Attic red figure kylixSide B: javelin throwersPhotograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art
Boston 01.8020Side A: jumperPhotograph courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Toledo 1961.24Side B: pankrationPhotograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art
Philadelphia MS2444Side A: trainer watching wrestlersPhotograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of The University ofPennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Toledo 1961.26, Attic red figure kylixSide A: boxer on near rightPhotograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art
Tampa 86.35Shoulder: chariot racePhotograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Tampa Museum of Art & Anthropology
Toledo 1963.26, Attic black figure calyx kraterSide B: Athletes and trainersPhotograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art
Philadelphia MS2445, Attic red figure kylixSide A: lyre player in center, singingPhotograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of The University ofPennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Smyrna Al Mina Phoenicia Euboea
Cup of Nestor, ca. 750 BCE, Pithekussai, Italy Reconstruction ΝΕΣΤΟΡΟΣΕ[ΙΜΙ] ΕΥΠΟΤ[ΟΝ] ΠΟΤΕΡΙΟΝ ΗΟΣ Δ ΑΝ ΤΟΔΕ ΠΙΕΣΙ ΠΟΤΕΡΙ[Ο] ΑΥΤΙΚΑ ΚΕΝΟΝ ΗΙΜΕΡΟΣ ΗΑΙΡΕΣΕΙ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΕ[ΦΑΝ]Ο ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΕΣ Translation Of Nestor I am the pleasant-to-drink-from cup Whoever drinks from this cup, immediately him A desire will seize for fair-crowned Aphrodite. Homeric references Homer Odyssey 3.71-72: “[Athena] offered [Nestor’s] rich two-handled cup to Telemachus, Odysseus’ son ....” Homer Iliad 11.632-637: “There was also a cup of rare workmanship which [Nestor] had brought with him from home, studded with bosses of gold; it had four handles, on each of which there were two golden doves feeding, and it had two feet to stand on.” Gold cup, Mycenae, 1500 BCE