Greece Collection (page 8)

Sophocles ( circa 496a'406 bc ), Greek playwright. His seven surviving plays are notable for their complexity of plot and depth of characterization

Famous town of Oia, Santorini, Greek islands
Famous town of Oia with iconic blue domed churches overlooking mediterranean sea. Santorini, Greek islands, Greece

Traditional Greek houses in Naxos, Greece

Bell tower in Oia village, Santorini, Greece
Greek church bell tower of Panagia Platsani, Oia, Santorini (Thira), Cyclades Islands, Greek Islands, Greece

Relief from Pergamon Altar, published in 1881
Battle of Zeus and the Giants. Relief from the Pergamon Altar, Berlin Museum. Wood engraving, published in 1881

The arcades and traditional lanterns of the famous Liston at the Spianada in Kerkyra, Corfu Town, Greece
View along a row of elegant lamps and awnings lining the Liston, Corfu Town, Corfu. The Old Town of Corfu was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2007

Panoramic view of Corfu Old Town, Ionian Islands, Greece

Souvenir postcard from Athens, Greece, showing the Arch of Hadrian and the Parthenon atop the Acropolis. Date: 1899

Kavala, Greece, the second largest city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala prefecture

Thessaloniki - Salep Merchant. Salep flour is consumed in beverages and desserts, especially in places that were formerly part of the Ottoman Empire

Thessaloniki - Orthodox Priest and Nougat seller in a street scene also featuring a red cross nurse. Date: circa 1916

Thessaloniki, Greece - Macedonian Buffalo and Driver Date: circa 1916

Thessaloniki, Greece - A Street Vendor - selling small items including this miniature carpet! Date: circa 1916

Thessaloniki, Greece - Bootblack Date: circa 1916

Thessaloniki, Greece - Tripe Kebab Seller Date: circa 1916

Elderly Jewish Couple - Thessaloniki, Greece Date: circa 1916

GREECE-Northeastern Aegean Islands-LESVOS (Mytilini)-Mithymna (Molyvos): Distant
GREECE, Northeastern Aegean Islands, LESVOS (Mytilini), Mithymna (Molyvos): Distant Town View

The boy from Marathon. 325 -300 BC. Work of Praxiteles workshop. Classical Greek art. Sculpture on bronze. GREECE. Athens. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: GREECE. Marathon

The Charioteer. ca. 475 BC. Classical Greek art. Sculpture on bronze. GREECE. Delphi. Delphi Museum

100 and 50 drachmas bills, Greece. Coin

Greece. Southern Aegean. Cyclades. Delos. House
GREECE. SOUTHERN AEGEAN. CYCLADES. Delos. House of the Trident. Mosaic of the impluvium depicting a dolphin and an anchor. Mosaic

Group of Aphrodite and Pan. Hellenistic art. Sculpture on marble. Proc: GREECE. CYCLADES. Delos

Greece, Crete, Heraklion / Iraklion. Heraklion Archeological Museum. Bulls head rhython (vessel for pouring ritual libations)

Greece, Epirus, Arta. The fabled Bridge of Arta

Emporium. 570 BC. Asclepius, god of medicin. Neapolis. Girona province. Catalonia. Spain

GREECE, CRETE, Rethymno Province, Plakias: Town and Harbor

GREECE, Dodecanese Islands, RHODES, Lindos: Lindos Harbor, Beach View with Acropolis of Lindos / Late Afternoon

GREECE, Northeastern Aegean Islands, LESVOS (Mytilini), Mithymna (Molyvos): Town View from the 15th century Byzantine, Genoese Castle

The sacred trireme arrives at Tyre
Arrival at Tyre of the Athenian ambassadors in the sacred trireme, Paralos. They travelled to pledge anew the loyalty of Athens to Alexander the Great. 331BC

Thessaloniki - Greece - The Quayside and White Tower. World War One era. Red Cross van in foreground. Date: 1917

Statue of Zeus in Ancient Olympia
Statue of Zeus in Olympia. coloured historical artwork. This statue was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and was 12 metres high inside the Temple of Zeus in Olympia, Greece

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Socrates. Hand colored 17th-century engraving

Kefalonia - Pessada
Pessada on the southern coast of the Greek Island of Kefalonia

Horse-drawn Streetcar, Karlovassi, Samos, Greece
A horse-drawn streetcar was created in 1905 for the distribution of goods at Karlovassi, Samos, known to the local people as the tram

Greece, Crete - Traditional Costume
Gentleman wearing traditional Cretan costume holding a rifle

Russian and Greek royal cousins
The Tsesarevich Nicholas (Tsar Nicholas II) and Prince George of Greece amusing some of the younger members of the family party in about 1890

Russian Refugee Camp at Mudros, Greece (Island of Lemnos), housing Russians driven out by the Bolsheviks following the 1917 revolution

Turkish Dancers - Salonica
A fun postcard depicting three Turkish Dancers watched by a small group of young children, including a young African boy wearing a Fez

British and French Soldiers - Salonica
A scruffy young turkish paperboy selling the Paris Balkan Newspaper and the French Echo to British and French soldiers during World War One in Salonica as two veiled ladies and a Greek priest

Turkish Musicians - Salonica
A fun card depicting a group of three Turkish Musicians in Salonica

Tatler front-cover: H. R. H. Princess Paul of Yugoslavia
A beautiful portrait study of the Consort of the Regent of Yugoslavia. H.R.H. the former Princess Olga, was a sister of H.R.H

Kos - Women (Ottoman era)
This picture is from Ottoman times and depicts women sitting, having been drinking wine, in traditional costume, on the Island of Kos (or Cos) (Turkish - Istankoy, Italian - Coo, English - Stanchio)

A heavy gun battery moving uphill during the Balkan campaign
A French heavy-gun battery move up a steep hill during fighting with the Bulgarian army on the Macedonian border, October 1916

THE ACROPOLIS, MYCENAE
A general view of the Acropolis at Mycenae. The primary remains at the site are the walls and tombs. The Palace has been almost totally destroyed over time

Glossa, Skopelos, Greece
The small town of Glossa, situated on the west side of the Greek island of Skopelos, part of the Sporades group of islands

Trojan Horse
After the death of Hector the Greeks made a huge wooden horse. The Trojans dragged it into Troy, but it was full of Greek soldiers who sacked Troy

Odysseus Slays Suitors
Throwing off his disguise and stringing his bow, which none of the men could string, Odysseus (Ulysses) kills the Suitors of his wife Penelope, at Ithaca

Penelope Brings the Bow
At Ithaca, Odysseus despondent wife Penelope and her maids bring Odysseus bow to the Suitors. If any of them are strong enough to string it, they win her hand

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