The Greek Corinthian capital is found in a monument in Lysikrates, Athens. It is a design of spiral…
The Greek console is shown in the front and side view. It is found as a support to the North door of…
The Greek Caryatid is a female figure used as a support in place of a column. It is found in the temple…
The Greek square panel is found on the coffer of the Propylaea ceiling, the entrance to the Acropolis…
The Greek square panel is found on the coffer of the Propylaea ceiling, the entrance to the Acropolis…
The Greek square panel is found on the coffer of the Propylaea ceiling, the entrance to the Acropolis…
The Greek square panel is found in Athens. This panel is divided into eight equal spaces that are decorated…
The Greek square panel is found on the coffer of the Parhtenon ceiling, a Greek Temple. This panel is…
This Greek earring is made out of gold in the form of a siren (Greek mythical bird-woman). It was found…
Bird's eye view of the Gulf of Santorin, during the volcanic eruption of February 1866.
Episema were used in Greece as a symbol for a country, region, or used on a shield or badge. This episemon…
The Greek oblong panel has a strict palmette decoration. It is found in the painted coffers (sunken…
The Greek oblong panel has a strict palmette decoration. It is found in the painted coffers (sunken…
An exedra is a semicircular recess set into a building's facade. The exedra at the Street of Tombs in…
The stairway of the great altar at Pergamon in Ancient Greece shows a frieze. A frieze is a sculpture…
"Gazzetta of the Ionian islands, 1801. A small copper coin, worth about 3 farthings, made in Venice…
Herodotus of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC (c. 484 BC–c.…
Demosthenes was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations constitute a…
Color flag of Greece. Nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white; there is a blue…
Black and white outline flag of Greece. Nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white;…
In art and architecture, a meander is a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped…
The Tomb of Atreus also known as the Treasury of Atreus is a tomb located in Mycenae, Greece built between…
The Gate of the Lions is located in Mycenae, Greece. It was the entrance to the city. On top of the…
"In Dresden, owing to the method of instruction in the technical schools, as well as to the influence…
Fixed windmills, oriented to the prevailing wind were extensively used in the Cyclades islands of Greece.…
One of the first Greek amphitheaters, located in the political center of the Elymian people.
A stature of Aristophanes, who was a prolific and commonly celebrated playwright of comedy. He is also…
"Afterwards [Solon] went to Sardis and made the acquaintance of Cresus. It was on this occasion that…
Clisthenes, also known as the Father of Athenian democracy, is depicted competing in a chariot race…
"The first noted public appearance of [Alcibiades] was on the occasion of the coming of the Lacedaemonian…
Image depicting a mythical moral anecdote, consisting of two morals. The first that regardless of who…
"It was during the siege of Methone that Philip had the misfortune to lose on of his eyes. A random…
One of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. They were held both the year before and the year after…
Statue of the Greek god Helios. It is currently considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient…
A popular Greek revolutionary and Prime Minister of Greece, serving from 1910 to 1920 and again from…
"A group of Greek soldiers, drawn from sculptured figures in the temple pediment."—Gordy, 1912
Also known as Discobolus. The Discus Thrower is a famous, ancient bronze statue that demonstrates a…
An ancient sculpture representing an athlete using a strigil to scrape sweat and dust off his body.
"Paestum, the Greek Poseidonia, was a colony of Sybaris. The malarial atmosphere of the place led to…
"From a Greek vase of about the time of the battle of Marathon."—Webster, 1913
"Near the southern extremity of the plain of Marathon rises a conical mound, 30 feet high. it covers…
An ancient ship used by Greeks and Romans. The ship has three rows of oars on each side, with a man…
"A decree of the Council and Assembly dating from about 450 B.C."—Webster, 1913
"Shows the bema, or platform, from which orators addressed the assembled citizens."—Webster, 1913
"A tablet of Pentelic marble. Athena, leaning on her spear, is gazing with downcast head at a grave…