Greek Collection

Map of Ancient Greece
A map showing the extent of the Greek Empire and the surrounding territories

Boxer of Quirinal, also known as the Terme Boxer
Greek Art. Hellenistic. Boxer of Quirinal or the Terme Boxer. Bronze sculpture of the Hellenistic period (1st century B.C.). Boxer sitting at rest, with metal and leather dressings used for combat

Map of The Byzantine Empire
A map showing the extent of the Byzantine Empire - the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Date: 1800

Winged Victory of Samothrace or Nike of Samothrace
Greek art. Winged Victory of Samothrace or Nike of Samothrace. 2nd century BC. Marble. Sculpture of the greek goodess Nike (Victory). Museum of Louvre. Paris

Icarus & Daedalus
Daedalus encouraged his son Icarus to fly from the island of Crete to the sun. But the sun melted the wax with which his wings were fastened on and Icarus fell into the sea

Poster advertising Aegean cruises around the Greek islands, including Skiathos, Delos, Skyros, Milos and Mykonos

Greece travel poster
Clear, colourful scene with two figures in the shade of a balcony by the sea, advertising travel to Greece, Island of Hydra

Science Allegorised
Philosophy enthroned, surrounded by the sciences - Grammar, Rhetoric, Linguistics, Music, Arithmetic, Geometry and Astronomy, with Socrates and Plato and scholars writing

Alexander & Bucephalus
ALEXANDER THE GREAT Young Alexander impresses his father, Philip of Macedon and his courtiers by taming the wild horse Bucephalos

Map of the Macedonian and Thracian Empire. Date: 1808

Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, the Greek Fates or Moirai.. Handcolored copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from Mythology in Prints

Spetses, Greece -The Poseidon Hotel (opened 1914). Date: circa 1920s

Phaistos Disc. s. XV BC. GREECE. Phaistos. A side
Phaistos Disc. s.XV BC. GREECE. Phaistos. A side. Minoan art / Cretan art. GREECE. Iraklion. Archaeological Museum

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

Persephone & Demeter
Persephone (Proserpina) is reunited for the Spring and Summer with her mother Demeter (Ceres) until each Autumn and Winter, when she must return to her husband Pluto (Hades)

The Shield of Achilles, used in his battle with Hector. Scenes include the earth, sky and sea, the sun, the moon and the constellations, two beautiful cities full of people, a field being ploughed

Portland vase in the British Museum. Cameo vase in blue and white glass with historical or mythological figures. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Henry Moses from A Collection of Antique Vases

Soho, London - 57 Greek Street
Soho, London - shop window of 57 Greek Street, viewed from across the road on a wet day. 1973

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

Map of Greek island of Corfu. Ionian Sea. Italian map. 1537

Pergamon Altar. Hecate fighting against the giant Klytios ne
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy. South frieze. The three-faceted goddess Hecate fighting with a torch

Sappho - House of Muses
Atthis, Telesippa, Megara, Anactoria and Euneica sitting at the feet of the poetess Sappho as she recites some of her work. No

SAPPHO (612-545 BC). Greek poet. Womans portrait with a tablet and stylus identified as Sappho. Roman art. Fresco. ITALY. Naples. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: ITALY. Pompeii

Pan, the Greek god of nature

Classical Greek gods allegorised
The classical Greek gods allegorised. Date: 18th century

Soho, London - 2 and 3 Greek Street, the Gay Hussar restaurant and the Soho Wine Market, next to the House of St Barnabas. 1973

Pergamon Altar. Athena against the giant Alcyoneus
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. East frieze. Gigantomachy. Struggle between gods and giants

Alexander III the Great (356-323 B. C. ). King of Macedonia (3
Alexander III the Great (356-323 B.C.). King of Macedonia (336 to 323 B.C.). Son of Philip II and Princess epirota Olympia. Roman bust. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

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

Eleftherios Venizelos in exile in Paris
Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936), Greek revolutionary and politician, who served as Prime Minister 1910-1920 and 1928-1932

POLYCLITUS 5th c. BC). Doryphoros. 440 - 430 BC. Roman copy (1st c.). Roman art. Early Empire.; Classical Greek art. Sculpture on marble. ITALY. Naples. National Museum of Archaeology

Marble statue of Hermes by Praxiteles I
Close-up of the marble statue of Hermes bearing the infant Dionysus by Praxiteles I of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus the Elder and one of the foremost Attic Sculptors. Date: circa 1910s

Aegina, Greece - The port
Aegina, Greece - The harbour/port/quayside Date: circa 1930s

Greek Anti-Turkish Propaganda Postcard (1 of 2)
Greek Anti-Turkish Propaganda. A Turkish soldier is lampooned as a leering lecherous vagabond, taking undue pleasure in a young glamorous Greek girl, holding a handbag and wearing high boots

Hector & Andromache
Hector and Andromache with their baby son, Astyanax (Scamandrios), held by a nursemaid. Hector asks the gods to make his son braver and stronger than himself

Egypt / Rosetta Stone
The discovery of the Rosetta Stone by Boussard, a French Officer. J.P.Champollion was able to translate the hieroglyphs through comparison with the Greek text

Ancient Greek Soldiers
Greek soldiers

Hypnos, God of Sleep
HYPNOS is the Greek god of sleep, known as SOMNUS to the Romans; he lives in a cave in the Cimmerian country where the sun never shines

Lord Byron / Greek Costume
GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON English poet, depicted here in his costume as a Greek patriot

Bronze Statue of The Charioteer (c. 470 BC) - Delphi, Greece
Bronze Statue of The Charioteer (c.470 BC) - Delphi, Greece. Also known as Heniokhos (the rein-holder), the artwork is one of the best-known statues surviving from Ancient Greece

Portrait of Saint John the Evangelist, ca. 1605, by El
El Greco (1541-1614). Cretan painter. Saint John the Evangelist, ca. 1605. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Soho, London - 18 Greek Street W1 - Mirandas Private Members Club, cabaret and restaurant (formerly The Establishment Club). 1973

Mother of God (Glykophilousa). Crete, 15th-16th century. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic

Head of a statue of Ares. Roman sculpture after original of
Ares, the god of war. Roman equivalent : Mars. Head of a statue of Ares. Roman sculpture after original of about 430 BC. Glytothek. Munich

Leonidas I (died 480 BC). King of Sparta. Monument in Spart
Leonidas I (died 480 BC). Also known as Leonidas the Brave was a Greek hero-king of Sparta, the 17th of the Agiad line King of Sparta[

Socrates (c 469399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosophe
Socrates (c.469-399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Bust. Found at Piazza Venezia. 1st. century. Pentelic marble. Palazzo Massimo. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy

Claudius Galen (Bust)
CLAUDIUS GALEN Greek physician working in Rome, at court of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus : he tended the gladiators, and voiced theory of humours. Date: 129 - 199

GARNERAY, Louis (1783-1857). Naval Battle of Navarino. ca. 1827. Greek War of Independence (1821-1832). Battle of Navarino, October 20th, 1827. Victory of the British and French fleet on the ottoman

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