Athenian Collection (page 4)

Attic red-figure lekythos showing Eros, c. 480 BC (ceramic)
1216271 Attic red-figure lekythos showing Eros, c.480 BC (ceramic) by Cypriot, (5th century BC); height: 32.3 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Panathenaic amphora with three athletes (ceramic)
1216262 Panathenaic amphora with three athletes (ceramic) by Greek, (5th century BC); height: 26 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: the Painter of Oxford 218B)

Attic red-figure plate showing a mounted archer in oriental costume
1216261 Attic red-figure plate showing a mounted archer in oriental costume, inscribeld " Miltiades kalos", 520-510 BC (ceramic) by Roman

The fountain-head of knowledge (litho)
979557 The fountain-head of knowledge (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The fountain-head of knowledge)

Athens (chromolitho)
961289 Athens (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Athens. French trade card from the 19th century.); © Look and Learn

Women carrying hydria (colour litho)
957831 Women carrying hydria (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women carrying hydria. Illustration of Greek vase painting)

Detail of Greek pottery (colour litho)
960164 Detail of Greek pottery (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Detail of Greek pottery, from Athens, published in Figaro Illustre, August 1898)

A Shepherd Boy standing before the Parthenon (oil on canvas)
3472709 A Shepherd Boy standing before the Parthenon (oil on canvas) by Jerichau-Baumann, Elisabeth Maria Anna (1819-1881); 139.7x97.2 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; German

Attic Red-figure kylix, c. 470 BC (pottery)
CH443737 Attic Red-figure kylix, c.470 BC (pottery) by Greek, (5th century BC); 22.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: attributed to the Oedipus Painter; ); Photo eChristies Images; Greek

Attic Red-figure kylix, c. 470 BC (pottery)
CH443736 Attic Red-figure kylix, c.470 BC (pottery) by Greek, (5th century BC); 22.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: attributed to the Oedipus Painter; ); Photo eChristies Images; Greek

Pasiphae, mother of the minotaur, 1615 (engraving)
3480425 Pasiphae, mother of the minotaur, 1615 (engraving) by Gaultier, Leonard (1561-1641); (add.info.: Pasiphae, mother of the minotaur)

The death of Masistius whilst leading a cavalry attack against the Greek forces
3614277 The death of Masistius whilst leading a cavalry attack against the Greek forces, from Hutchinsons History of the Nations, pub.1915 by English School

Amphora, late Archaic, c. 490 B. C. (terracotta)
3492973 Amphora, late Archaic, c.490 B.C. (terracotta) by Greek School; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info)

Part of the Temple of Minerva in the Acropolis of Athens (engraving)
3622602 Part of the Temple of Minerva in the Acropolis of Athens (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Parthenon of Athens (engraving)
3622601 Parthenon of Athens (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Parthenon of Athens.); © Look and Learn

Pictures from Grecian history (colour litho)
3622280 Pictures from Grecian history (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pictures from Grecian history.); © Look and Learn

Marble head of a Greek general, c. 100 AD (marble, pentelic)
3526116 Marble head of a Greek general, c.100 AD (marble, pentelic) by Roman, (2nd century AD); 48.6 high cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Part of an Athenian trireme (engraving)
3635386 Part of an Athenian trireme (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Part of an Athenian trireme)

Athenian silver money (engraving)
3635372 Athenian silver money (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Athenian silver money)

The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens (coloured engraving)
3630041 The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens)

Themistocles, 1615 (engraving)
3480520 Themistocles, 1615 (engraving) by Gaultier, Leonard (1561-1641); (add.info.: Themistocles (c. 524-459 BC); Athenian politician and general

Attic white-ground lekythos showing a woman and youth at a tomb (ceramic)
1216337 Attic white-ground lekythos showing a woman and youth at a tomb (ceramic) by Greek, (5th century BC); height: 36.8 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Amphoriskos depicting a seated woman doing her hair, holding a mirror (ceramic)
1216331 Amphoriskos depicting a seated woman doing her hair, holding a mirror (ceramic) by Greek, (5th century BC); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Socrates (469-399 BC) visiting Aspasia (colour litho)
CHT231180 Socrates (469-399 BC) visiting Aspasia (colour litho) by Daumier, Honore (1808-79); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Theseus Lifting the Stone (oil on canvas)
GRH242153 Theseus Lifting the Stone (oil on canvas) by Rosa, Salvator (1615-73); Private Collection; (add.info.: discovered his father was King Aegeus of Athens; ); Italian, out of copyright

Theseus and Aegeus (litho)
STC416100 Theseus and Aegeus (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Theseus, founder-king of Athens and his father, Aegeus; ); The Stapleton Collection; English

Three Panathenaic amphorae depicting an athlete receiving a trophy, Boxers and Athletes
XIR173493 Three Panathenaic amphorae depicting an athlete receiving a trophy, Boxers and Athletes, 580-520 BC (ceramic) (b/w photo) by Greek, (6th century BC); Louvre, Paris

Reconstruction of ancient Athens (engraving)
5227433 Reconstruction of ancient Athens (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Reconstruction of ancient Athens)

Anavysos Kouros, funerary statue of Kroisos c. 530-520 BC (marble)
XIR155947 Anavysos Kouros, funerary statue of Kroisos c.530-520 BC (marble) by Greek, (6th century BC); height: 194 cm; National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Demosthenes, Ancient Greek statesman and orator (litho)
5208300 Demosthenes, Ancient Greek statesman and orator (litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Demosthenes (384-322 BC), Ancient Greek statesman and orator

Harbour of Piraeus, Ancient Greece (litho)
5997178 Harbour of Piraeus, Ancient Greece (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Harbour of Piraeus, Ancient Greece)

Vessel- Eye-cup. (A) maenad, Dionysos, (I) Gorgoneion, 530-520 BC (clay
5938181 Vessel- Eye-cup. (A) maenad, Dionysos, (I) Gorgoneion, 530-520 BC (clay, black-figured) [see also 5938170] by Greek School, (6th century BC); 10x22.3x6.0x28.8 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum

Vessel, Eye-cup. (A) maenad, Dionysos, (I) Gorgoneion, 530-520 BC (clay
5938170 Vessel, Eye-cup. (A) maenad, Dionysos, (I) Gorgoneion, 530-520 BC (clay, black-figured) [see also 5938181] by Greek School, (6th century BC); 10x22.3x6.0x28.8 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum

Vessel, Eye-cup. (A) maenad, Dionysos, (I) Gorgoneion, 530-520 BC (clay, black-figured)
5938081 Vessel, Eye-cup. (A) maenad, Dionysos, (I) Gorgoneion, 530-520 BC (clay, black-figured) by Greek School, (6th century BC); 10x22.3x6.0x28.8 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus, Athens, Ancient Greece (engraving)
5216678 Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus, Athens, Ancient Greece (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus, Athens, Ancient Greece)

Erectheion, temple dedicated to Athena and Poseidon on the Acropolis, Athens, Ancient Greece (engraving)
5216659 Erectheion, temple dedicated to Athena and Poseidon on the Acropolis, Athens, Ancient Greece (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Erectheion)

Sacrificial animals in the Ancient Greek procession of the Panathenaia (engraving)
5216655 Sacrificial animals in the Ancient Greek procession of the Panathenaia (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

View of Athens, Greece, late 19th Century (engraving)
5216613 View of Athens, Greece, late 19th Century (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: View of Athens, Greece, late 19th Century)

Vessel, Eye-cup. (A) maenad, Dionysos, (I) Gorgoneion, 530-520 BC (clay, black-figured)
5938242 Vessel, Eye-cup. (A) maenad, Dionysos, (I) Gorgoneion, 530-520 BC (clay, black-figured) by Greek School, (6th century BC); 10x22.3x6.0x28.8 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Syracuse (engraving)
3635392 Syracuse (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Syracuse. Illustration for Illustrations of School Classics arranged and described by G F Hill)

Demosthenes speaking against Philip II of Macedon (engraving)
3647035 Demosthenes speaking against Philip II of Macedon (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Demosthenes speaking against Philip II of Macedon)

The flowering of Greek art under Pericles (engraving)
3647028 The flowering of Greek art under Pericles (engraving) by Vogel, Hermann (1856-1918); Private Collection; (add.info.: The flowering of Greek art under Pericles)

Solon, Athenian statesman, lawmaker and poet (engraving)
2788677 Solon, Athenian statesman, lawmaker and poet (engraving) by Sturt, John (1658-1730); Private Collection; (add.info.: Solon (c638-c558 BC), Athenian statesman, lawmaker and poet

Fish Plate, 400-350 BC (terracotta, red-figure technique)
2969151 Fish Plate, 400-350 BC (terracotta, red-figure technique) by Greek School, (4th century BC); 5.1x34x34 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; Gift of Philip D. Armour and Charles L

Attic Red-figure kylix, c. 470 BC (pottery)
CH443735 Attic Red-figure kylix, c.470 BC (pottery) by Greek, (5th century BC); width: 22.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: attributed to the Oedipus Painter; ); Photo eChristies Images; Greek

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping

"Athenian: A Journey through Ancient Greece's Intellectual Legacy" Immerse yourself in the rich history of Athens, the birthplace of democracy and a hub for intellectual pursuits. The city that produced great minds like Themistocles, Socrates, Plato, and Pericles continues to inspire us today. Gaze upon the majestic bust of Themistocles, an Athenian statesman known for his strategic brilliance during the Persian Wars. His leadership played a crucial role in defending Athens against invasion. Relive the legendary tale of Pheidippides as he runs from Marathon to Athens to deliver news of victory. This iconic moment symbolizes courage and determination – values deeply ingrained in Athenian society. Discover Socrates, one of history's most influential philosophers whose caricature captures his distinctive appearance and sharp wit. Known for challenging conventional wisdom, Socrates encouraged critical thinking and self-reflection among his fellow citizens. Step into ancient Athens with a glimpse into daily life during "Socrates (Day). " Experience firsthand how this classical Greek philosopher engaged in thought-provoking discussions with students who sought knowledge and enlightenment. Explore Plato's profound ideas on justice, truth, and ideal governance – concepts that continue to shape political philosophy today. Marvel at Plato's own caricature which reflects his philosophical depth combined with a touch of humor. Witness the meeting between two giants of philosophy - Plato and Aristotle - depicted in artistry that captures their intellectual exchange. These brilliant minds influenced generations with their teachings on ethics, metaphysics, logic, and more. Learn about Pericles' transformative leadership as you encounter his bust prominently displayed. Under Pericles' guidance during the Golden Age of Athens (PANC2A-00033), arts flourished while democratic principles were strengthened within society. Admire Miltiades' bust – another prominent figure from ancient Athens who led Athenians to victory at the Battle of Marathon against overwhelming odds. His strategic genius and bravery left an indelible mark on Athenian history.