(106 - 43 B.C.) Roman orator, statesman and man of letters

Marcus Tullius Cicero

(106 - 43 B.C.) Roman orator, statesman and man of letters

George I (1845 – 1913) was King of Greece from 1863 until his death in 1913.

George I, King of Greece

George I (1845 – 1913) was King of Greece from 1863 until his death in 1913.

(c. 484-424 B.C.) Ancient Greek writer and historian.

Herodotus

(c. 484-424 B.C.) Ancient Greek writer and historian.

(c. 496-406 BCE) Tragic playwright of Ancient Greece. He wrote many famous plays including Electra, Anitogne and Oedipus Rex.

Sophocles

(c. 496-406 BCE) Tragic playwright of Ancient Greece. He wrote many famous plays including Electra,…

(469-399 B.C.) Greek philosopher who espoused the teaching technique of asking questions.

Socrates

(469-399 B.C.) Greek philosopher who espoused the teaching technique of asking questions.

(c. 480-406 BCE) Ancient Greek playwright.

Euripides

(c. 480-406 BCE) Ancient Greek playwright.

(525-456 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher

Plato

(525-456 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher

(525-456 B.C.) Ancient Greek philosopher, founder of Greek tragedies

Aeschylus

(525-456 B.C.) Ancient Greek philosopher, founder of Greek tragedies

Ancient Greek Mythology. King of Troy that fought to win his wife Helen back.

Menelaus

Ancient Greek Mythology. King of Troy that fought to win his wife Helen back.

Ancient Greek Mythology. Paris begins the Trojan War by kidnapping Helen of Troy, the most beautiful woman in the world.

Paris

Ancient Greek Mythology. Paris begins the Trojan War by kidnapping Helen of Troy, the most beautiful…

(382-336 BC) King of Macedon 359-336 BC and father of Alexander the Great.

King Philip II of Macedon

(382-336 BC) King of Macedon 359-336 BC and father of Alexander the Great.

Greek mathematician.

Euclid

Greek mathematician.

(c. 850 B.C.) Ancient Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

Homer

(c. 850 B.C.) Ancient Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

(469-399 B.C.) Greek philosopher who espoused the teaching technique of asking questions.

Socrates

(469-399 B.C.) Greek philosopher who espoused the teaching technique of asking questions.

(c. 496-406 B.C.) Tragic playwright of Ancient Greece. He wrote many famous plays including Electra, Antigone and Oedipus Rex.

Sophocles

(c. 496-406 B.C.) Tragic playwright of Ancient Greece. He wrote many famous plays including Electra,…

(c. 484-424 B.C.) Ancient Greek writer and historian.

Herodotus

(c. 484-424 B.C.) Ancient Greek writer and historian.

(c. 250 B.C.) Greek Mathematician.

Euclid

(c. 250 B.C.) Greek Mathematician.

(c. 377B.C.) Greek physician known as the Father of Medicine.

Hippocrates

(c. 377B.C.) Greek physician known as the Father of Medicine.

(c. 62-114) Roman senator who wrote a famous collection of letters

Pliny Minor

(c. 62-114) Roman senator who wrote a famous collection of letters

(106BC-43) Roman orator, statesman and man of letters

Cicero

(106BC-43) Roman orator, statesman and man of letters

Grecian female with double flute dressed for funeral procession.

Ancient Grecian Female with Double Flute

Grecian female with double flute dressed for funeral procession.

Wading birds with long, slender bills found in warmer climates of both hemispheres. The Sacred ibis of the ancient Egyptians is white in color with long glossy, black plumes on the wings.

Sacred Ibis

Wading birds with long, slender bills found in warmer climates of both hemispheres. The Sacred ibis…

Group of Roman standards.

Roman Standards

Group of Roman standards.

Wading birds with long, slender bills found in warmer climates of both hemispheres. The Sacred ibis of the ancient Egyptians is white in color with long glossy, black plumes on the wings.

Sacred Ibis

Wading birds with long, slender bills found in warmer climates of both hemispheres. The Sacred ibis…

Alexandria, Pharos Island Lighthouse

Pharos Island Lighthouse

Alexandria, Pharos Island Lighthouse

Ancient Egyptian building

Building

Ancient Egyptian building

Coin of the city of Acanthus.

Acanthus

Coin of the city of Acanthus.

Ancient Greek statesman.

Aristides

Ancient Greek statesman.

Often present a gamut which appears to us grotesque, without subdominate, or incomplete, manfestly vestige of ancient tonalities now abandoned, and in this aspect they are historixally of intrest

Highland Bagpipe

Often present a gamut which appears to us grotesque, without subdominate, or incomplete, manfestly vestige…

Ancient chime of bells

Bells

Ancient chime of bells

Greece man-of-war flag.

Greece, 1923

Greece man-of-war flag.

Portions of ancient Hospice on both sides of Water Lane, Ospringe used by Pilgrims on their way to Canterbury Cathedral.

English Inn

Portions of ancient Hospice on both sides of Water Lane, Ospringe used by Pilgrims on their way to Canterbury…

Battle of Thermopylae

Battle of Thermopylae

Battle of Thermopylae

Famous physician from ancient Greece.

Hippocrates

Famous physician from ancient Greece.

An ancient greek epic poet, believed to have written The Illiad and The Odyssey.

Homer

An ancient greek epic poet, believed to have written The Illiad and The Odyssey.

Part of ancient Roman architecture, a basin in the atrium or entrance hall of a building, to receive rain

Impluvium

Part of ancient Roman architecture, a basin in the atrium or entrance hall of a building, to receive…

Etruscan vases, more a product of Greece than Etrusca.

Etruscan Vases

Etruscan vases, more a product of Greece than Etrusca.

Bronze statue of the three-headed dog of ancient mythology.

Cerebrus

Bronze statue of the three-headed dog of ancient mythology.

Ancient household utensils from Pompeii

Household Utensils

Ancient household utensils from Pompeii

A laboratory as found in Pompeii.

Laboratory, Ancient

A laboratory as found in Pompeii.

An ancient bath-room (as discovered).

Bath-Room

An ancient bath-room (as discovered).

An ancient crinoid, sea lilies are flowerlike, with branching arms surrounding the central mouth.

Sea Lily

An ancient crinoid, sea lilies are flowerlike, with branching arms surrounding the central mouth.

An ancient crinoid, stone lilies are flowerlike, with branching arms surrounding the central mouth.

Stone Lily

An ancient crinoid, stone lilies are flowerlike, with branching arms surrounding the central mouth.

(356 B.C.-323 B.C.) Greek leader

Alexander the Great

(356 B.C.-323 B.C.) Greek leader

(86-161) Roman emperor.

Antoninus Pius

(86-161) Roman emperor.

A bull to which divine honors were paid by the ancient Egyptians, who regarded him as a symbol of Osiris.

Apis

A bull to which divine honors were paid by the ancient Egyptians, who regarded him as a symbol of Osiris.

Temple of Jupiter at Olympia.

Temple of Jupiter

Temple of Jupiter at Olympia.

The Acropolis at Athens.

Acropolis

The Acropolis at Athens.

(63 BC-AD 14) Roman Emperor

Emperor Augustus

(63 BC-AD 14) Roman Emperor

(121-180) Roman Emperor

Marcus Aurelius

(121-180) Roman Emperor

The sacred bull, worshipped with divine honors by the ancient Egyptians, who regarded it as a symbol of Osiris, the god of the Nile, the husband of Isis, and the great divinity of Egypt.

Apis

The sacred bull, worshipped with divine honors by the ancient Egyptians, who regarded it as a symbol…

A large marine swimming bird. The bill is straight and strong, the upper mandible hooked at the point and the lower one truncated; there are three webbed toes on each foot.

Albatross

A large marine swimming bird. The bill is straight and strong, the upper mandible hooked at the point…

God of Assyria, an ancient country of Asia.

Assyrian God Ninip

God of Assyria, an ancient country of Asia.

Ancient Egyptian statue.

Egyptian Ancient Statue

Ancient Egyptian statue.

A harp is a stringed instrument of triangular form. The sculptures and ruins of the Egyptians and Syrians give evidence that it was a favorite instrument among them.

Ancient Egyptian Harps

A harp is a stringed instrument of triangular form. The sculptures and ruins of the Egyptians and Syrians…

Palmettes design from a Greek vase.

Greek Vase Palmettes Motif

Palmettes design from a Greek vase.

The lotus flower has been called the sacred flower of Ancient Egypt. It was the largent and most beautiful of flowers known to that tland, and figured prominently in both royal and religious ceremonies.

Lotus Flower

The lotus flower has been called the sacred flower of Ancient Egypt. It was the largent and most beautiful…

The lotus flower has been called the sacred flower of Ancient Egypt. As a product of the life-giving, wealth-bestowing Nile it was symbolic both of that river and of the solar divinities which ruled the river's inundations and imparted to it its fertility and life-renewing powers.

Conventionalized Lotus Flower

The lotus flower has been called the sacred flower of Ancient Egypt. As a product of the life-giving,…

The lotus flower has been called the sacred flower of Ancient Egypt. It is shown in the hands of kings and gods; laid as an offering on altars and tied to the tops of posts and columns.

Conventionalized Lotus Flower

The lotus flower has been called the sacred flower of Ancient Egypt. It is shown in the hands of kings…

The lotus flower has been called the sacred flower of Ancient Egypt. As a border ornament, the lotus was alternated with the bud, usually in a pendant position, perhaps in imitation of fringes of tassels.

Conventionalized Lotus Flower

The lotus flower has been called the sacred flower of Ancient Egypt. As a border ornament, the lotus…