Greeks Collection (page 11)

Argonauts finding the Golden Fleece, a fleece placed in a spring by the Colchians to collect alluvial gold dust
536121 Argonauts finding the Golden Fleece, a fleece placed in a spring by the Colchians to collect alluvial gold dust. 1556 (woodcut from Agricola De Re Metallica)

Map of Crete, c.1900 (engraving)
533320 Map of Crete, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of Crete, Greece, circa 1902, From the 10th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica.); Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG

Ruins of a sacred edifice at Elefsina, Greece (engraving)
8677068 Ruins of a sacred edifice at Elefsina, Greece (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ruins of a sacred edifice at Elefsina, Greece)

General view of Corfu (engraving)
8676601 General view of Corfu (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: General view of Corfu)

Torch ride, ancient Greece (engraving)
8635047 Torch ride, ancient Greece (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Torch ride, ancient Greece. Illustration from Hellas)

Battle of Plataea, Greece, 479 BC (engraving)
8635041 Battle of Plataea, Greece, 479 BC (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan of the Battle of Plataea, Greece, 479 BC)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637104 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Figure with chiton, himation, and veil (kredemnon)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637101 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Here (Juno) wearing himation as a diplax, that is two-ply

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637099 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Figure with chiton and himation)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637090 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Female flute-player, wearing chiton and himation)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637086 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacchante with rod of sesamum, wearing chiton and himation)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637069 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Demeter (Ceres) with clasp-fastened chiton and veil (kredemnon)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637175 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Here attired in various ways)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637171 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dancing females, showing various arrangements of the chiton, diploidion, and himation)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637169 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Figures of the Muses and of Artemis)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637163 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Greek ladies sitting)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637152 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Artemis, allegorical figure, and Hebe)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637148 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Upper group shows Aphrodite, Artemis, Hephaistos, and Athene)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637145 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: The upper group represents Apollo, Artemis, Heracles, and Athene)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637139 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Two representations of Demeter, sitting)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637128 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Athene. The peplos and diploidion)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637119 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Artemis wearing chiton girt up with scarf or peplos)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637117 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Artemis (Diana) wearing chiton double-girded, and kilted above the knee

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637109 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cybele wears himation worn round the body and over the head as a veil)

Perseus of Macedon on the march through the gorges of Thessaly (engraving)
8635734 Perseus of Macedon on the march through the gorges of Thessaly (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Atalanta (b/w photo)
8635235 Atalanta (b/w photo) by Roemer, Georg (1868-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Atalanta. Illustration from Die Kunst - Monatshefte fur Freie und Angewandte Kunst (F Bruckmann, Munich)

Socrates drinking the Hemlock (litho)
8673886 Socrates drinking the Hemlock (litho) by Pinelli, Bartolomeo (1781-1835); Private Collection; (add.info.: Socrates drinking the Hemlock)

The Greeks Hail the Sea (litho)
8674141 The Greeks Hail the Sea (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Greeks Hail the Sea)

A Sea Fight (litho)
8673889 A Sea Fight (litho) by Pinelli, Bartolomeo (1781-1835); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Sea Fight. Illustration for The Fall of Athens)

The Chimera (engraving)
8672714 The Chimera (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Chimera, from Ancient Greek mythology)

The child Hercules (engraving)
8672604 The child Hercules (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The child Hercules wrestling with snakes)

Perseus and Medusa (engraving)
8672602 Perseus and Medusa (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Perseus and Medusa. From Greek mythology)

The First Sea-Fight in History (litho)
8660834 The First Sea-Fight in History (litho) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: The First Sea-Fight in History)

The Capture of Memphis by the Assyrians (litho)
8660882 The Capture of Memphis by the Assyrians (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Capture of Memphis by the Assyrians)

The Battle of Coronea, BC 447 (litho)
8660779 The Battle of Coronea, BC 447 (litho) by Rowlandson, George Derville (1861-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Battle of Coronea, BC 447)

Theban Night Attack on Plataea BC 441 (litho)
8660778 Theban Night Attack on Plataea BC 441 (litho) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Theban Night Attack on Plataea BC 441)

The Balkan States, 1914 (litho)
8660706 The Balkan States, 1914 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Balkan States, 1914)

Dr and Mrs Schliemann, the excavators, at Mycenae, Greece (engraving)
8644071 Dr and Mrs Schliemann, the excavators, at Mycenae, Greece (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dr and Mrs Schliemann, the excavators, at Mycenae)

The explorations at Mycenae (engraving)
8644043 The explorations at Mycenae (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The explorations at Mycenae. The Treasury of Atreus, entrance)

Phidias or Pheidias: Athene from the Frieze of the Parthenon, British Museum, London (b/w photo)
8649870 Phidias or Pheidias: Athene from the Frieze of the Parthenon, British Museum, London (b/w photo) by European Photographer

Phidias or Pheidias: Bust of Hermes of Praxiteles, Olympia (engraving)
8649856 Phidias or Pheidias: Bust of Hermes of Praxiteles, Olympia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bust of Hermes of Praxiteles, Olympia)

Zeus bade the rain cease and the floods withdraw (colour litho)
8647711 Zeus bade the rain cease and the floods withdraw (colour litho) by Reid, Stephen (1873-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Zeus bade the rain cease and the floods withdraw)

Little joy did he have of his possessions (colour litho)
8647706 Little joy did he have of his possessions (colour litho) by Reid, Stephen (1873-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Little joy did he have of his possessions)

The Throne of Minos, Knossos (b/w photo)
8639174 The Throne of Minos, Knossos (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Throne of Minos, Knossos)

The Lion Gate, Mycenae (b/w photo)
8639172 The Lion Gate, Mycenae (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lion Gate, Mycenae)

Pillar at Knossos, Incised with Double-Axe Symbols (b/w photo)
8639164 Pillar at Knossos, Incised with Double-Axe Symbols (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pillar at Knossos, Incised with Double-Axe Symbols)

Cadmus rushed at the monster (litho)
8639157 Cadmus rushed at the monster (litho) by Richardson, Frederick (1862-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cadmus rushed at the monster)

The Bull-Baiters (colour litho)
8639161 The Bull-Baiters (colour litho) by Duncan, John (1866-1945) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bull-Baiters)

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"Greeks: Unveiling the Rich Tapestry of Ancient Greece" Step into the realm of ancient Greece, where history and mythology intertwine to create a captivating narrative. From the majestic Acropolis in Athens to the iconic Parthenon, every corner of this land whispers tales of valor and intellect. In 1787, "The Death of Socrates" immortalized one of history's greatest philosophers, showcasing his unwavering commitment to truth. Leonidas I, the revered King of Sparta who died in 480 BC, stands tall in a monumental tribute that echoes his legendary bravery at Thermopylae. Journeying further into Attica reveals the Tholos of Athena Pronaia—a remarkable sanctuary that exudes divine beauty. The Battle of Salamis comes alive as we envision Greek ships fiercely clashing against Persian forces, forever etching their triumph into our collective memory. Phaistos Disc—an enigmatic artifact from XV century BC Phaistos—unleashes mysteries waiting to be unraveled. Meanwhile, Daphni Monastery's Christ Pantocrator radiates spiritual serenity amidst lush surroundings. Witness how Surgeon William Maillard earned his Victoria Cross during Candia's turmoil through an awe-inspiring lithograph. Ares and Aphrodite grace us with their presence through timeless Greek artistry—symbolizing war and love entwined within humanity's essence. Delve deeper into Crete's mythical past as you gaze upon a restored Taureador Fresco from Knossos Palace—the very heartland where Minos reigned supreme. Maps meticulously outline Knossos' architectural marvels surrounding its grand palace—a testament to Minoan civilization’s ingenuity. As we explore these fragments from antiquity, let us celebrate Greeks for their indomitable spirit that shaped Western civilization. Their legacy endures through centuries—inspiring generations with wisdom and artistic brilliance.