Photos: The Met’s Greek & Roman galleries, NYC.

Detail: Marble statue of The Three Graces. Roman, imperial period, 2nd Century AD. (Photos by C-M.)

So we don’t always make it to things right when they open. But since antiquity never goes out of style: here are some pics from the recently-renovated (as in last year) Greek and Roman Galleries at the Met. The NYT has a neat-o graphic that lets you pan around some of the objects. More here.

Click on images to see them large. Money shots after the jump.

Detail: Marble statue of a bearded Hercules. Roman, Flavian period, AD 68-98.

Marble statue of bearded Hercules. Hubba hubba.

Marble statue of Aphrodite. Roman, Imperial Period. 1st or 2nd century AD. Copy of a Greek statue from the 3rd or 2nd century BC.

Marble sarcophagus. Roman, ca 220-230.

Marble statue of a priest. Roman, Hadrianic period, AD 117-138.

Marble statue of a lion. Greek, Cycladic?, ca. 400-390 B.C.

Marble funerary altar of Cominia Tyche. Roman, Flavian or Trajanic period, ca AD 90-100.

Marble funerary stele of Gaius Vibius Felix. Roman, early Flavian period, AD 69-80. (Is it me, or does this figure bear an uncanny resemblance to actor Lou Diamond Phillips?)

Ionic marble column from the Temple of Artemis at Sardis. Greek, Hellenistic, ca. 300 BC.

Marble head from a herm. Roman, imperial period, 1st-2nd century AD. Copy of a Greek marble herm of ca. 450-425 BC.

Posted by C-Monster.