Athenian Collection (#3)

Athens. Panoramic view of the Acropolis. Sunset
Athens. Panoramic view of the Acropolis from Philapoppos Hill. Sunset. Attica. Central Greece

Athens. Panoramic view of the Acropolis and Lycabettos Hill from Philapoppos Hill. Attica. Central Greece

Greek Art. Temple of Hephaestus or Theseion. Agora of Athens
Greek Art. Temple of Hephaestus or Theseion. The doric temple, which stands at the western end of the Agora, on the hill of Agoraios Kolonos. Erected by the architect Ictinos (449-415 B.C.)

Greek Art. Erechtheion. Acropolis. Athens. Attica. Central
Greek Art. Erechtheion. Temple ionic. Was built between 421 - 407 BC. Acropolis. Athens. Attica. Central Greece

Aeschines / Tardieu
AESCHINES Athenian Statesman & orator Date: CIRCA 389 - 314 BC

Sophiocles - Cheesman
Sophocles (circa 496 - 406) Athenian playwright

Thrasybulus (? - 389 BC) Athenian soldier and statesman

Aeschines (Statue)
AESCHINES Athenian orator, opponent of Demosthenes Date: circa 389 - 314 BC

Isocrates, Athenianorator
ISOCRATES Athenian orator Date: 436 - 338 BC

AESCHINES Athenian orator, opponent of Demosthenes Date: circa 389 - 314 BC

Sophocles - Marble bust
Sophocles (circa 496 - 406) Athenian playwright

Aristides the Just
ARISTIDES THE JUST Athenian statesman Date: 530 ? - 468 ? BC

Socrates - classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher
Socrates (470-399 BC) - classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher. Socrates had been found guilty of both corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens and of impiety

Illustration of the Shakespeare Play Timon of Athens
Illustration of the Shakespeare Play " Timon of Athens", by S. G. Boxsius. Date: 1913

Leodamas - 2
LEODAMAS Athenian statesman, noted orator who doesn t rate a mention in the Oxford classical dictionary... Date: flourished 372 BC

Isocrates Bust
ISOCRATES Athenian orator Date: 436 - 338 BC

The evolution of the wheel: 6. Greek wheel (7th century BCE); 7. wheel of Athenian era; 8. German wheel; 9. primitive wheel from heavy cart; 10. Spanish wheel (14th century)

Miltiades The Younger (c. 554 BC probably 489 BC). Athenian strategist. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Apollonius The Athenian (1st century BC)

Lysias (Anon)
LYSIAS Athenian orator who, being in straitened circumstances, became a professional speech- writer for legal counsel Date: 450? - 380 BC

Lysias (Bust 1)
LYSIAS Athenian orator Date: 450? - 380 BC

Pericles / Bust Anon
PERICLES Athenian statesman Date: circa 495 - 429 BC

Piraeus Besieged / 388 Bc
Spartan ships besiege the Athenian port of Piraeus Date: 388 BC

Alcibiades Murdered
The Athenian general and statesman Alcibiades, who has fled from his enemies to the Persian Pharnabazus, is murdered in Phrygia by his political enemies

Athenian Defeat - Sicily
A disastrous Athenian expedition to Sicily

Greece Marathon
Site of the battle of 490 BCE when a Greek army (mainly Athenian) defeated the very much larger force of Persian invaders. A messenger ran back to Athens with the news

Aspasia (Sculpture)
ASPASIA Greek adventuress and consort of the Athenian statesman Pericles, said to have taught rhetoric and to have conversed with Socrates

Miltiades of Athens
MILTIADES Athenian military commander at the battle of Marathon

Miltiades of Athens 2
MILTIADES Athenian military commander at the battle of Marathon

Miltiades of Athens 3
MILTIADES Athenian military commander at the battle of Marathon

Philemon, Playwright
PHILEMON Athenian comic poet and playwright, author of 97 works which were evidently extremely popular as he frequently won contests over his rivals

PRAXITELES Athenian sculptor, regarded as the greatest sculptor of his age

Socrates & Alcibiades
SOCRATES Athenian philosopher, reproaching the young Alcibiades for his dissolute lifestyle

15 ST JAMES SQUARE
An fine example of Greek Revival or Neo-Classical architecture - No.15 St James Square by James " Athenian" Stuart

Socrates (Figuier)
SOCRATES Athenian philosopher

Socrates (Visconti)
SOCRATES Athenian philosopher

Socrates (Gucht)
SOCRATES Athenian philosopher

Themistocles Head
THEMISTOCLES Athenian military commander and statesman

Alcibiades the Hero
Alcibiades makes his victorious return to Athens

ALCIBIADES (450 - 404 BC
ALCIBIADES Athenian general; though a friend of Socrates, he was dissolute in private and a traitor in his public life; assassinated by the Persians

Lycurgus of Athens
LYCURGUS Athenian statesman of aristocratic birth and high principles

Socrates, Greek philosopher of Athens
Socrates, Classical Greek philosopher of Athens, one of the founders of Western philosophy

Eight heads of Socrates, Classical Greek philosopher of Athens, one of the founders of Western philosophy

LYSISTRATA
The Greek heroine is here portrayed as an early example of militant feminism, standing up for the rights of Athenian women

XANTHIPPUS Athenian naval commander, father of Pericles

SCENE FROM THE BIRDS
THE BIRDS A scene from the comedy : note that the actors are wearing masks, as was the normal practice on the Athenian stage

Debating Club, London
The Athenian Lyceum, which meets at 22 Piccadilly, is one of several clubs formed for public discussion of political and other topical issues

Xanthippus - 2
XANTHIPPUS Athenian naval commander, father of Pericles

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