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Herm-bust of Menander, Roman, Imperial Period, Late 1st century BC or early 1st century AD
Marble (from Mt. Pentelikon near Athens). Catharine Page Perkins Fund.
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Dokimasia Painter, Mixing bowl (calyx krater) with the killing of Agamemnon, Greek, Early Classical Period, about 460 BC
Ceramic, Red Figure. William Francis Warden Fund.
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Suspension Disk with Comic mask of a slave, Greek, East Greek, Hellenistic Period, 1st century BC
Terracotta. Gift of Martin Brimmer.
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Konnakis Painter, Mixing bowl (phlyax krater), Greek, South Italian, Late Classical Period, about 350 BC
Ceramic, Gnathian Ware. Henry Lillie Pierce Fund.
This gallery features objects related to Greek theater, including masks, dancing figures and musical instruments. Athenian plays were performed in the large, stone theaters of Greece, South Italy, and Sicily. Many of the MFA’s notable collection of fifth- and fourth-century BC vases feature scenes from dramas and comedies written by Greek playwrights. A “Looking Closer” iPad will enable visitors to delve deeper into the complex imagery presented on a gigantic South Italian mixing bowl (krater), which features the death of Thersites and was likely inspired by a lost Greek play.
