Above: From the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, a marble sarcophagus with the lid shaped as a roof, from Malia, 3rd century AD.
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1 is an artist's interpretation of the Palace of Knossos.
2 is one of the two women from the central entrance of the Temple of Prinias, 7th century BC.
3 and 4 together show the killing of Niobe's children by Artemis and Apollo, after she bragged she had 14 children, but Leto only 2 children,
the mother of these two twin gods, from Inatos, 2nd century AD, a copy of a 4th century BC sculpture.
5 is a young Roman man, possibly Neron or Drusus the Younger, from Chersonessos, 1st century AD.
6 is a portrait of a Roman mistress, a close copy of one made by Praxiteles 320 BC, from Chersonessos, 2nd century AD.
7 is a bust of Roman Emperor Caligula (37-41 AD), from Gortyna, 1st century AD.
8 is a bust of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD), from Gortyna, 2nd century AD.
9 is a bust of Roman youth, who looks like Peter Tork of The Monkees, from Chersonessos, 2nd century AD.
10 shows Aphrodite holding a basin, from Gortyna Nymphaeum, 1st century AD.
11 is Pan, god of the shepherds and hunting holding the syrinx and a ram, a follower of Dionysus (goddess of the grape harvest,
wine and fertility - yes, I can see how those could go together), from Argyroupoli (Lappa), 1st century AD.
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