Greece Collection (page 7)

Princess Andreas (Andrew) of Greece
Princess Andrew of Greece (1885-1969), formerly Princess Alice of Battenberg, great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria via her mother, Princess Victoria of Hesse

Plato (428-348 BC). Bust
Plato (428-348 BC). Greek philosopher. Bust. Marble. Roman copy of 1st century after a greek original of 4th century BC. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Homer (c. 8th century). Greek epic poet. Bust. Copy of an ori
Homer (c.8th century). Greek epic poet. Bust. Copy of an original from 2nd century BC. Capitoline Museums, Rome, Italy. Rome. Italy

The Ascension. First half of the 17th century. Byzantine Museum. Zante. Ionian Islands. Greece

Acrobat. Minoian art
Acrobat. 16th c. BC. Minoan art / Cretan art. Sculpture on ivory. GREECE. CRETE. IRAKLION. Iraklion. Archaeological Museum. Proc: GREECE. CRETE. IRAKLION. Knossos. Knossos Palace

Miltiades (c. 550-c. 489 BC), Athenian military leader and politician
illustration of a Miltiades (c.550-c.489 BC), Athenian military leader and politician

Ottoman Empire, lithograph, published in 1878
Ancient map of Ottoman Empire. Lithograph, published in 1878

Spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo Graeca)
Antique illustration of Spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo Graeca)

Eirene with the infant Ploutos

Greece, Third Wonder, seated statue of Greek God Zeus, located in ancient town of Olympia

Vlacherna Monastery at Kanoni, Corfu, Greece
The location of Kanoni with the church of Panagia Vlacherna is one of the most famous and photographed spots of Corfu. Kanoni is actually a quarter of Corfu Town

Morning sun light in Oia village, Santorini
Sunbeds and umbrellas near one of the white houses in Oia village, Santorini island in Greece

Temple of Hephaestus, Athens, Greece
Temple of Hephaestus in the ancient Agora, seen from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Chania lighthouse with the sun right behind, at sunrise, harbour, Chania, Crete, Greece

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Mount Athos, Greece - Holy Monastery of Iviron
Holy Monastery of Iviron or Iveron, an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. Date: circa 1910s

Rue du Quai and the port, Thessaloniki, Greece Date: circa 1902

Fira, Santorini, Greece
Church in Fira, Santorini, Greece

GREECE-Dodecanese Islands-RHODES-Kolymbia: Morning View of Tsambika Bay from the
GREECE, Dodecanese Islands, RHODES, Kolymbia: Morning View of Tsambika Bay from the Moni Tsambikas Hillside Monastery

Movie star Sophia Loren
Greece: 1957 Movie star Sophia Loren in a scene from the film Boy on a Dolphin

Saint Nicholas Greek orthodox icon

Greek civilization, Black-figure pottery, Krater depicting fight for the body of Patroclus, From Farsala, Greece
Greek civilization, 6th century b.C. Black-figure pottery. Krater depicting the fight for the body of Patroclus. From Farsala, Greece. Detail

Aristotle crying, conceptual artwork
Aristotle crying. Conceptual artwork of a bust of the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC), who is depicted here crying

Hippocrates Saves Athens
By his sensible precautions, the Greek physician Hippocrates saves the people of Athens from the worst effects of the plague which threatens them

Tholos Tomb / Mycenae
Schliemann dubbed this majestic building the Treasury of Atreus but the capstone-topped ashlar corbelled masonry is actually that of a Tholos tomb

Greece / Ithaca 1863
Ithaca, in the Ionian Sea. The School of Homer Date: 1863

Alexanders Diving Bell
Alexander the Great, king of Greece, is said to have used a diving vessel for seeing underwater

Columns Of Ercole
Roberto GIUDICI

Nightfall
Michel Romaggi

Man and woman of the Mani or Maina peninsula, Greece. Illustration from Francois Pouquevilles Travels through More, Albania and several other parts of the Ottoman Empire, 1805

Old tower, pier and beach, Nea Fokea, Kassandra, Halkidiki, Greece
nea fokea, Marius Roman Travel Photography, 883122758

The Holy Mountain Athos, 1885. Artist: Fesenko, Yefim Ivanovich (1850-1926)
The Holy Mountain Athos, 1885. Found in the collection of the State History Museum, Moscow

The Story of Theseus, mid-15th century. Artist: Master of the Cassoni
The Story of Theseus, mid-15th century. Theseus lands on Crete from Athens and sets out to kill the Minotaur, the bull-headed monster which King Minos has had imprisoned in the labyrinth built by

Greek Tomb Painting, 5th century BC
Greek tomb painting: the diver symbolises the after-life, 5th century BC

Greek vase painting depicting Cadmus fighting the serpent, 4th century BC
Greek vase painting depicting Cadmus fighting the serpent before founding Thebes. Made in Paetum, a Greek city in Italy, 4th century BC

Humorous postcard, British soldier in Salonika, WW1
Humorous postcard, British soldier in Salonika -- Finish Johnny! Christmas 1918, 8th Field Survey Company Royal Engineers. Date: 1918

Tatler cover- Duchess of Kent and her sisters
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a portrait of three royal sisters, the daughters of Prince and Princess Nicholas of Greece

Thessaloniki, Greece - Cobblers - Arch of Galerius
Thessaloniki, Greece - Cobblers working beneath the 4th century Triumphal Arch of Galerius (part of the Rotunda Complex). Date: circa 1910s

Thessaloniki, Greece, artillery piece under Arch of Galerius
WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - an artillery piece is transported by two horses beneath the 4th century Triumphal Arch of Galerius, part of the Rotunda Complex. Date: 1918

Menander (ca. 342-ca. 292 BC). Portrait
Menander (ca.342-ca.292 BC). Greek dramatist, representative of the athenian New Comedy. Roman copy of a Greek original. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Orpheus playing his lyre. Relief from Thessaloniki. Greece
Orpheus, wearing a Phrygian cap and surrounded by the beasts charmed by the music of his lyre. Relief from Thessaloniki. Greece

Oedipus and Antigone. Engraving
Oedipus. Hero of Greek mythology. The Delphic oracle predicted that he would kill his father and marry his mother. When they discover the truth

Church of Agios Nikolaos. Aegina. Greece
Greece. Aegina. Church of Agios Nikolaos. Exterior. Aegina Island

Alcibiades killed by assassins
Illustration of a Alcibiades killed by assassins (probably Spartans)

Map of Siberia 1895
Map of Siberia

Ancient Greece map 1875
The Independent Course Comprehensive Geography by James Monteith, A.S. Barnes & Co, New York & Chicago 1875

Grecian Ionic architecture engraving 1878
Encyclopedia Britannica 9th Edition Vol II New York, Samuel Hall 1878

Sophocles ( circa 496a'406 bc ), Greek playwright. His seven surviving plays are notable for their complexity of plot and depth of characterization

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