NOTES FROM THE ATHENAEUM:
AN ATHENAEUM IS AN INSTITUTE OF LEARNING; ACCORDING TO MERRIAM-WEBSTER, FROM THE LATIN ATHENAEUM, A SCHOOL IN ANCIENT ROME FOR THE STUDY OF THE ARTS. TAKEN FROM THE GREEK ATHENAION, A TEMPLE OF ATHENA, THE GODDESS OF WISDOM.
WE ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE XENA AND HERCULES SERIES.
HERE IS A SELECTION OF GENUINE ARTIFACTS FROM ANCIENT ROME, GREECE AND ELSEWHERE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD, ALL OF WHICH ARE PART OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS OF THE XENA MUSEUM & ATHENAEUM.
GLADIATORS OIL ARYBALLOS & STRIGEL
ANCIENT ROME
GILT BRONZE ARMOR FRAGMENT
ANCIENT URARTU
HORSE BIT AND SPURS
ANCIENT ROME CAVALRY
BRONZE CROSSBOW FIBULA
ANCIENT ROME
GO TO GODS AND GODDESSES AT THE XENA MUSEUM COSTUMES AND PROPS
