Greece Collection (page 10)

Greece, Crete - Traditional Costume
Gentleman wearing traditional Cretan costume holding a rifle

Russian and Greek royal cousins
The Tsesarevich Nicholas (Tsar Nicholas II) and Prince George of Greece amusing some of the younger members of the family party in about 1890

Russian Refugee Camp at Mudros, Greece (Island of Lemnos), housing Russians driven out by the Bolsheviks following the 1917 revolution

Turkish Dancers - Salonica
A fun postcard depicting three Turkish Dancers watched by a small group of young children, including a young African boy wearing a Fez

British and French Soldiers - Salonica
A scruffy young turkish paperboy selling the Paris Balkan Newspaper and the French Echo to British and French soldiers during World War One in Salonica as two veiled ladies and a Greek priest

Turkish Musicians - Salonica
A fun card depicting a group of three Turkish Musicians in Salonica

Tatler front-cover: H. R. H. Princess Paul of Yugoslavia
A beautiful portrait study of the Consort of the Regent of Yugoslavia. H.R.H. the former Princess Olga, was a sister of H.R.H

Kos - Women (Ottoman era)
This picture is from Ottoman times and depicts women sitting, having been drinking wine, in traditional costume, on the Island of Kos (or Cos) (Turkish - Istankoy, Italian - Coo, English - Stanchio)

A heavy gun battery moving uphill during the Balkan campaign
A French heavy-gun battery move up a steep hill during fighting with the Bulgarian army on the Macedonian border, October 1916

THE ACROPOLIS, MYCENAE
A general view of the Acropolis at Mycenae. The primary remains at the site are the walls and tombs. The Palace has been almost totally destroyed over time

Glossa, Skopelos, Greece
The small town of Glossa, situated on the west side of the Greek island of Skopelos, part of the Sporades group of islands

Trojan Horse
After the death of Hector the Greeks made a huge wooden horse. The Trojans dragged it into Troy, but it was full of Greek soldiers who sacked Troy

Odysseus Slays Suitors
Throwing off his disguise and stringing his bow, which none of the men could string, Odysseus (Ulysses) kills the Suitors of his wife Penelope, at Ithaca

Penelope Brings the Bow
At Ithaca, Odysseus despondent wife Penelope and her maids bring Odysseus bow to the Suitors. If any of them are strong enough to string it, they win her hand

Battle of Marathon
BATTLE OF MARATHON Miltiades, with 11, 000 Athenians and Plataeans, defeats the 60, 000-strong Persian army of Darius Hystaspes

Alexander the Great, King of Macedon
Alexander the Great, King Alexander III of Macedon. Humiliated, Gadifer and Betis retreat from Alexanders army

Beautiful blue Iris. The Peloponnese form of cretan iris. Formerly known as Iris unguicularis and Iris stylosa. Greece
ROG-11705 Beautiful blue Iris. The Peloponnese form of cretan iris. Greece Iris cretensis Formerly known as Iris unguicularis and Iris stylosa

Me 110 over Greece
Italy; a German twin-engined Messerschmitt 110 fighter over the mountains of Sicily : german aircraft came to help the Italians eject the Allies from the Mediterranean

Schliemann at Mycenae
Schliemanns excavations at Mycenae. The famed shaft graves are pictured in the middle circle, with Schliemanns large scale excavations on the right

Ancient Greece / Toilet
A lady attends to her toilet in Ancient Greece

Greece / Custom / Pallas
A procession in honour of Pallas Athene

Greek Warship
A light fighting ship from classical Greece

Alexander&jewish Priest
ALEXANDER THE GREAT in 331 BC and Jewish High Priest show mutual respect

Events / Ancient Rome
The Romans admire the works of art they have looted from Greece

The Parthenon, Athens

Ancient Greek warships, the upper one with a turret. Date: BCE

Canal at Corinth, Greece. Date: circa 1930

Markos Botsaris, 1874. Creator: Gerome, Jean-Leon (1824-1904)
Markos Botsaris, 1874. Private Collection

The Harbour, Elafonisos Island, Laconia, The Peloponnese, Greece, Southern Europe

Greece, Thessaly Region, Pelion Peninsula, Volos, Agios Konstantinos church

Boat with Greek Fugitives, 1834. Creator: Hayez, Francesco (1791-1882)
Boat with Greek Fugitives, 1834. Private Collection

Greece, Symi. Blue door and pot. Credit as: Jim Nilsen / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont.com

Nana Mouskouri, London, 1971. Artist: Brian O Connor
Nana Mouskouri, London, 1971

Markos Botsaris at the Battle of Karpenisi, on the night of August 8, 1823, 1852. Found in the collection of Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw

The Conquest of Constantinople by the Crusaders. Artist: Chatzis, Vasilios (1870-1915)
The Conquest of Constantinople by the Crusaders. Private Collection

Constantine Botsaris. Private Collection

Armatoles near Athens, 1829. Artist: Hess, Peter von (1792?1871)
Armatoles near Athens, 1829. Found in the collection of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Greek Warrior, 1861. Artist: Haag, Carl (1820-1915)
Greek Warrior, 1861. Found in the collection of the Benaki Museum, Athens

Greek relief of a family sacrificing
Greek relief of a family making an offer at an altar of Zeus. The father is holding a Patera

Dionysius in a sailing boat surrounded by dolphins, Ancient Greek dish (Krater), 530 BC. The boat is carrying a cargo of grapevines. Dionysius was the Ancient Greek god of wine

Greek Bronze of a Gorgons Head, c4th century BC. National Museum, Athens

Socrates (470-399 BC). Bust
Socrates (470-399 BC). Athenian philosopher. Bust. Marble. Roman copy of 2nd century after a greek original of 4th century. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Golden earrings with shaped like a dolphin
Earrings with shaped like a dolphin. Gold. From Taranto. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Athens. Panoramic view of the Acropolis. Parthenon. Attica. Central Greece

Athens. Panoramic view of the Acropolis at night. Attica. Central Greece

Chaging of the guard. Athens. Greece
Changing of the guar. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Athens. Attica. Greece

Sophocles - Greek playwright
Sophocles (495-406 BC) - Greek playwright. Sophocles wrote 120 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form

Greece, Santorini, Cats that roam the City
Greece, Santorini, cats that roam the city

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