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Achilles and Ajax Playing a Game by Exekias, Greek amphora c. 540 BCE.
In this scene on a Greek pot we see warriors of the Trojan battle taking time out to play a quick game of dice. We know who they are because the artist put their names by them and signed the pot with "Exekias made me."
Statue of Aphrodite, c. 2nd century BC, The J. Paul Getty Museum.
It is assumed that this statue represents Aphrodite (or Venus) because she holds and apple, one of the goddesses attributes (see Judgement of Paris), but it could also be the image of a noblewoman posing in the guide of Aphrodite.
Laocoon and his Sons (or Laocoon Group), Greek Hellenistic (most likely 42 -20 BC), Vatican Museums, Rome.
Laocoon warning about the Trojan Horse earned him the wrath Poseidon who sent serpents to attack him and his sons. Michelangelo was influenced by this work and the contortions of the body of Laocoon can be seen in many of his works, especially something like the Dying Slave.
Dying Slave
, 1513-16 by Michelangelo, Louvre, Paris.
Nike of Samothrace or Winged Victory, Greek Hellenistic period (220-190 BC) The Louvre, Paris.
It is thought that this work was originally created to celebrate a naval victory. The dramatically flowing drapery on the figure as well as the wings lend credence to the idea that it was in honor of a naval battle for she stands in the prow of a ship.
Dying Gaul, Roman Copy from Greek Bronze, 230-220 BC.
The work was commissioned for the Altar at Pergamon and was commissioned by Attalus I in honor of the Roman victory over the Gauls. The enemy was depicted in a noble manner so it could be shown that they had defeated worthy adversaries.
Exekias was active in the second half of the 6th century BCE. He is well known for his depictions of battle scenes, but also for another of his amphorae which shows Ajax and Achilles playing a board game.