8th century bc posters & prints

Throne detail in form of a winged lion with a human torso, 8th century BC Unknown

Silver tetradrachma from Syracuse (obverse: a goddess with dolphins), 5th-4th century BC Unknown

Achilles Contemplating the Body of Patroclus Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini

Achilles Defeating Hector, 1630-32 Peter Paul Rubens

King Candaules, after 1859. Jean-Leon Gerome

Isaiah Frederic Shields

Chupícuaro female figurine, 7th-2nd century BC Anonymous

A Groom with Horses, 8th century Han Gan

Andromache at the Feet of Pyrrhus Francois Chauveau

The Death of Priam, c.1817 Baron Pierre-Narcisse Guerin

Throne ornament, 7th-6th century BC Unknown

Achilles leaving to avenge the death of Patroclus Etienne Jeaurat

Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus, 1760-63 Gavin Hamilton

Head of Buddha, Unknown

Achilles Searching for the Shade of Patrocles, 1803 Henry Fuseli

Ulysses discovering Astyanax in Hector's Tomb, c.1654-56 Sebastien Bourdon

Horseman, Pazyryk felt artefact (carpet detail), 5th or 4th century BC Unknown

Head of Buddha. India, 7th-8th century Unknown

The Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Egypt, 1862 Francis Bedford

Odysseus recognised by his nurse, Euryclee, 1848 William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Vairochana Buddha, from Balawaste, 7th-8th century School Indian

Statue of the Scribe Maaniamen, middle of the 15th century BC Unknown

Homer singing his Iliad at the Gate of Athens, 1811 Guillaume Lethiere

Schweigen, 1786-99 Henry Fuseli

Hector's Farewell to Andromache Jean Antoine Julien de Parme

Stele of Pepi, chief of the potters, Ancient Egyptian, 18th century BC Unknown

A Fantastic Cave with Odysseus and Calypso, 1616 Jan the Elder Brueghel

Gaul chief under the Roman occupation, 1st century BC - 5th century AD Meunier

Stele of the chief of treasurers Khor, Ancient Egyptian, 19th century BC Unknown

Christ in majesty - Carolingian Illumination, 8th cent. Anonymous

The Departure of Hector, 1814-16 Johann August the Younger Nahl

Cicero unmasked Catilina on 8th november 63 BC, 19th century Cesare Maccari

Andromache Mourning the Death of Hector, 1760-63 Gavin Hamilton

Shield with a horseman (Detail), end 7th, early 8th century Anonymous

Wall painting fragment from the peristyle of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor…, ca. 50-40 B.C Unknown

Fragment of Silk, 1st century BC Anonymous