Greece Collection (page 16)

Parthenon. Part of the central section of the east frieze. B
The Parthenon frieze. East side. 447-432BC. Greek Classical period. Part of the central section of the east frieze. Zeus and Hera seated next to a standing man receiving the folded peplos from a

South metope XXXI. Parthenon marbles depicting part of the b
South metope XXXI from the Parthenon marbles depicting part of the battle between the Centaurs and Lapiths. 5th century BC. Athens. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Greek pottery. Lekythos. Red figure. From Greece. 4th centur
Greek pottery. Lekythos. Decorated with palmette. Red figure. 4th century BC. From Greece. Museum of Perfume. Barcelona. Spain

Greek art. Asia Minor. Colossal head of a youth. Pergamon. Marble. 2nd BC. Top terrace Gym. The Antikensammlung Berlin (Berlin antiquities collection)

The Battle of Alexander at Issus. Oil painting by the German
Albrecht Altdorfer (1480-1538). German artist, member of the Danube School. The Batlle of Alexander at Issus, 1529. It portrays the 330 BC Batlle of Issus

Minoan Art. La Parisienne or the Minoan Lady with the sacral knot at the back of the neck that seems to indicate that she is a priestess or even a goddess

Artemis. Sculpture. 1st century AD. Roman work after Greek o
Artemis. Goddes of the Hunt. Daughter of Zeus and sister of Apollo. Roman equivalent is Diana. Sculpture. 1st century AD. Roman work after Greek originals. A richly decorated diadem. Glyptothek

Head of Asclepius. Roman sculpture after original of about 4
Greek Art. Head from a statue of Asclepius, the god of healing. Roman sculpture after original of about 420 BC. Glyptotek. Munich. Germany

Statue of a Silenus. Roman sculpture after a model of about
Greek art. Niche. Statue of a Silenus (old satyr). Roman sculpture after a model of about 330 BC. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany. Europe

Barberini Faun. A sleeping satyr. About 220 BC. Greek baroq
Greek art. Barberini Faun. A sleeping satyr. About 220 BC. Probably stood in a sanctuary of Dionysus and was later brought to gardens on the banks of the Tiber. Greek baroque. Roman copy. Glyptothek

Minoan Art. Crete. The younger snake goddess, from the palac
Minoan Art. Island of Crete. The younger snake goddess, from the palace of Knossos. C. 1600 BC. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Greece

Ionic capital. Temple of Artemis Leucophryene. 3rd-2nd centu
Temple of Artemis Leucophryene. Late 3rd-early 2nd centuries BC. Built by Hermogenes at Magnesia on the Maeander. Ionic capital. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

The Disrobing of Christ (El Expolio) by El Greco
El Greco (1541-1614). Cretan painter. The Disrobing of Christ (El Expolio), 1580-1600. Detail. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Art greek. Archaic. Amphora of Melos. 7th BC century. Nation
Art greek. Archaic. Amphora of Melos. Datd between 650-600 BC. Apollo and muses in chariot drawn by winged horses. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Greece

Anaximander (610 546 BC) with a sundial. Roman mosaic. 3rd
Anaximander (610- 546 BC). Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus. He belonged to the Milesian school and learned the teachings of his master Thales. Anaximandder with a sundial

Mycenaean art. Set of gold pieces among which eight rosettes with petals. Koukaki, Athens. 14th Century BCE National Archaeological Museum. Athens

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

Mycenaean art. Llyre of ivory with decorative carvings at the base that was the sound box. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece

Greek Art. Greece. Artemis statue carved in Parian marble. Located at the House of Diadumenos in Delos. Dated around 100 BCE National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece

Mycenaean art. Greece. Fresco of the Lady of Mycenae or the Mycenaean. 13th century B.C. It depicts a goddess. Found at Mycenae in 1970. National Archaeological Museum. Athens

Centaur kidnapping a young woman. Battle of the Lapiths and the Centaurs. Decoration of the Temple of Zeus in the Sanctuary of Olympia. 5th century B.C. Parian marble. West pediment

Greek Art. Greece. Iron tools. Olympia
Greek Art. Greece. Iron tools of everyday use from the sanctuary of Olympia. Archaeological Museum of Olympia

Minoan art. Crete. Phaistos Disc, possibly dating to the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age (2nd millennium B.C.). Side A. Fired clay

Minoan art. Cyclades Islands. Naval expedition. Fresco
Minoan art. Cyclades Islands. Naval expedition. Fresh dated c.1550-1500 B.C. It comes from Akrotiri. Santorini. National Museum of Athens

Man standing holding the reins of a horse with a dog before. Fresco dated between 14th and 13th century BC. Second palace of Tiryns National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece

Lucius Verus Augustus. Roman Emperor (161-169). Bust. Olympia Archaeological Museum. Ilia Province. Peloponnese region. Greece

Roman mosaic with Dyonysius head
Mosaic of a Roman villa decorated with geometric motifs and Dionysius head with fruit and ivy in hIs hair in the center. Pitchers with ivy in the corners

Fountain Perseia. Mycenae
Mycenae. Fountain Perseia, underground cistern used for water supply. Built as a tunnel of 104 steps leading to a small pool. It was rebuilt in hellenistic period. Mycenae. Argo?lide province

Pyxis decorated. Geometric period. Greece
Greek Art. Geometric perios. Pyxis decorated with geometric motifs and lid topped with figures of horses. Greece. Kerameikos Museum. Athens

THEMIS statue, goddess of justice. Greece. IV century B. C
GREEK ART. GREECE. IV century B.C. THEMIS statue, goddess of justice. Penteli marble. It was sculpted by CHAIRESTRATOS OF RHAMNOUS and was dedicated to Themis by Megakles. Dated around 300 B.C

A selection of ancient Greek and Roman sandals
A selection of ancient Greek and Roman shoes and sandals. BCE

ILN Royal Wedding Number November 1947 - Front cover of The Illustrated London News Royal Wedding Number celebrating the marriage of Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II)

PAUSANIAS (?-394 BC). King of Sparta (444-426 B. C
PAUSANIAS (?-394 BC). King of Sparta (444-426 B.C and 408-394 B.C.). Hellenistic art. Sculpture. ITALY. LAZIO. Rome. Capitoline Museums

Coin with Pericles
Coin with the portrait of Pericles. Greek art. Coin

Grave of Rupert Brooke in Skyros
Crosses on the Greek island of Skyros marking the grave of the English poet, Rupert Brooke (1887-1915), where he was buried having died a sea

Princess Cecilie of Greece & Grand Duke Georg Donatus
Princess Cecilie of Greece (1911-1937), known as Cecile, pictured in an engagement photograph with her fiance, the Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse & by Rhine

Theodora of Greece & Berthold of Baden with Margarita
Princess Theodora of Greece, Margravine of Baden (1906-69), sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, pictured with her husband, Berthold, Margrave of Baden and her eldest child

Princess Theodora of Greece & family
Princess Theodora of Greece, Margravine of Baden (1906-69), pictured with her husband Prince Berthold, Margrave of Baden and her two eldest children

Cecilie of Greece & Georg Donatus of Hesse - engagement
Princess Cecilie of Greece (1911-1937), known as Cecile, pictured in an engagement photograph with her fiance, the Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse & by Rhine

Princess Sophie of Greece with in-laws and sons
Princess Sophie of Greece (1914-2001), seen far right, later Princess of Hesse-Cassel, and through her second marriage to Georg Wilhelm of Hanover, Princess of Hanover

Princess Theodora, Berthold of Baden & baby Margarita
Princess Theodora of Greece, Margravine of Baden (1906-69), sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, pictured with her husband, Berthold, Margrave of Baden and her eldest child

Marriage Cecile of Greece to Georg Donatus Hesse
Princess Cecilie of Greece (1911-1937), known as Cecile, and Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse & by Rhine on their wedding day, 2 February 1931

Wedding of Sophie of Greece & Christoph of Hesse-Cassel
Princess Sophie of Greece (elder sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) and Prince Christoph of Hesse-Cassel, 15th December 1930

Prince Philip as a boy
Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark (born 1921), later Duke of Edinburgh and consort of Queen Elizabeth II, pictured as a young boy looking immaculate with his smart blond hair

Prince Christoph and Richard of Hesse-Cassel
Prince Christoph of Hesse-Cassel (1901-1943) and his twin brother Prince Richard of Hesse-Cassel (1901-1969), youngest sons of Princess Margaret of Prussia

Princess Sophie of Greece & Prince Georg Wilhelm
Prince Georg Wilhelm (George William) of Hanover (1915-2006), son of Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick and Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia, seen here ushering a small page boy at a wedding

Princess Cecile of Greece
Princess Cecilie of Greece (1911-1937), known as Cecile, third child of Prince and Princess Andrew of Greece (Alice of Battenberg)

Princess Sophie of Greece & Prince Christoph of Hesse-Cassel
Princess Sophie of Greece (elder sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) and Prince Christoph of Hesse-Cassel who married on 15th December 1930

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