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GREECE CENTRAL GREECE EVVIA ERETRIA MUSEUM

2024-11-05

Mycenaean vase Mycenaean vase

Above: Mycenaean vase with the depiction of a bird and a cat (or a lioness). - Below: Vessel with the depiction of a combat scene.

vessel with a combat scene
vase fragments

Above left and below: Fragments of a vase depicting ducks and humans. - Above right: Grave stele of the Spartan Pleistias, ca. 500 BC.

vase fragments

Below: Archaic pithos with the relief depiction of man-eating birds, 7th century BC.

Archaic pithos Archaic pithos
sherds prehistoric vase

Above left: Sherds, below the depiction of a warrior with shield, Eretria, 750-700 BC. - Above right: Vase from Magoula, a prehistoric settlement near Eretria, 2900-2300 BC. - Below left: Terracotta Gorgoneion from the "House of the Mosaics", Eretria, 4th century BC. - Below right: The terracotta demon probably comes from the same site.

Gorgoneion and demon