The great legislator and one of the seven wise men of Greece, born in Athens in 638; died in 558 B.C.…
An eminent historian, born in Athens, Greece, about 471; died about 400 B.C. He was a son of Olorus,…
The Parthenon is the best-known surviving building of Ancient Greece and is regarded as one of the world's…
The principal city of Baeotia, in ancient Greece, was situated in the south part of the country, onm…
"In the reign of Philip of Macedon, the coinage of Greece had attained its full development, having…
"Acropolis, 'the highest point of the city.' Many of the important cities of Greece and Asia Minor were…
"A small coin of ancient Greece, in later times of silver, the sixth part of an Attic drachma, equal…
This portrait is of the great artist, Tintoretto. He was a Greek painter who included external imagry…
Bias, one of the seven sages of Greece; a native of Priene, an Ionia; celebrated for his practical knowledge…
He was a mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer. "The name of a line Graeco-Egyptain…
Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christian empire, see Christendom, successor to ancient…
The Parthenon is a temple of the Greek goddess Athena, built in the 5th century BC on the Athenian Acropolis.…
"Sarcophagus from the Street of Tombs at Assos in the Troad, excavated by the Archaeological Institute…
Euphorbia lathyris (Caper Spurge or Paper Spurge) is a species of spurge native to southern Europe (France,…
The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon is an impressive "tholos" tomb at Mycenae, Greece (on the…
The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon is an impressive "tholos" tomb at Mycenae, Greece (on the…
The Ionic order column originated in the mid-6th century BC in Ionia. The Ionic order column was being…
The Ionic order column originated in the mid-6th century BC in Ionia. The Ionic order column was being…
The Ionic order column originated in the mid-6th century BC in Ionia. The Ionic order column was being…
Guilloche, usually spelled without the acute accent on the final e, describes a repetitive architectural…
Remains of the circular walls round towns and palaces, which are known under the name Cyclopean, exist…
Remains of the circular walls round towns and palaces, which are known under the name Cyclopean, exist…
Peculiar vaulted buildings often existed in connection with the palaces for the preservation of valuables;…
Peculiar vaulted buildings often existed in connection with the palaces for the preservation of valuables;…
This Gargoyle Lion Head is made out of terracotta and is found in Athens, Greece.
The Greek akroter serves as an ornamental finish to the apex of a gable. It is painted in the temple…
This Greek akroter is painted in Acropolis, Athens. It serves as the ornamental finish to the apex of…
The finial foliated shaft is a Greek design of the choragic monument of Lysikrates in Athens.
The ionic capital is a design of a scroll rolled on both sides with spiral curves. It is found in Bassae,…
The antique Corinthian capital is a found in Melos, Greece. It is a design of a two rows of leaves that…