Greeks Collection (page 82)

March of the Spartan Army across the Mountains (engraving)
655581 March of the Spartan Army across the Mountains (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: March of the Spartan Army across the Mountains)

Lysander has the Walls of Athens Demolished (engraving)
655577 Lysander has the Walls of Athens Demolished (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lysander has the Walls of Athens Demolished)

Danae in Athenes temple (colour litho)
5998215 Danae in Athenes temple (colour litho) by Spence, Thomas Ralph (1848-1918); Private Collection; (add.info.: Danae in Athenes temple)

Olympia, Athena, from a metope (b / w photo)
6010744 Olympia, Athena, from a metope (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Olympia, Athena, from a metope)

Cotopaxi, volcano in Ecuador (colour litho)
5226602 Cotopaxi, volcano in Ecuador (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cotopaxi, volcano in Ecuador. Illustration from Amerika)

Athens: The Prison of Socrates (b / w photo)
5225072 Athens: The Prison of Socrates (b/w photo) by Greek Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Prison of Socrates)

Athens: The Theatre of Dionysos (b / w photo)
5225069 Athens: The Theatre of Dionysos (b/w photo) by Greek Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Theatre of Dionysos)

Athens, General View (b / w photo)
5225061 Athens, General View (b/w photo) by Greek Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Athens, General View)

Works underway on the Parthenon, Athens in the 1890s (b / w photo)
5228775 Works underway on the Parthenon, Athens in the 1890s (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Works underway on the Parthenon)

The Legates of Alexander the Great Investing the Gardener Abdalonymus with the Insignia
FIA5389856 The Legates of Alexander the Great Investing the Gardener Abdalonymus with the Insignia of the Kingship of Sidon, c.1645-c.1650 (oil on panel) by KnAopfer

Athens: The Boulevard of Queen Amalia (b / w photo)
5225088 Athens: The Boulevard of Queen Amalia (b/w photo) by Greek Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Boulevard of Queen Amalia)

Athens: Constitution Square (b / w photo)
5225085 Athens: Constitution Square (b/w photo) by Greek Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Constitution Square)

Athens: The National Library (b / w photo)
5225084 Athens: The National Library (b/w photo) by Greek Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The National Library)

Athens: The Royal Palace (b / w photo)
5225080 Athens: The Royal Palace (b/w photo) by Greek Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Royal Palace)

Dr Schliemanns Mausoleum in the Cemetery at Athens (litho)
5213765 Dr Schliemanns Mausoleum in the Cemetery at Athens (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dr Schliemanns Mausoleum in the Cemetery at 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

Corinth (chromolitho)
5207977 Corinth (chromolitho) by Harper, Henry Andrew (1835-1900); Private Collection; (add.info.: Corinth. Illustration from The Pictorial New Testament (Scripture Gift Mission, London)

Man and woman of the Isle of Santorini, Greece, 1818
6338187 Man and woman of the Isle of Santorini, Greece, 1818 by English School, (18th century); (add.info.: Man and woman of the Isle of Santorini, Greece, 1818)

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)

Meat processing of the birds, detail from the tomb of Nakht, c. 1390 BC (wall painting)
5853841 Meat processing of the birds, detail from the tomb of Nakht, c.1390 BC (wall painting) by Egyptian 18th Dynasty (c.1567-1320 BC); Alinari Archives, Florence

The Temple of Aphrodite (colour litho)
5201931 The Temple of Aphrodite (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Temple of Aphrodite)

Blusters Way (colour litho)
5201940 Blusters Way (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Blusters Way. Illustration for Stories from the Greek Comedians by Alfred J Church (Seeley)

Hercules and Poseidon (colour litho)
5201935 Hercules and Poseidon (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hercules and Poseidon)

Bacchus and Xanthias (colour litho)
5201934 Bacchus and Xanthias (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacchus and Xanthias)

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)

Supposed Temple of Minerva at Corinth, ascribed to the Seventh Century BC (engraving)
5218807 Supposed Temple of Minerva at Corinth, ascribed to the Seventh Century BC (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Supposed Temple of Minerva at Corinth)

Map of Ancient Greece
6340084 Map of Ancient Greece by Unknown Artist, (19th century); (add.info.: Map of Ancient Greece. Routes of King of Persia Xerxes Is army (blue) and navy (red)

Ancient Greeks Lighting the First Olympic Torch, 1922 (lithograph)
2622483 Ancient Greeks Lighting the First Olympic Torch, 1922 (lithograph) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The shepherd. Fable of Esope. (Greek writer Esopo or Ecopus
XEE4409339 The shepherd. Fable of Esope. (Greek writer Esopo or Ecopus, 6th century BC) Written by Guillaume Montfort and Gravees by Beauble in 1801

The kid and the wolf. Fable of Esope. (Greek writer Esopo or Ecopus
XEE4409348 The kid and the wolf. Fable of Esope. (Greek writer Esopo or Ecopus, 6th century BC) Written by Guillaume Montfort and Gravees by Beauble in 1801

The head of Zeus from Falerii Veteres (polychrome terracotta)
3854881 The head of Zeus from Falerii Veteres (polychrome terracotta) by Etruscan, (4th century BC); Museo Nazionale Etrusco, Villa Giulia, Rome, Lazio

The Banquet of Periander (Tyrant, or King of Corinth) for the seven wise men of Greece
XEE4405072 The Banquet of Periander (Tyrant, or King of Corinth) for the seven wise men of Greece. from left to right: Bias, Esop, Anacharis, Cleobule, Solon, Pythagoras

Letters as Maiden of Stnrie and T as Greek Woman of Tripolitza. Womens alphabet
DUV4198479 Letters as Maiden of Stnrie and T as Greek Woman of Tripolitza. Womens alphabet. Series of 12 images. Liebig advertising, 19th century (chromolithograph) by French School

Letter representing a mother and daughter, late 19th century (chromolithograph)
DUV4199722 Letter representing a mother and daughter, late 19th century (chromolithograph) by French School, (19th century); 10x7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Satyrs and Satyresses in a Landscape, c. 1770 (pen & iron gall ink with brown & grey washes on laid paper)
995950 Satyrs and Satyresses in a Landscape, c.1770 (pen & iron gall ink with brown & grey washes on laid paper) by Tiepolo

Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890), German archaeologist (b / w photo)
817416 Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890), German archaeologist (b/w photo) by German Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890), German archaeologist

Demosthenes (engraving)
816189 Demosthenes (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Demosthenes (384-322 BC)

Alcander a young man of Sparta attacking Lycurgus, from Hutchinson
3614271 Alcander a young man of Sparta attacking Lycurgus, from Hutchinsons History of the Nations, pub.1915 by English School

Glaucus transforms from man to sea god (engraving)
3480593 Glaucus transforms from man to sea god (engraving) by Picart, Bernard (1673-1733); (add.info.: Glaucus transforms from man to sea god. Engraving depicting Jason and the Argonuats)

Terracotta volute-krater, c. 450 BC (terracotta)
3493149 Terracotta volute-krater, c.450 BC (terracotta) by Greek, (5th century BC); 63.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

St Paul preaching at Athens (engraving)
3628231 St Paul preaching at Athens (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Paul preaching at Athens)

Fete du temple de Jupiter, a Athenes (engraving)
3635577 Fete du temple de Jupiter, a Athenes (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fete du temple de Jupiter, a Athenes)

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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.