Ancient Greece Collection (page 9)

Proto Archaic antefix with female protome, from Taranto
LRI741036 Proto Archaic antefix with female protome, from Taranto; 19x25.5 cm; Civico Museo di Storia ed Arte, Trieste, Italy; Luisa Ricciarini.

Ancient Olympic Games held in the honour of Zeus. Runners competing in a foot race. Early 20th century illustration
537614 Ancient Olympic Games held in the honour of Zeus. Runners competing in a foot race. Early 20th century illustration.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Socrates (469-399 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher. Marble portrait bust Archaeological Museum, Athens
536082 Socrates (469-399 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher. Marble portrait bust Archaeological Museum, Athens; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Homer (8th century BC) Greek epic poet credited with authorship of the Iliad and the Odyssey
534241 Homer (8th century BC) Greek epic poet credited with authorship of the Iliad and the Odyssey. 2nd century BC (bust sculpture of roman copy of lost Greek original)

Portrait of the mathematician Euclide, 18th century (engraving)
539140 Portrait of the mathematician Euclide, 18th century (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

View of the valut of the Room of Ulysses, Palazzo della Prefettura, Bergamo, Italy (photo)
2654973 View of the valut of the Room of Ulysses, Palazzo della Prefettura, Bergamo, Italy (photo); (add.info.: Bergamo, Palazzo della Prefettura: the vault of the Hall of Ulysses)

Spouted bowl, circa 2700 BC -2200 BC (ceramic, pigment)
7310022 Spouted bowl, circa 2700 BC -2200 BC (ceramic, pigment); 8.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: ceramic, pigment); © Ashmolean Museum .

Sherd, -600 BC (ceramic)
7310003 Sherd, -600 BC (ceramic); 5.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: ceramic, Material: ceramic); © Ashmolean Museum .

Replica figurine of a Snake Goddess, 1903-06 (ceramic, pigment)
7309944 Replica figurine of a Snake Goddess, 1903-06 (ceramic, pigment); 32.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: ceramic, pigment); © Ashmolean Museum .

Attic black-figure pottery amphora depicting a military and a Dionysiac scene, 550 BC - 540 BC (pottery)
7310051 Attic black-figure pottery amphora depicting a military and a Dionysiac scene, 550 BC - 540 BC (pottery, with painted and incised decoration); 47 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Attic black-figure pottery cup depicting a mythological scene, 490 BC - 460 BC (pottery)
7309982 Attic black-figure pottery cup depicting a mythological scene, 490 BC - 460 BC (pottery, with painted and incised decoration); 15 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

The death of Priam by the hand of Pyrrhus,, 14th century (fresco)
8683312 The death of Priam by the hand of Pyrrhus,, 14th century (fresco) by Bindoccio, Cristoforo di & Piero, Meo di (14th century)

Statue of Dionysos with satyr
7287196 Statue of Dionysos with satyr; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of Dionysos with satyr, dated 2nd century AD)

Statue of Dionysos with satyr
7287194 Statue of Dionysos with satyr; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of Dionysos with satyr, dated 2nd century AD)

Statue of Athena
7287191 Statue of Athena; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of Athena, first half of the second century AD. Copy of the Artemis sculpted by praxyteles around 330-332 BC)

Female portrait. End of the 1st century AD
7287184 Female portrait. End of the 1st century AD.; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Female portrait. End of the 1st century AD)

Herm of Heracles
7287236 Herm of Heracles; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Herm of Heracles. Roman copy of a 4th century BC Greek original. First half of 2nd century AD)

Female statue with portrait
7287223 Female statue with portrait; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Female statue with portrait)

Young boy strangling a goose
7287219 Young boy strangling a goose; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Young boy strangling a goose. Roman sculture dating on the 1st century AD. Copy from a Greek original)

Sarcophagius with the myth of Protesilaus
7287215 Sarcophagius with the myth of Protesilaus; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Sarcophagius with the myth of Protesilaus. 160 - 170 AD)

Statue of Athena
7287210 Statue of Athena.; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statue of Athena. Roman sculture dating on the 1st century AD. Copy of 3 rd century BC Hellenistic original)

Bust of Ocean
7287248 Bust of Ocean; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Bust of Ocean. End of the 2nd century AD. Vatican Museum, Chiaramonti museum, Rome, Italy); © Frank Buffetrille

Portrait of Demosthenes
7287234 Portrait of Demosthenes; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Portrait of Demosthenes. Roman copy of bronze original from 280 BC. First half of 1st century AD)

Statue of Meleager, 2nd century BC after an original attributed to Skopas, proconnesian marble, National Roman Museum
6384503 Statue of Meleager, 2nd century BC after an original attributed to Skopas, proconnesian marble, National Roman Museum, Palazzo Altemps, Rome, Italy; Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Altemps

Portrait of Diphilus, 1st century AD (marble)
6384297 Portrait of Diphilus, 1st century AD (marble); Palazzo Massimo alle Terme & Museum, Rome, Lazio, Italy; (add.info.: Portrait of Diphilus, first century AD)

Head of Philip V, king of Macedonia, after a Pergamene original from around 200 BC (marble)
6384291 Head of Philip V, king of Macedonia, after a Pergamene original from around 200 BC (marble); Palazzo Massimo alle Terme & Museum, Rome, Lazio, Italy; (add.info.: Head of Philip V)

Alexander the great, after a masterpiece of the greek sculptor Lysippus, 1st century BC (marble)
6384290 Alexander the great, after a masterpiece of the greek sculptor Lysippus, 1st century BC (marble); Palazzo Massimo alle Terme & Museum, Rome, Lazio, Italy; (add.info.: Alexander the great)

Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra,1690 (oil on canvas)
LRI5636101 Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra,1690 (oil on canvas); 217x147 cm; Palazzo Spinola and Galleria Nazionale della Liguria, Musei Nazionali di Genova, Genoa

Aeneas Rescuing Anchises from Burning Troy, 1605-20 (oil on panel)
5860619 Aeneas Rescuing Anchises from Burning Troy, 1605-20 (oil on panel) by Steenwijck, Hendrick van, the younger (c.1580-1649); 22.6--31.5 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Representation de Themistocle (525-460 av. JC), homme politique et stratege grec. Sculpture en marbre. Naples
AIS5367383 Representation de Themistocle (525-460 av. JC), homme politique et stratege grec. Sculpture en marbre. Naples. Musee national d'archeologie.; © Iberfoto.

Greek art: dance scene. Kylix on ceramic from the 6th century BC, archaic period
AIS5389859 Greek art: dance scene. Kylix on ceramic from the 6th century BC, archaic period.; Museo Nazionale Etrusco, Villa Giulia, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Plate, 6th century BC
AIS5389812 Plate, 6th century BC.; (add.info.: Plate representing a man delivering another character of branches (of palm tree?) Realized by the painter Epiktetos (6th century BC). Paris

Page of an edition of the "Complete Works" (Omnia Divina Platonis Opera) by philosopher Plato (428-348 BC)
AIS5352533 Page of an edition of the "Complete Works" (Omnia Divina Platonis Opera) by philosopher Plato (428-348 BC) (engraving); Biblioteca de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; © Iberfoto.

Frontispiece of a piece by Aristophane (445-380 BC.), Greek poet and author. Edition printed in Leyden, 1624
AIS5351210 Frontispiece of a piece by Aristophane (445-380 BC.), Greek poet and author. Edition printed in Leyden, 1624.; © Iberfoto.

Frontispiece of "De animo", by Aristotle (384-332 BC) Latin ed., 1561 (manuscript)
AIS5344055 Frontispiece of "De animo", by Aristotle (384-332 BC) Latin ed., 1561 (manuscript); Biblioteca de Catalunya, Barcelona

The Trojan horse during the siege of the city of Trojan, from "Historia destructionis Troiae" by Guido delle
AIS5346111 The Trojan horse during the siege of the city of Trojan, from "Historia destructionis Troiae" by Guido delle Colone (c. 1210- c)

Detail of a mosaic of Pompei: Battle of Issos between Alexander and Darius (4th century BC)
PCT4293559 Detail of a mosaic of Pompei: Battle of Issos between Alexander and Darius (4th century BC). - King Darius III Codoman (380-330 BC)

The departure of Telemaque from Egypt - The departure of Telemachus from Egypt. Copperplate engraving by W
FLO4607872 The departure of Telemaque from Egypt - The departure of Telemachus from Egypt. Copperplate engraving by W. Walker after an illustration by C

Telemaque, accompanied by Mentor, tells his adventures a Calypso -Telemachus accompanied by Mentor narrates his
FLO4607812 Telemaque, accompanied by Mentor, tells his adventures a Calypso -Telemachus accompanied by Mentor narrates his adventures to Calypso. Copperplate engraving by J

Hercules stifles Ante who opposes his passage in Africa -Hercules overcoming Antaeus who opposes his passage into
FLO4607780 Hercules stifles Ante who opposes his passage in Africa -Hercules overcoming Antaeus who opposes his passage into Africa. Copperplate engraving by W

Narcissus seeing his reflection in a fountain becomes enamoured of himself. Copperplate engraving by W
FLO4607775 Narcissus seeing his reflection in a fountain becomes enamoured of himself. Copperplate engraving by W. Walker after an illustration by C

Cadmos (Kadmos) and Harmony Transforms into Snakes - Cadmus and Hermione metamorphosed into serpents from Ovid's
FLO4607714 Cadmos (Kadmos) and Harmony Transforms into Snakes - Cadmus and Hermione metamorphosed into serpents from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Copperplate engraving by W

"the cicada and the ant", after Esope's fable, 15th century (engraving)
PCT4287641 "the cicada and the ant", after Esope's fable, 15th century (engraving); (add.info.: Fable that inspired the fable of La Fontaine eponym); © Patrice Cartier

Socrates
3585941 Socrates; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a bust of Socrates. Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher and educator. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The colossus at Rhodes, ancient lighthouse. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Christiane Henriette Dorothea
FLO4577093 The colossus at Rhodes, ancient lighthouse. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Christiane Henriette Dorothea Westermayr from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Borghese vase: crater a dionysian decor (Dionysos) (dionysian fete or bacchanales) around 40-30 BC. Louvre Museum
ETI4397306 Borghese vase: crater a dionysian decor (Dionysos) (dionysian fete or bacchanales) around 40-30 BC. Louvre Museum.; (add.info.: Borghese vase)

Heros fighter called the "Gladiator Borghese" marble sculpture of Agasias d'Ephese (1st century BC)
ETI4397298 Heros fighter called the "Gladiator Borghese" marble sculpture of Agasias d'Ephese (1st century BC) around 100 BC (Hellenistic period).; (add.info)

The goddess Aphrodite called "Venus Genitrix" type. Marble sculpture of Paros
ETI4397281 The goddess Aphrodite called "Venus Genitrix" type. Marble sculpture of Paros, beginning 2nd century AD after an original attributed to Callimaque.; (add.info)

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"Unveiling the Splendors of Ancient Greece: A Journey through Time" Step into the world and be captivated by its rich history, art, and mythology. Admire the vibrant Fresco Three Minoan Women at Knossos, a testament to the artistic prowess of this ancient civilization. Feel their presence as they come alive on your walls. Let Hermes, depicted in Jonnard's 1886 masterpiece, guide you through this enchanting era. His mischievous smile hints at the tales he has witnessed unfold. Marvel at the Marble Aphrodite Kallipygos statue, a Roman copy that pays homage to its Hellenistic original. Her beauty transcends time and leaves us in awe of her grace. Explore Ancient Greece and its colonies around the Aegean Sea - an empire that shaped civilizations for centuries with its cultural influence and intellectual achievements. Stand before Athena's majestic statue within Athens' Parthenon; feel her wisdom radiate from every corner as she watches over her beloved city. Trace your fingers across a vintage map of Magna Graecia; it reveals how far-reaching Greek culture spread beyond mainland borders, leaving an indelible mark on distant lands. Discover Asclepius, the Roman statue embodying healing powers revered by both Greeks and Romans alike. Witness his divine aura that once brought solace to those seeking remedy. Gaze upon Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian columns - architectural marvels that adorned temples throughout ancient Greece. Each style tells a story of craftsmanship passed down through generations. Immerse yourself in Greek mythology as illustrated gods come to life before your eyes. Zeus reigns supreme while Poseidon commands mighty seas; their stories echo through eternity. And finally, meet Socrates - philosopher extraordinaire whose caricature captures his wit and intellect. Engage in lively debates alongside him as you delve into profound philosophical concepts still relevant today.