Greek Collection (page 22)

ANCIENT GREEK HORSE RACE
Two riders compete in a Greek horse race. Date: ancient

WORLD MAP / MOSAIC 6
A world map with Greek and Latin inscriptions, showing various rivers and seas, and the four winds blowing Date: 6th century

Greek Flute Player
A musician of ancient Greece plays a double-flute

GREEK SOLO DANCER
Female solo dancer

A TRAGIC ACTOR
A tragic actor, wearing a traditional mask to express the appropriate emotion

ANCIENT GREEK WARRIORS
Various Greek costumes: warriors Date: ANCIENT GREECE

Greece - Costume
Various Ancient Greek costumes; left to right - philosopher, citizen, Priest of Ceres, 2 Priests of Bacchus with a female Bacchante in between and a priestess. Date: circa 600 BC

ANCIENT GREEK PENTATHLON
Young men competing in the pentathlon. Date: ancient

TROJAN WAR - FIGHTING
Greek and Trojan warriors engage in hand-to-hand combat

GREEK ORTHODOX EXORCISM
A maniac, supposed possessed by a demon, is exorcised by the priests of the church of Saint Theodore, at Pergamos (in present-day Turkey) Date: circa 1840

A MANIAC IS EXORCISED
A maniac, supposed possessed by a demon, is exorcised by the priests of the church of Saint Theodore, at Pergamos (in present-day Turkey) Date: circa 1835

Women at Theatre 1814
Crape gown, demi-train, shawl of cashmire, amber jewellery; hair a la Grecque with gold comb. Round dress, long lace sleeves, gold jewellery, black lace shawl; hair: Romano-Greek. Date: 1814

HIPPARCHUS / FIGUIER
HIPPARCHUS/ASTRONOMER Greek astronomer who flourished 146 - 127 BC Date: -

PHILEMON & BAUCIS PHILEMON & BAUCIS
Poor cottagers Philemon and Baucis (husband and wife) entertained the (disguised) travellers Mercury and Jupiter so well that their cottage was transformed into a palace. Date: circa 780 BC

EROS / CUPID
The Greek god of love : his Roman equivalent is CUPID

THE GRACES
The CHARITES of Greek myth were daughters of Zeus and Eurynome : AGLAIA, EUPHROSYNE and THALIA personified and bestowed beauty and charm

GODDESS HYGEIA (HEAD)
Greek goddess of health, daughter of Esculapius, traditionally represented with a serpent drinking from a cup in her hand

PATRON OF ATHENS
Greek - Roman goddess of wisdom, patron of Athens

HESTIA / VESTA
The Greek-Roman virgin goddess of the hearth, custodian of the sacred fire which Aeneas brought to Rome from Troy and which must never go out, lest a great calamity should occur

AMPHIARAUS, Greek seer of Thebes, known for interpretation of dreams, sailed on Golden Fleece expedition

Proteus
A greek sea god who possessed the gift of prophecy, but changed his shape to avoid being questioned

Branchus
BRANCHUS - a Greek priest of Apollo, a seer who possessed oracular powers

ANCIENT GREEK BANQUET
Greek diners eating at the Banqueting Table Date: ancient

GREEK & LATIN ALPHABETS GREEK & LATIN ALPHABETS
Two tables showing the Greek and Latin alphabets

ASKLEPIOS - STATUE
Greek demi-god of medicine, adopted by the Romans as AESCULAPIUS

SPAMER / GREEK THEATRE ACT
Scene from a drama depicting irate householder

GREEK THEATRE ASPENDUS
The theatre at Aspendus, Pamphylia - a view of the interior

GREEK MONK IN POLAND
A GREEK MONK IN POLAND Date: 1848

SERBIAN TROOPS 1916
Serbian troops in a mountain trench on the Salonika Front the treacherous mountain range between Albania and Greece. Date: 1916

THEATRE / CLASSICAL / GREEK
Masks worn by stage performers

Alcaeus and Sappho
ALCAEUS Greek poet, with Sappho Date: 620? - 580? BC

HYGEIA Greek deity, goddess of health, daughter of Aesculapius and Epigone, with snake, platter, laurels and branch

Works of Homer, First Edition translated by Chapman
Title page of the First Edition of The Whole Works of Homer translated into English by George Chapman, the main two works being The Iliad and The Odyssey. Date: 1616

Alexander the Great, King of Macedon
Alexander the Great, King Alexander III of Macedon. He fights Hindus and Persians at Ephesus. Date: 356 - 323 BC

Greek manuscript of a homily by Gregory of Nazianzus
A Greek manuscript of a homily by Gregory of Nazianzus (Gregory the Theologian, Gregory Nazianzen), Archbishop of Constantinople (c329-c389). Date: 1200

Lycaon and Achilles during Trojan War
Lycaon, a Trojan, begs Achilles to spare him during the Trojan War

Hera bull idols from Tiryns, Greece
Hera bull idols from Tiryns, an archaeological site in Mycenae, Greece. Date: BCE

Tourists in a Greek street
Tourists from Western Europe find the smells in a Greek street hard to take. Date: 1896

Meteora, Greece - The Village of Kastraki. Date: 1950

Suleymaniye Mosque (Mosque of Suleiman) - Rhodes, Greece - originally built after the Ottoman conquest of Rhodes in 1522 and reconstructed in 1808. Date: circa 1937

The Republic Monument is a notable monument located at Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, to commemorate the formation of the Turkish Republic in 1923

Detached head - Bronze Greek Equestrian sculpture - Florence
The detached head of a full-scale Greek equestrian sculpture in bronze from the second half of the 4th century BCE. It was already recorded in 1494 as part of the collections in the Medici palace

Basket maker, at work outside his house in Thassos, Greece
An elderly male basket maker, at work outside his house in Thassos, Greece Date: 1992

Orthodox priest, Nicosia, Cyprus
An orthodox priest sits in the shade outside his house in Cyprus. His glasses reflect the sunshine across the street. He looks very serious Date: circa 1995

Olive grove, Thassos, Greece
Subtle mixed colours of blossom and poppies in an olive grove in Thassos, Greece. The photograph looks like a painting by a French Impressionist Date: circa 1995

Man in Mediterranean cafe, Thassos
Man with white cap sits beneath canopy in cafe in the shade, Thassos, Greece Date: circa 1995

Crete, Greece, Village of Komitadhes (Sfakia)
Crete, Greece, Village of Komitadhes (Komitades), Sfakia. Date: circa 1907

Thessaloniki, Greece - Rue Hamidie and the Hamidie Fountain. Named after His Imperial Majesty, The Sultan Abdulhamid II, Emperor of the Ottomans, Caliph of the Faithful (also known as Abdul Hamid II)

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