Centaur, from Lefkandi, Euboea. Late 10th century BCE. Terra-cotta, height 14 1/8" (36 cm). Archaeological Museum, Eretria.

Funerary vase, from the Dipylon Cemetery, Athens. c. 750 BCE. Terra-cotta, height 42 5/8 " (108 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Cinerary Amphora, the early Geometric Period, 860-840 BCE., is from The Archaeological Museum of Kerameikos.

Man and Centaur, perhaps from Olympia. c. 750 BCE. Bronze, height 4 5/16" (11.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Temple of Hera I, Paestum, Italy. c. 550 BCE.

Gorgon Medusa, detail of sculpture from the west pediment of the Temple of Artemis, Korkyra. c. 580 BCE. Limestone, height of pediment at the center 9'2 " (2.79 m). Archaeological Museum, Korkyra (Corfu).

Reconstruction of the Siphnian Treasury using fragments found in the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi. c. 530–525 BCE. Marble.

Dying Warrior, sculpture from the left corner of the east pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina. c. 480 BCE. Marble, length 6' (1.83 m). Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich.

New York Kouros from Attica. c. 580 BCE. Marble, height 6'4" (1.93 m). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Kore, from Chios, c. 520 BCE. Marble, height 217/8" (56.6 cm). Acropolis Museum, Athens.

Calf Bearer (Moschophoros) from the Acropolis, Athens. c. 560 BCE. Marble, height 5'5" (1.65 m). Acropolis Museum, Athens.

Ergotimos (potter) and Kleitias (painter). Francois Vase, c. 570 BCE. Black-figure decoration on a volute krater. Ceramic, height of volute krater 26" (66 cm). Museo Archeològico Nazionale, Florence.

Exekias. The Suicide of Ajax, c. 540 BCE. Black-figure decoration on an amphora. Ceramic, height of amphora 27" (69 cm). Château-Musée, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.

Girl With Doves, a marble relief sculpture from 450-440 BCE.

Apollo with Battling Lapiths and Centaurs fragments of sculpture from the west pediment of the Temple of Zeus, Olympia. c. 460 BCE. Marble, height of Apollo 10'2" (3.1 m). Archaeological Museum, Olympia.

Athena, Herakles, and Atlas, metope relief from the frieze of the Temple of Zeus, Olympia. c. 460 BCE. Marble, height 5'3" (1.59 m). Archaeological Museum, Olympia.

Kritios Boy from Acropolis, Athens. c. 480 BCE. Marble, height 46" (116 cm). Acropolis Museum, Athens.

Charioteer, from the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi. c. 477 BCE. Bronze, height 5'11" (1.8 m). Archaeological Museum, Delphi.

Pan Painter. Artemis Slaying Actaeon. c. 470 BCE. Red-figure decoration on a bell krater. Ceramic, height of krater 14 5/8" (37 cm). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston James Fund and by Special Contribution.

Model of the Acropolis, Athens, c. 400 BCE.

Lapith Fighting a Centaur, metope relief from the Doric frieze on the south side of the Parthenon. c. 440s BCE. Marble, height 56" (1.42 m). The British Museum, London.

Mnesikles. Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens. 430s–405 BCE. View of north porch.

Kallikrates. Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Athens. c. 425 BCE.

Nike (Victory) Adjusting Her Sandal fragment of relief decoration from the parapet (now destroyed), Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Athens. Last quarter of the 5th century BCE. Marble, height 42" (107 cm). Acropolis Museum, Athens.

Polykleitos. Spear Bearer (Doryphoros), Roman copy after the original bronze of c. 450–440 BCE. Marble, height 6'6" (2 m); tree trunk and brace strut are Roman additions. Museo Archeològico Nazionale, Naples.

Reconstruction drawing of the Mausoleum (tomb of Mausolos), Halikarnassos (modern Bodrum, Turkey). c. 353 BC.

Mausolos(?), from the Mausoleum (tomb of Mausolos), Halikarnassos. Marble, height 9'10" (3 m). The British Museum, London.

Praxiteles or his followers. Hermes and the Infant Dionysos, probably a Hellenistic or Roman copy after a 4th-century BCE original. Marble, with remnants of red paint on the lips and hair, height 7'1" (2.16 m). Archaeological Museum, Olympia.

Praxiteles. Aphrodite of Knidos composite of two similar Roman copies after the original marble of c. 350 BCE. Marble, height 6'8" (2.03 m). Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio Clementino, Gabinetto delle Maschere, Rome.

Abduction of Persephone, detail of a wall painting in Tomb I (Small Tomb), Vergina, Macedonia. c. 366 BCE. Height approx. 39 1/2" (100.3 cm).

Alexander the Great Confronts Darius III at the Battle of Issos from Pompeii. Roman mosaic copy after a Greek painting of c. 310 BCE, perhaps by Philoxenos or Helen of Egypt. Museo Archeològico Nazionale, Naples.

Gnosis. Stag Hunt, mosaic floor decoration from Pella, Macedonia. 300 BCE. Pebbles, height 10'2" (3.1 m). Archaeological Museum, Pella.

Theater, Epidauros. Early 3rd century BCE and later.

Temple of the Olympian Zeus, Athens. Building and rebuilding phases: foundation mid-6th century BCE; temple designed by Cossutius, begun 175 BCE, left unfinished 164 BCE, completed 132 CE using Cossutius' design.

Athena Attacking the Giants, detail of the frieze from the east front of the altar from Pergamon. Marble, frieze height 7'6" (2.3 m). Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikensammlung, Pergamonmuseum.

Hagesandros, Polydoros, and Athanadoros of Rhodes. Laocoön and His Sons perhaps the original of the 2nd or 1st century BCE or a Roman copy of the 1st century CE. Marble, height 8' (2.44 m). Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio Clementino, Cortile Ottagono, Rome.

Nike of Samothrace from the Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace. c. 190 BCE (?). Marble, height 8' (2.44 m). Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Veiled and Masked Dancer Late 3rd or 2nd century BCE. Bronze, height 8 1/8" (20.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971 (1972.118.95).

Aphrodite of Melos (also called Venus de Milo). c. 150 BCE. Marble, height 6'10" (2.1 m). Musée du Louvre, Paris.