Greek Collection (page 8)

"Exploring the Rich Legacy of Greek Civilization

Greek Collection: Ancient Greek athlete proclaimed the winner

Ancient Greek athlete proclaimed the winner
Crowning the winner with laurel in ancient Greek Olympic Games. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Greek Collection: Persian Empire about 500 BC

Persian Empire about 500 BC
Map of the Persian Empire under Darius I, with principal satrapies, about 500 BC. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Greek Collection: Helen of Troy, wife of Menelaus, taken from Greece

Helen of Troy, wife of Menelaus, taken from Greece
Capture of Helen by Paris, causing the Trojan War, according to Homer. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a vase painting

Greek Collection: Kitsch Greek Greetings Postcard

Kitsch Greek Greetings Postcard
A kitsch Greek Greetings card, featuring a rather unusual bird (cross between a swallow and a dove!?) carrying a message of good wishes across the sea, surrounded by a border of red and pink flowers

Greek Collection: Prince Andrew of Greece, with his wife, Princess Alice, daug

Prince Andrew of Greece, with his wife, Princess Alice, daug
Prince Andrew of Greece pictured in uniform with his wife, Alice. He was in Command of the Greek Second Army Corps at the Battle of Sakaria

Greek Collection: Odysseus & the Cyclops

Odysseus & the Cyclops
Odysseus (Ulysses) plies Polyphemus the Cyclops with red wine, so that he and his men can escape from his cave and the prospect of being eaten alive

Odysseus & Penelope
Having killed the Suitors, the hero Odysseus (Ulysses) embraces his faithful wife, Penelope, while two adoring maids watch them

Greek Collection: Greek Costume C. 500 Bc

Greek Costume C. 500 Bc
Various Ancient Greek costumes; left to right - a warrior, a King, a woman and two mourning women

Greek Collection: Hercules Vanquishing Diomedes

Hercules Vanquishing Diomedes
Artist: Le Brun, Charles - Title: Hercules Vanquishing Diomedes - Date: 1638-1642 - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 276.9 x 179

Corfu Town, Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Ancient Greek Writing
He writes on a wax tablet with a stylus

Greek Collection: Religion / Egypt / Heryshaf

Religion / Egypt / Heryshaf
Ram-God of Middle Egypt, the Lord of Suten-Henen : he is the Egyptian equivalent of the Greek Herakles (Budge names him Heru-Shefit)

Greek Collection: Asklepios / Aesculapius

Asklepios / Aesculapius
Greek - Roman god of medicine and healing : the serpent twined round a staff was his attribute

Greek Collection: Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, Diving Bell

Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, Diving Bell
Alexander the Great, King Alexander III of Macedon. He is said to have used a diving vessel for seeing underwater

Odysseus returns to his wife, Penelope

Archimedes, Greek mathematician and inventor

Greece, Dodecanese, Karpathos, Beach Kyra Panagia, Chapel of Panagia

Motor cycle by the harbour and St Nicholas Church, Halki, Dodecanese Islands, Greece

St Nicholas Church and the harbour, Halki, Dodecanese Islands, Greece

Greek Collection: A woman in a hat at Panormitis Monastery, Symi, Dodecanese Islands, Greece

A woman in a hat at Panormitis Monastery, Symi, Dodecanese Islands, Greece. (MR)Symi, Dodecanese Islands, Greece. (MR)

Acropolis at dusk, Athens, Attica, Greece

Ionic order column, The Academy of Athens, detailed view, Athens, Attica, Greece

Greek Collection: Busts of seven principal heroes of the Trojan War

Busts of seven principal heroes of the Trojan War. From left to right: Menelaus, Paris, Diomedes, Ulysses, Nestor, Achilles and Agamemnon. Sette principali Eroi della Guerra Trojana

Greek Collection: Statue of Harpocrates, Greek god of silence

Statue of Harpocrates, Greek god of silence
Statue of Arpocrate or Harpocrates, Greek god of silence. He holds a horn and wears a lotus flower on his head. Found in Hadrians Villa at Tivoli

Greek Collection: Greek Street, Soho, the Worst Street in London, 1906

Greek Street, Soho, the Worst Street in London, 1906
The Worst Street in London. A view of Greek Street, Soho, which was stigmatised by Inspector McKay before the Police Commission as the worst street in London

Medieval Architecture, Rhodes Town, Rhodes, Greece

Halki village, Naxos, Cyclade Islands, Greece

Vouliseni Lake in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece

Village Assos, Kefalonia, Ionian Islands, Greece

Night view of Oia, Santorini, South Aegean, Greece

Kalami, Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece

The Acropolis city center in Athens, Greece

Heracles fighting the Nemean lion, Attic black-figure amphora from Vulci

Greek Collection: Virgin and Child, 16th century

Virgin and Child, 16th century. From the Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece

Greek Collection: Greek Head of Gorgon or Medusa, Syracuse, Sicily

Greek Head of Gorgon or Medusa, Syracuse, Sicily. In Greek mythology, Medusa was a monster, a Gorgon, generally described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair

Greek Collection: Greek statue known as the Kritios Boy, 5th century BC

Greek statue known as the Kritios Boy, 5th century BC
The Kritios Boy, a Greek marble kouros, at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, 5th century BC

Greek Collection: Cybele, or Magna Mater (Great Mother), Phrygian / Roman goddess, 1702

Cybele, or Magna Mater (Great Mother), Phrygian / Roman goddess, 1702
Cybele, or Magna Mater (Great Mother), Phrygian/Roman goddess, 1702. The goddess Cybele was associated with fertility. She was the wife of Saturn (Kronos)

Greek Collection: Hecate, goddess magic, ghosts and witchcraft

Hecate, goddess magic, ghosts and witchcraft
Hecate, triple-bodied daughter of the Titan Perses and of Asteria. As goddess of the lower world, she ruled over magic, ghosts and witchcraft. Greek mythology. Wood engraving

Greece, Athens of Monastiraki Square and Acropolis

Greek Collection: Aphrodite, called Hera Borghese. Monte Calvo. 2nd century

Aphrodite, called Hera Borghese. Monte Calvo. 2nd century AD. Goddess of Love. Roman marble copy of a Greek bronze statue of the Classical Period. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark

Greek Collection: Sarcophagus. Marble. Tel Mevorah. Battle between Amazons

Sarcophagus. Marble. Tel Mevorah. Battle between Amazons
Amazon sarcophagus. Marble. Tel Mevorah. Roman Period. Early 3rd century AD. Detail. Battle between the Amazons and the Greeks. Relief. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem. Israel

Greek Collection: Design for Gilbert and Sullivan, A Dream of Patience

Design for Gilbert and Sullivan, A Dream of Patience
Design by Alice Mary Havers for Gilbert and Sullivan, Savoy Operas, A Dream of Patience. circa 1880s

Greek Collection: Plato (428-348 BC). Bust

Plato (428-348 BC). Bust
Plato (428-348 BC). Greek philosopher. Bust. Marble. Roman copy of 1st century after a greek original of 4th century BC. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Greek Collection: Homer (c. 8th century). Greek epic poet. Bust. Copy of an ori

Homer (c. 8th century). Greek epic poet. Bust. Copy of an ori
Homer (c.8th century). Greek epic poet. Bust. Copy of an original from 2nd century BC. Capitoline Museums, Rome, Italy. Rome. Italy

Greek Collection: Mosaic of Orpheus. Miletus. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Mosaic of Orpheus. Miletus. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany
Mosaic of Orpheus. 200 AD. Of a private room, dining room or triclinium of a roman domus. From Miletus. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Greek Collection: The Ascension. First half of the 17th century. Byzantine Mus

The Ascension. First half of the 17th century. Byzantine Museum. Zante. Ionian Islands. Greece

Acrobat. Minoian art
Acrobat. 16th c. BC. Minoan art / Cretan art. Sculpture on ivory. GREECE. CRETE. IRAKLION. Iraklion. Archaeological Museum. Proc: GREECE. CRETE. IRAKLION. Knossos. Knossos Palace

Greek Collection: Inns at dusk, Street of the Knights, blue hour, Medieval Old Rhodes Town, UNESCO

Inns at dusk, Street of the Knights, blue hour, Medieval Old Rhodes Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

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