Greek statue

The Greek statues of ancient Greece are made of white marble. It usually represents both men and women. The body and face are very finely detailed.

In museums in Greece, especially in Athens, you can see statues from different periods. There are also rarer female bronze statuettes. The archaic art that followed the Hellenistic period covers and represents the majority of sculptures. The Kouros are statues of that time.

There are two main types of ancient sculptures, those of men and women, often they are representations of gods and goddesses. We will introduce you to the most famous models.

Greek sculptures man

Among the statues of Greek mythology of men, some deities are very famous. On the archaeological sites and in the museums of Greece you can discover statues in stone, marble and bronze. They can be giant in size, or simply statuettes.

Here are the Greek statues of well-known men:

  • Altas: the titan who carries the world (the celestial sphere) for eternity on his shoulders 
  • Zeus who is the king of the gods
  • Hermes who is the messenger of the gods, the protector of travelers, traders, thieves and flocks.

Greek sculptures woman

Sculptures of women are deities named goddess in Greek mythology. Some are, for example, the goddesses of love of justice or hunting.

Some statues of Greek goddesses:

  • Themis goddess of justice
  • Athena goddess of intelligence and skill, of war strategy
  • Arthemis goddess of hunting, wilderness, animals, young girls
  • The Venus de Milo which is the goddess Aphrodite, found without her arms in the Greek island of Milos in 1820. It is a statue from the Hellenistic period.

Greek statue decoration

In the shops of Athens, copies of the sculptures are sold. The cheapest are made of alabaster or reconstituted stone. The most beautiful are made of bronze on a marble base.

Our store offers reproductions of statues of Greek mythology in bronze made in the old way with lost wax, a thousand-year-old method for the creation of quality pieces.

Most of the works of antiquity are made by Greek sculptors before J.C., but many Roman sculptors took these models for their creations.

The site Universalis offers a complete ranking on Greek mythology and its deities.