Athens Collection

GREECE. ATTICA. Athens. Acropolis. Parthenon, Propylaea and Erechtheum. Architecture

Greece / Athens / Acropolis
The interior of the PARTHENON, or Temple of Athene Parthenos, restored

Metope. Parthenon marbles depicting part of the batlle betwe
South metope XXX. Parthenon marbles depicting part of the batlle between the Centaurs and the Lapiths. 5th c. BC. Athens. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Greek Art. Greece. 4th century BCE. Bronze statue of a youun
Greek Art. Greece. 4th century BCE. Bronze statue of a young identified as Perseus with Medusas head hanging. However, probably represents Paris and would subject the apple of discord

Prehistoric Art. Greece. Handmade vase without decoration. Globular body with two small handles, wide mouth and foot. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece

GREECE. ATTICA. Athens. Acropolis. Parthenon, Propylaea and Erechtheum. Classical Greek art. Architecture

Cover design, Aero Espresso Italiana timetable, with scenes of Rhodes and Athens. Serving Brindisi, Athens, Rhodes and Istanbul. 1932

Athens / Agora Reconstruct
Reconstruction of the AGORA (main square) of Athens at the height of its glory

Greece. Athens. Hadrians Library. Created by Roman Emperor Hadrian in 132 AD. Noth side of the Acropolis of Athens. Corintian order. Detail. Date: 20070527

City View of Ancient Sparta Greece 1816 Date: 1816

Greek Art. The lady of Kalymnos. Bronze statue. Found by a fisherman on the Sea of A?a?A?a?Kalymnos in late 1994. Probably belongs to the Hellenistic Period, perhaps late 2nd century B.C

Evening in Athens with wealthy man and two women on a deck Date: 1897

Parthenon. East Pediment. Acropolis, Athens. 438-432 BC. Bri
Parthenon. East Pediment. Helioss horses and Dionysos, Demeter and Kore, Artemis. Acropolis, Athens. 438-432 BC. Marble. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Minoan art. Greece. 16th century B. C. Fresco of boxing kids
Minoan art. Greece. 16th century B.C. Fresco of boxing kids. Fight between two teens provided with gloves and a belt. Painted stucco. Room B1 from Akrotiri (Thera). (1550-1500 BC)

Zeus Meilichios depicted as a snake and a family of supplica
Relief with Zeus Meilichios depicted as a snake. On the left, a family of supplicants. Dedicated by Aristomene. Found in Pangrati (Athens) and dated between 350-300 BC

GREECE. Daphni. Dapni Monastery. Christ Pantocrator inside the dome (early Comnenian period, ca. 1100). Byzantine art. Mosaic

Three men in traditional Greek Costume - Athens, Greece. Date: circa 1910s

Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens, Greece
The Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis at Athens, Greece Date: circa 1930s

Byzantine icon. Crucifixion. 9th-13th century. Byzantine Mus
Byzantine art. Eastern Roman Empire. Icon. Crucifixion. 9th-13th century. Byzantine Museum. Athens. Greece. Date: 20070529

Greece. Athens. Parthenon. Head of horse from the chariot of the moon-goddes Selene. East pediment. 5th C. BC. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Three Goddesses. Hestia, Dione and Aphrodite. East Pediment
Three Goddesses. Hestia, Dione and Aphrodite. From the East Pediment of the Parthenon, Athens. High Classical Greek. 438-432 BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Mycenaean art. Greece. Silver rhyton as head of a bull with golden horns and forehead adorned with a gold rosette. Royal Tomb IV at Mycenae. 16th century BCE. National Archaeological Museum. Athens

Hotel Cecil at Kifissia, Athens Suburb, Greece Date: circa 1920s

Poster advertising holidays in Greece, with an idyllic view of the Bay of Athens. 20th century

Marriage of Princess Sophia of Greece / Don Juan Carlos of S
The wedding, in Athens, of Princess Sophia of Greece, now Queen Sofia of Spain (born 1938) and Infante Juan Carlos of Spain, now King Juan Carlos I of Spain (born 1938) on 14 May 1962. Date: 1962

Scene from Shakespeares Midsummer Nights Dream
A scene from Shakespeares comedy, A Midsummer Nights Dream (Act II, Scene ii), in which Puck drops a love potion into the sleeping Titanias eyes

Parthenon. Athens. Greece
Greece. Athens. Parthenon. 447-438 BC. in Doric style under leadership of Pericles. The building was designed by the architects Ictinos and Callicrates. Acropolis

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

Poster advertising Royal Mail Line trips to Venice
Poster advertising Royal Mail Line autumn cruises to Venice, also calling at the Dalmatian Coast, Athens, Corfu and Constantinople. Showing a gondola on the canal below the Bridge of Sighs

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

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

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

Souvenir postcard from Athens, Greece, showing the Arch of Hadrian and the Parthenon atop the Acropolis. Date: 1899

The boy from Marathon. 325 -300 BC. Work of Praxiteles workshop. Classical Greek art. Sculpture on bronze. GREECE. Athens. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: GREECE. Marathon

Base of a funerary kouros with six athletes. 510 -500 BC. Archaic Greek art. Relief on marble. GREECE. Athens. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: GREECE. Athens. Acropolis

The sacred trireme arrives at Tyre
Arrival at Tyre of the Athenian ambassadors in the sacred trireme, Paralos. They travelled to pledge anew the loyalty of Athens to Alexander the Great. 331BC

Sir Ralph Richardson as Timon of Athens
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902 - 1983), British stage and screen actor, drawn by Youngman Carter in the Shakespearean role of Timon of Athens

Alexis Soyer Cooking
ALEXIS SOYER noted chef and authority on gastronomy, seen cooking amid the ruins of the Parthenon at Athens en route to the Crimea

Romans Pillage Athens
Athens is pillaged by Sullas invading Romans

The Parthenon, Athens

Oval portrait of Lieutenant Colonel C V Bulstrode
" Oval portrait of Lieutenant Colonel C. V. Bulstrode, DSO, RAMC. in a pewter frame with RAMC badge. Dated June 1918, Athens

Parthenon of Athens and Custom House, New York
Parthenon of Athens, - Longitudinal Section.; B. Custom House, New York. Longitudinal Section. Date: ca. 1835

Alcibiades Acclaimed
Alcibiades is acclaimed by the people of Athens when he returns after victories over the Spartans

Jp Kemble / Timon Athens
JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE Popular actor and theatre manager, seen here in the role of Timon of Athens, Act 4, Scene 3

Aristotle / Exiled
ARISTOTLE Greek philosopher leaving Athens with his followers, having been wrongly accused of impiety

Part of Parthenon
The eastern portico of the Parthenon seen over neighbouring rooftops

Theatre of Dionysos
The restored theatre of Dionysos in Athens

Excavations on the Acropolis viewed by George I of Greece
Excavations on the Acropolis in Athens in the presence of King George I of Greece. Date: 1886

Kastella, Piraeus, Greece
Kastella, Piraeus - a port city within the Athens urban area ('Greater Athens'), in the Attica region of Greece

Plato, ancient Greek philosopher, c.428-348 BC
Plato, ancient Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, c.428-348 BC. Plato

Demosthenes, Greek statesman and orator, 384-322 BC
Demosthenes, Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens, 384-322 BC. Demosthenes

Socrates, Greek philosopher from Athens, c. 470-399 BC. Credited as the founder of Western philosophy and among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought. Socrates

Nicias, ancient Greek painter from Athens, 4th century BC
Nicias, ancient Greek painter from Athens, noted for his skill in chiaroscuro, 4th century BC

Polygnotus of Thasos, ancient Greek painter, 5th century BC
Polygnotus of Thasos, ancient Greek painter from Thasos, active in Athens, 5th century BC. Polygnot. Thas. Pic

Polygnotus of Athens, ancient Greek vase painter, fl. 450-420 BC
Polygnotus of Athens, ancient Greek vase painter from Athens, active 450-420 BC. Polygnotus Athen. Pic

Aspasia, involved with statesman Pericles, 5th century BC
Aspasia, born in Miletus, she moved to Athens and became famous for her relationship with the statesman Pericles, 5th century BC

Thucydides, Athenian historian and general, c. 460-400 BC. Author of a History of the Peloponnesian War recounting the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens. Thucydides

Kekrops or Cecrops I, first king of Athens, Greece
Kekrops or Cecrops I, mythical king of Attica, founder and the first king of Athens, Greece. With two faces, one young and one old, In helmet decorated with a dragon. Cecrops

Socrates, Greek philosopher from Athens
Socrates, c. 470 - 399 BC, Greek philosopher from Athens, one of the founders of Western philosophy. Socrates

Theseus, mythical king and founder-hero of Athens. Son of Aegeus, King of Athens (or of the god Poseidon) and mother Aethra.. He is wearing a bull's head and horns as a hood

Alcibiades, Athenian statesman and general
Alcibiades, son of Cleinias, c. 450-404 BC, prominent Athenian statesman, orator and general

Roman octagonal and dipteral temples
Elevation of a Roman octagonal temple Tower of the Winds 1, plan of Jupiter Olympius at Athens 2, Roman dipteral temple 3, elevation 4 and plan of the Pantheon, Rome

The Tower of the Winds at Athens
Tower of the Winds at Athens. Elevation and section of the octagonal tower, plans of the building and roof

Ancient circular temples in Athens and Tivoli
Ancient circular temples. Elevation and section of the Greek monument to the honour of Lysicrates, a victor in the public games, Athens 1, 2

Examples of Doric pillars or columns

Elevation of the Temple of Pandrosus at Athens, Greece. Pandroseion temple dedicated to Pandrosus, one of the daughters of Cecrops I, the first king of Attica. Columns adorned with caryatides

Eastern portico of the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. Original illustration by William Pars for James Athenian Stuart's Antiquities of Athens, 1789

Ancient Greek art. Frieze and corona from the Parthenon 1-3

Ancient Greek art

Aspasia, famed for her relationship with the statesman Pericles
Aspasia, born in Miletus, she moved to Athens and became famous for her relationship with the statesman Pericles, 5th century BC

Aspasia, famous for her relationship with the statesman Pericles
Aspasia, born in Miletus, she moved to Athens and had a relationship with the statesman Pericles, 5th century BC. Wearing a helmet with a griffin supporting a crest

Cecrops I, mythical king of Attica, founder of Cecropia (Athens)
Cecrops I, mythical king of Attica, founder and the first king of Cecropia (Athens), Greece. With two faces, one young and one old, wearing a helmet decorated with a dragon

Head of Demosthenes. Either the Athenian general, died 413 BC, or the famous orator and statesman in ancient Athens, 384-322 BC

Plato, ancient Greek philosopher, circa 428 - 348 BC
Plato, ancient Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period, circa 428 - 348 BC. From a gem presented to nobleman Ippolito Vitelleschi by the Marquis Tassi. Platone

Codrus, semi-mythical last King of Athens, c. 1089-1068 BC
Codrus or Codron, semi-mythical last King of Athens, c. 1089-1068 BC. Sacrificed himself for victory against the Dorians. Bust with royal diadem and beard from a bronze medal

Bust of Socrates, Greek philosopher from Athens, c. 470-399 BC. In carnelian. Socrate. In corniola

Plato (428/427 BC-348/347 BC). Greek philosopher. Engraving
Plato (428/427 BC-348/347 BC). Greek philosopher. Portrait. Engraving by Geoffroy. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume I, 1854

Diogenes of Sinope (ca. 412 BC - 323 BC). Greek philosopher belonging to the Cynic School. Engraving by A. Roca. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume I, 1854

Diogenes of Sinope (ca. 412 BC - 323 BC). Greek philosopher belonging to the Cynic School. Engraving by A. Roca. Detail. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume I, 1854

Demosthenes (384 BC - 322 BC). Greek orator and statesman. Portrait. Engraving. Detail. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume I, 1854

Reconstruction of the Mystic Temple of Ceres in Eleusis 1812 Date: 1812

Train on the Patras to Athens railway, Greece. Date: circa 1900

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