TACTUAL MUSEUM
Period Selection
List of Exhibits
[Exhibits] - Hellenistic period
Female Figurine
Female Figurine found in Tanagra of Boeotia dated in the early Hellenistic period.
It dates from around 300 b.C.
National Archaeological Museum, catalogue number 4696
Female Figurine (seated)
Figurine of a seated woman found in Tanagra of Boeotia dated in the early Hellenistic period.
It dates from around 300 b.C.
National Archaeological Museum, catalogue number 4049
Bear
The head of a young girl called a ‘bear’ from the temple of Artemis in Vravona Attiki. From around 300 BC.
It dates from around 300 b.C.
Brauron Museum, catalogue number 30
Blind Bear
The small marble head, of the so-called blind arktos, a small girl dedicated to the worship of the goddess Artemis. It was found in the temple of Artemis of Vravrona.
It dates from around 300 b.C.
Brauron Museum, catalogue number 60
Figurine of Silenus
Clay figurine of a resting Silenus, found in Tanagra of Boeotia
It dates back to 3rd century b.C.
National Archaeological Museum, catalogue number 13014
Comic Mask
Clay comedy mask. Found in the ancient forum of Athens.
It dates from the 3rd century b.C.
Ancient Agora Museum, catalogue number T478
The Aphrodite of Melos
The wonderful statue of Aphrodite - Venus was found in Melos and now adorns the museum of Louvre. Aphrodite was the goddess of love. She is standing upright with her body slightly leaning to the right. The bottom half of her body is covered by a robe. Her hair is parted in the middle and is brought round to the back, where it is fastened in a round bun at the neck. Her arms have been broken off: the right one from the middle, the left from the shoulder. The expression on her face is peaceful and her body has been wonderfully shaped.
It dates from around 130 b.C.
Museum of Louvre
Statue of a Tritonis
Tritonis, with long wavy hair and veiled breast. She is a sea goddess and the bottom half of her body resembles that of a sea monster, while the top half is that of a woman. It is part of the support from the throne of the goddess from their temple in Lykossoura in Arcadia. It is the work of the sculptor Damophodas. The heads of Dimitra and Despina by Anitos and part of the clothing can be found in the National museum.
It dates from the 2nd century b.C.
National Archaeological Museum, catalogue number 2171
the Little Refugee
A marble figure of a small child. He is wearing a cape with a hood and is holding a hairy dog. It is called ‘The Little Refugee’ because it was brought by refugees from Gerontiko in Nissa, in the coast of Smirna in 1922.
It dates from the 1st century b.C.
National Archaeological Museum, catalogue number 3485