GREECE CENTRAL GREECE EVVIA ERETRIA MUSEUM

Above left: Vase with black-figure painting. - Above right: Fragment of a plate with painting.

Below left: Sculptures from the western pediment of the temple of Apollon Daphnephoros, Eritrea. Considered as one of the most important examples of the Late Archaic art, it is another highlight of the museum. It shows Theseus, legendary king of Athens seducing Antiope, queen of the Amazons. The sculptures, attributed to Antenor, are made of Parian marble, 510-500 BC. - Below right: Statuette of a horseman.

Above left: Another fragment of the late-archaic sculptures of the pediment of the temple of Apollon Daphnephoros: the aegis of Athena with the head of Gorgo Medusa. - Above right: Sculpture of the head of a girl, 4th-3rd century BC. - Below left: Two vases for perfume oils (lekythoi) with painting, from Eretria, 4th - 1st century BC. - Below right: Bronze handles of hydriae, from the Macedonian "Tomb of Erotes", Eretria, 315 - 185 BC.

Above: Statuette of a girl clad with chiton and himation, 325-300 BC. - Below left: Plaque honouring the Macedonian Anaxidotos, son of Apollodoros, found in the temple of Apollon Daphnephoros, Eretria, ca. 300 BC. - Below right: Stelae in the courtyard of the museum.

Above from left to right: Grave stele of a sitting woman withdrawing an object from a case that a servant offers; 2nd-1st century BC. - Grave monument with two female figures, the sitting figure usually representing the deceased; 4th century BC. - Grave stele with the depiction of a man and his slave, 1st-2nd century AD.

Above left: Very much like the omphalos of Delphi, with which the sanctuary of Apollo in Eretria had connections. - Above right: A lion statue greeting the visitor. - Below left: Parts of an olive press. - Below right: Doric capitals, probably from the temple of Apollo Daphnephoros.