Archaeological Museum of Thasos

These include the shop, the official functions room, the old wing, the prehistoric collection, and the new section. The exhibits include collections of sculpture, pottery, and architectural remains from the Neolithic to the Roman period on Thasos. The most important exhibits from the early period are a clay amphora from the Neolithic settlement and a Cycladic plate decorated with a representation of the hero Bellerophon on the winged Pegasus spearing the three-headed Chimaera (7th century BC). Two of the sculptures of the Archaic period are outstanding: an impressive three-and-a-half-metre kouros of Thasos, a statue of a young naked man carrying a goat (600 bc), which was found at Pythion; and a bust of Pegasus (500 bc). From the Hellenistic and Roman period there are a statue of a Muse wearing a peplos, also from the Temple of Dionysos (3rd century BC), a Statuette of Aphrodite on a dolphin (3rd century BC), a head of Alexander, and a statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian, armed for battle. The latter was found in the ancient agora of Thasos. There are also portrait busts of Claudius, Julius Caesar, and Lucius Caesar, and clay figurines dating from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period. • Illustration — Archaic period Kouros from Pithio, Thassos • Illustration — Reconstruction of ancient cemetery • Illustration — Samples of rock carvings • Illustration — Statuette of Aphrodite on a dolphin • Illustration — Front part of a winged horse, perhaps Pegasus, Sanctuary of Hercules (500 BC.) • Illustration — Head of a statue of Alexander the Great, Diodou Theoron Square (2nd century AD)