Winning at the
ancient Games

Ground floor 

  1. 1. Victorious athlete
  2. 2. Prize amphora showing a chariot race
  3. 3. A competitor in the long jump

Upper floor 

  1. 4. Stele of Lucius
  2. 5. Sprinter on a vase and bronze running girl
  3. 6. Hercules mosaic
  4. 7. The victory of a cheating pankratiast
  5. 8. The goddess Nike crowning an athlete

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  • Victorious athlete: The Vaison Daidoumenos

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    the Vaison Daidoumenos

    1. Victorious athlete: The Vaison Daidoumenos

    Room 23

    Senior curator, Judith Swaddling describes the athlete.

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  • Prize amphora showing a chariot race

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    Prize amphora showing a chariot race

    2. Prize amphora showing a chariot race

    Room 18a

    Senior curator, Judith Swaddling describes the amphora.

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  • A competitor in the long jump

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    long jump vase

    3. A competitor in the long jump

    Room 71

    Senior curator, Judith Swaddling describes the ancient long jump.

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  • Stele of Lucius who 'competed in a manner worthy of victory'

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    Stele of Lucius

    4. Stele of Lucius who 'competed in a manner worthy of victory'

    Room 70

    Senior curator, Judith Swaddling describes the stele. Audio only

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  • Sprinter on a vase from Rhodes and a bronze running girl

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    Sprinter on a vase from Rhodes and a bronze running girl

    5. Sprinter on a vase from Rhodes and a
    bronze running girl

    Room 69

    Senior curator, Judith Swaddling describes the runners.

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  • Hercules mosaic

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    6. Hercules mosaic

    Room 69

    Curator, Peter Higgs describes the mosaic. Audio only

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  • The victory of a cheating pankratiast

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    The victory of a cheating pankratiast

    7. The victory of a cheating pankratiast

    Room 69

    Senior curator, Judith Swaddling describes the vase.

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  • The goddess Nike crowning an athlete

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    The goddess Nike crowning an athlete

    8. The goddess Nike crowning an athlete

    Room 69

    Curator, Peter Higgs describes the seal. Audio only

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