Greek Collection (page 3)

Thucydides / Bust
THUCYDIDES Greek historian, wrote his history while exiled for perceived military failure

Athenodorus and Ghost
The Greek Stoic philosopher Athenodorus (died 7 AD) rents a haunted house, whose ghost leads him to its improperly buried bones : regarded as the first investigated ghost story

Epicurus / Full Length
Epicurus Greek Philosopher

Odysseus returns to his wife Penelope
Odysseus returns to his wife, Penelope, and his dog, Argos

Cecile of Greece, Georg Donatus Hesse wedding
Wedding group photograph following the marriage of Princess Cecilie of Greece (1911-1937), known as Cecile, to Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse & by Rhine at the Schlosskirche

Island of Thassos, Greece Date: circa 1930s

Epicurus / Cooke
EPICURUS Greek philosopher Date: 341 - 270 BC

Homer / Profile / Chapman
HOMER Blind Greek poet with the Iliad and the Odyssey below

Herodotus / Gooch / Sepia
HERODOTUS Greek historian

Thucydides (Gucht)
THUCYDIDES Greek historian

Socrates
SOCRATES (470 - 399 BC) Greek philosopher

St Luke / Arts Somptuaires
SAINT LUKE Greek physician of Antioch, alleged author of the 3rd gospel and chronicler of the Apostles

Ancient Greek Trumpeter
A military trumpeter

ARISTOTLE Greek philosopher; tutoring Alexander the Great

Matilda Serao, Italian journalist and novelist
Matilda (or Matilde) Serao (1856-1927), Greek-born Italian journalist and novelist, founder and editor of Il Giorno

Welcome at the White Tower, the restaurant in Percy Street in Bloomsbury, London established by John and Eileen Stais in 1939. It specialised in Greek and Macedonian dishes Date: 1966

Prince Louis of Battenberg, Prince & Princess Andrew of Gree
Prince Louis of Battenberg (seated left), 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, later Lord Louis Alexander Mountbatten, pictured with his eldest daughter, Princess Alice of Greece (1885-1969)

The Annunciation, 1597-1600, by El Greco
El Greco (1541-1614). Cretan painter. The Annunciation, 1597-1600. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Statue of Atlas, Rockefeller Center, New York City
Mini leporello picture in a Rockefeller Greeting envelope showing the bronze Atlas Staue in front of the Rockefeller Center in New York City

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

Epicurus (341-270 BC). Ancient Greek philosopher. Bust. Roman copy. 3rd-2nd century. British Museum. London. England

Pergamon Altar. Hephaistos and goddess Eos riding a horse
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. South frieze. Gigantomachy

Funerary stele of Democleides (4th century BC)
Greek art. Funerary stele of Democleides (4th century BC). Marble relief depicting a warrior sitting sad and meditating on the stern of a ship. Beside him, his helmet and shield

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

Art Greek. Hellenistic. The Statue of Lacoon (Laacoonte). 2
Art Greek. Hellenistic. Statue of Lacoon and his sons (Antiphates and Thymbraeus). The sculpture is attributed by three sculptors from the island of Rhodes. Agesander, Athenedores and Polydorus

Pillars of Hercules and Baileys restaurant
Soho, London - Greek Street W1 - view of Manette Street (formerly Rose Street) with the Pillars of Hercules public house on the right and Baileys restaurant to the left. Date: 1970

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

Battle of Cape Matapan
The three British Royal Naval warships which played the leading role in the Battle of Cape Matapan, off the coast of the Greek Peloponnesian peninsula

German gliders in Battle of Crete by G. H. Davis
Landing air troops: German gliders of the Battle of Crete during the Second World War. By the use of gliders, parachutes and mass-produced aeroplanes for crash landings

Princess Andrew of Greece and daughters
Princess Andrew of Greece (1885-1969), formerly Princess Alice of Battenberg, pictured with her four eldest children. From left, Princess Margarita (1905-1981), later Princess of Hohenlohe-Langeburg

Greek Statue of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros
Greek Marble Statue of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros - circa 100BC, found at Delos Date: circa 100BC

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

Salvago Greek College, Shatby, Alexandria, Egypt
Salvago Greek College/School in Shatby/Chatby Alexandria, Egypt - photograph taken (very) shortly after the conclusion of construction

First Balkan War (1912 - 1913) - Hand-to-hand combat
Hand-to-hand combat during the First Balkan War as Greek troops overun a Turkish gun battery. The war lasted from October 1912 to May 1913, pitted the Balkan League (Serbia, Montenegro, Greece)

Medea and Jason stealing the Golden Fleece
Depiction of Medea and Jason from Greek mythology. Medea drugs a serpent while Jason prepares to kill it and steal the Golden Fleece. Venus and a winged youth stand at their side

The Lords Prayer in ten different languages (English, French, Spanish, Italian, Irish, Portuguese, Greek, German, Latin and Welsh) Date: 1841

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

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

Prince Philip & Prince Michael of Romania riding
Prince Philip of Greece & Denmark, later Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II (born 1921), seen as a young boy (far right), riding a pony on the beach, accompanied by his eldest sister

Turkish Barber at Thessaloniki, Greece. Date: circa 1907

Thessaloniki, Greece - Turkish Coffee Shop Waiter. Date: circa 1910s

The Asbestos Mines at Pano Amiantos, Cyprus
Pano Amiantos a village in the Limassol District of Greek Cyprus, located 7 km southwest of Kyperounta. Formerly the village was the site of a large asbestos mine

PRAXITELES (flourished 370, -330 BC). Hermes bearing the infant Dionysus. ca. 330 BC. Hermes carrying the child Dionysus to the nymphs who were charged with his rearing. Classical Greek art

Statue of Eros
The famous statue of the Greek god of love, Eros, Piccadilly Circus, London, was sculpted by Alfred Gilbert in 1893. It was originally called the Shaftesbury Monument. Date: 1893

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

Map of Greece, 1792
Map of Greece and Greek islands plus Romania (which appears on this map to be incorrectly labelled or positioned south of Bulgaria), Macedonia, Albania and parts of Turkey and Italy

Kitsch Greek Greetings Postcard
A kitsch Greek Greetings card, featuring a rather unusual bird (cross between a swallow and a dove!?) carrying a message of good wishes across the sea, surrounded by a border of red and pink flowers

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