masks

Gallery | Masks

Traditionally, Thespis was credited with introducing masks to indicate different characters in theater, although Aristotle says: "Who introduced masks or prologues, the number of actors, and so on, is not known." In earlier periods maks were created for burials, the most famous being the so-called “Mask of Agamemnon” discovered during excavations at Mycenae. In this Gallery, we share images of masks from the classical world. Read more