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Archaeological Museum of Delos
Tel: +30 22890 22259Fax: +30 22890 22325

  Delos Museum was build in 1904 by the Archaeological Society at Athens and originally consisted of the five western rooms. It was enlarged in 1931 and 1972 and in the same period, the exterior of the building underwent great, but unfortunate, alterations. The present exhibition is arranged in nine rooms. Six rooms contain the statues and reliefs found in Delos (one of the best collections in the world), two rooms contain pottery ranging from the prehistoric to the late Hellenistic period, and the last one contains various objects of everyday life, found in the private houses. However, the exhibition is not yet complete.
  The museum includes the following collections:
•Funerary statues and grave stelae ranging from the 7th to the 1st century B.C.
•Pottery ranging from the 25th to the 1st century B.C.
•Clay figurines dating from the 2nd-1st centuries B.C.
•Jewellery and small objects dating from the 2nd-1st centuries B.C.
•Mosaics of the 2nd-1st centuries B.C.
  The most important items of the exhibition are:
Ivory plaque. The figure of a Mycenaean warrior is represented in relief. He is carrying an 8-shaped shield and a long spear and has on a helemt made of wild boar's teeth. The plaque was found under the Artemision, along with other ivory, gold and bronze objects and was probably used for the decoration of wooden furniture. Dated to 1400-1200 B.C. Inv. no. B.7069.
Torso of a kouros. It was found in the sanctuary of Apollo and most probably was the product of a Parian workshop. Dated to the middle of the 6th century B.C. Inv. no. A.4083.
Marble statue of Boreas. The figure is the personification of the north wind, abducting the Athenian princess Oreithya. It was the central acroterion of the east pediment of the temple dedicated by the Athenians in 417 B.C. A good example of Attic sculpture, dated to the end of the 5th century B.C. Inv. no. A.4287.
Marble statues of Dioscourides and Kleopatra, an Athenian couple living on Delos. They were found inside the couple's house, in the Theatre Quarter and, according to the inscription on the base, were erected by Kleopatra in 138 B.C. in order to honour her husband who dedicated two silver tripods to the temple of Apollo. Inv. no. A.7763+A.7799.
Marble statue of Apollo. It follows the type of Apollo Lyceios, which is attributed to the great sculptor Praxiteles. The god is represented leaning on a tree and stepping on a heap of Gallic shields. It is probably a smaller copy of the statue dedicated to Delphi to commemorate a victory against the Galls who attacked the Delphic Sanctuary in 279/278 B.C. It was found in a private house in the Theatre Quarter and dates from the 2nd century B.C. Inv. no. A.4124.
Bronze mask of Dionysos. The bearded god is wearing a diadem and an ivy wreath. It was found south of the Market of the Competaliasts and most likely was a votive offering. Dated to the 2nd century B.C. Inv. no. B.7540.
Corinthian "alabastron". Small, perfumed-oil container, decorated with a representation of "Potnia Theron" (Lady of the beasts, Protectress of hunting), among two swans. It was found in the Heraion along with many other similar vases and is a characteristic example of Corinthian production during the end of the 7th century B.C. Inv. no. B.6192.
Inscribed triangular base of a kouros statue decorated with the head of a ram on one corner and Gorgon's heads on the other two. The dedicatory boustrophedon insription is engraved on one side: "Euthycartides the Naxian made me and dedicated me". It was found in the Sanctuary of Apollo and dates from the second half of the 7th century B.C. Inv. no. A.728.
Archaic statue of a young woman (kore). It was found in the Sanctuary of Apollo and is one of the oldest surviving specimens of large-scale sculpture. The young woman is represented standing, dressed in a tight peplos decorated in front with an incised vertical double maeander. Parian work dated to ca. 580 B.C. Inv. no. A.4062.
Wall-painting from the exterior wall of a house in Skardana Quarter. It bears the representation of Heracles, two boxers and another man playing the flute or a trompet. The iscription KALAMODRYA[C] probably refers to a famous boxer of the 1st century B.C. Inv. no. Â.17613
The Archaeological Museum of Delos
  Its collections of sculpture and relief representations are the finest in the world. This museum was built in 1904 with expenses paid by the Archaeological Society. The five western wings of the first building were supplemented with additional wings in 1931 and 1972.
  Currently the museum of Delos hosts the following collections:
•Vases from mid-3rd c. B.C. to the 1st millennium B.C.
•Statuettes (2nd - 1st c. B.C.)
•Tomb statues and columns (7th c. - 1st c. B.C.)
•Jewellery and various articles dating from the 2nd to 1st c. B.C.
•Mosaics from the 2nd and 1st c. B.C.
  Significant exhibits of the Museum of Delos are:
•Corinthian alabaster
•Brass mask of bearded Dionysus (2nd c. B.C.)
•Statue of Apollo (2nd c. B.C.)
•Archaic Kore (young woman) (580 B.C.)
•Marble complex of Voreas abducting Oreithyia (end of 5th c. B.C.)
•Marble Statue of Dioscurides and his wife Cleopatra (138 A.D.)
This text is cited May 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs URL below.
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