Greek Collection (page 21)

Apology to Greek Orthodox priest alleged to have eaten wife
An apology in The Graphic which had, in January 1928, run a story claiming that a Greek Orthodox priest had pickled and eaten his wife after she had fallen down some stairs and broken her neck

Father Nicholas of Tirana accused of eating his wife
Story in The Graphic in January 1928 alleging that Father Nicholas, a Greek Orthodox priest from Tirana was being tried for pickling

Illustration, Bottom as Pyramus
Illustration, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Bottom as Pyramus in the play within a play. 19th century

Costumes of Europe - Greece. 19th century

Women of Tina (Tinos) island, Greek Archipelago
Women of Tina (Tinos), an island of the Greek Archipelago (Cyclades Islands, Aegean Sea). circa 1790

Women of Nio (Ios) island, Greek Archipelago
Women of Nio (Nios, Ios), an island of the Greek Archipelago (Cyclades Islands, Aegean Sea). circa 1790

Lovers Leap, Cape Lefkada, Greece
Lovers Leap, Cape Lefkada (Lefkas), Greece - the poet Sappho reputedly leapt to her death from here, circa 580 BC. 1832

Aqueduct of the Greek Emperors, near Pyrgo 1854
Aqueduct of the Emperor Valens, near Pyrgo. 1854

High town, Turkish quarter, Salonika, Greece. 1917

Albanian Soldier and Rhapsodos (Rhapsode or Bard, performer of epic poetry). 1832

Many Folk Misfitz - Greece - Greek Girl. early 20th century

Archaeological dig at Ampurias, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Archaeological dig at Ampurias (Empuries), originally a Greek trading place on the Mediterranean coast, Girona province, Catalonia, Spain

Wedding of the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece in Westminster Abbey, London, 29 November 1934. Date: 1934

Danish poster, underwater film in colour, Greece, Aqua Film Co, with commentary by Henrik Schwensen, poster designed by Lehmann. circa 1950s

The National Library, Athens, Greece. Date: circa 1909

Knossos, Crete, Greece - Plati
Greece, Crete, Plati Horticulture, windmills Date: 2014

Knossos, Crete, Greece - Mohos
Greece, Crete, Mohos Greek orthodox church altar Date: 2014

Knossos, Crete, Greece - Ierapetra
Greece, Crete, Ierapetra Venetian castle (1626 AD) Date: 2014

Knossos, Crete, Greece - Chania
Greece, Crete, Chania Wall of the Venetian castle (1538 AD) Date: 2014

Knossos, Crete, Greece - Minoan Necropolis
Greece, Crete, Fourni Minoan necropolis (1500 BC), town at rear Date: 2014

Knossos, Crete, Greece - Minoan Palace
Greece, Crete, Knossos Reconstructed pillars in the Minoan Palace (circa 1500 BC) Date: 2014

Remains of the Gymnasium at Delphi, Greece. Date: circa 1940s

A Greek man in national costume Date: circa 1840

Amateur treasure hunters tomb raiding at the Isthmus of Corinth. Date: 1877

Ritual washing of feet at the church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, on Good Friday Date: 1890s

WW1 - Thessaloniki - The Konak - an Ottoman-era building built in 1891 as the residence of the governor-general of the Salonica Vilayet and the seat of the Ottoman authorities

WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Allied counter torpedo boat. circa 1916

Village of Pyrgos, Santorini, Greece. Date: circa 1940s

Santorini, Greece - view across the volcano crater, with smoke issuing from the centre. Date: circa 1940s

Santorini, Greece - the wide expanse of the volcano crater. Date: circa 1940s

Arrival of Lord Byron in Mesolongi Date: 1861

The Parthenon with Greek troops in ceremony, Greece 1840 Date: 1840

Terra Java 1547 Date: 1547

Dentistry Emblem Date: 1950

Circe and Her Lovers in a Landscape by Dossi Dossi (c.1479-1542) - canvas Date: circa 1515

Thessaloniki, Greece - Male Belly Dancers. Date: 1918

Socrates (469-399 BC). Classical Greek philosopher
Socrates (469-399 BC). Classical Greek Philosopher. Statue of Socrates at the Athens Academy. Athens. Central Greece. Attica. Europe

MENANDER
Menander (343-291 BC), Greek author of more than 100 comedies, considered the finest of their kind. Date: 343 - 291 BC

Costume of Madame de Contades, merveilleuse.. Costume of Madame de Contades, merveilleuse. She wears a Greek dress in white tarlatan with gold stars, gold bands on her arms and legs

PISANO, Andrea da Pontedera, called Andrea (1270-1349). Saturn. 1337-1341. Moulding which decorated Giottos Campanile. Renaissance art. Trecento. Florentine school. Relief on rock. ITALY. Florence

The Venus de Gonon, 1938
Photograph of the Venus de Gonon statue, which was unearthed by a farmer in the Loire district of France in 1938. At first it was believed to be an ancient Greek sculpture

RADA figure, Comedy
Comedy, a grotesque figure with an Ancient Greek mask, by sculptor Alan Durst, carved in Portland stone, over the doorway of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London. Date: 12 November 1931

Greek Costume C. 500 Bc
Various Ancient Greek costumes; left to right - a warrior, a King, a woman and two mourning women. Date: circa 500 BC

GREEK FLAG SCARF
A young, blonde patriotic Greek girl wears a brimless fur hat with a flag cap badge & a fur-trimmed scarf whose design is based on the flag of Greece. Date: circa 1917

Eastern chariots, mostly depicted on coins
Eastern chariots (Roman, Persian, Sidonian), mostly depicted on coins and in the centre Roman women sitting in an ox-cart, watched by a soldier. Date: circa 0 BCE / O CE

Greece - Warrior Farewell
A young Greek warrior takes leave of his family Date: circa 5 BC

ANCIENT GREEK HELMET
The Helmet of a Greek warrior

RACIAL / GREEK HORSEMAN
A Greek soldier on horseback Date: circa 350 BC

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