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Heracles is depicted in an aggressive pose, holding the club in his right hand and the bow in his left. From the sanctuary of Apollo Ptoios on the Ptoon Mountain, Boeotia. Argeian workshop. 480-460 BCE. (Hellenic...

This type of Mycenaean figurine is named after the similarity of its outlines to the letter Φ of the Greek alphabet. These figurines are usually found in Children's graves or in shrines and they might have represented...

It renders the goddess in the pudica type that copies the famous state of the Capitoline Venus. From East Mediterranean. 1st-2nd century CE. Made from bronze. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria).

An Officer of the 4th Regiment of Foot, 1776-1780 by English portrait painter Thomas Gainsborough (l. c. 1727-1788), presently in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Typical of portraits...

The British 28th Regiment forms square during the Battle of Quatre Bras (16 June 1815), one of the engagements that preceded the Battle of Waterloo two days later. Oil on canvas by Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler...

St George slaying the dragon. From a Macedonian workshop. Made from wood and egg tempera. Dating to the second half of the 16th century. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria).

This figure is wearing a peplos (long garment) and a polos (high cylindrical crown). Figurines of this class, which are reminiscent of the Archaic korai in monumental sculpture, were grave goods or votive offerings in sanctuaries...

The figure is wearing a cylindrical skirt and is bringing her arms to her chest. Figurines of this type are known from Minoan shrines and are probably representing the Adorants. From Herakleion district, Crete. Late Minoan...

Cybele, the Great Mother Goddess of Asia Minor, was holding a phiale (a shallow libation bowl) in her missing right hand. The lion and the drum, which was played during rites in Cybele's...

A Cycladic female figurine of the 'folded-arm' type. Early Spedos Variety. Attributed to the Fitzwilliam Master, Early Cycladic II Period (2700-2300 BCE). Made from marble. The red pigment (found on the neck and head...