Greek Collection (#91)

Greek Satyr Play
Characters from a satyr play, featuring Dionysos and Ariadne, represented on a terracotta fragment

Edinburgh / Carlton Hill
Edinburgh: the National Monument on Carlton (or Calton) Hill

Racial / Greece / Musicians
Three Greek people, two with musical instruments, one with a basket of fruit on her head

Ball Dress for 1830
Gauze gowns with Greek designs. Horizontal revers forming mancherons on the shoulders. Gigot over-sleeves & reversed points at the cuff. Short skirt & boots

Costume - Women 1819
4 gowns of 1819: 3 have large ruffs with vandyke or scallop edged pelerines or collars. 1 gown has a gallo-greek bodice. All hems have decorative bands or edging

Wwi Greek Soldier
A Greek soldier, fighting with Venizelos against the Turks during World War One

Greek Armour Race
Ancient Greeks race while running in armour and carrying a shield

Greek Gymnastics
Greek gymnastic activities

Greek Discus Thrower
A Greek discus thrower

Interior of Tholos Tomb
A tholos tomb at Mycenae, dubbed the Treasury of Atreus by Schliemann. The stonework is known as corbelling, with successive courses laid inward

Lion Gate at Mycenae
The Lion Gate at Mycenae represents the earliest large relief structure on the Greek mainland. The carvings were placed into an open triangle left by the corbelled blocks. Date: 1855

Ancient Greek Trio
A string trio in classical Greece - the player on the left strums the sambuca, the central one the cithara, she on the right plucks a lyre

Greek Musicians
Ancient Greek musicians playing wind instruments and percussion

Galen Demonstrating
GALEN Greek physician in Rome, founder of scientific physiology; depicted lecturing in the Temple of Concord, Rome

Galen and Gladiators
GALEN Greek physician in Rome, founder of scientific physiology; he learnt his trade by tending gladiators in the circus at Pergamum

Solons Laws
Solon establishes the laws of Athens

Greece / Costume / Objects
Various Ancient Greek things, such as necklaces, instruments, shoes, vases, fans &c

Greece / Costume
Various Ancient Greek costumes; left to right - One female flute player and the rest are womens everyday costumes

Ancient Greek Soldiers
Greek and Trojan warriors engage in hand-to-hand combat

Greek Hemicycle Dial
The GREEK HEMICYCLE DIAL is an early form of sundial, using the movement of a shadow to measure the passage of time

PHIDIAS Greek sculptor, regarded as the greatest sculptor of ancient Greece

Montenegro Priest
A priest of Montenegro, in his battle costume, carrying the banner of his church Date: 1876

St John on Patmos
Saint John, on the Greek island of Patmos, receives his revelation of things which must shortly come to pass

Greek Hanging Game
In the delightful hanging game of the Ancient Greeks, if you don t cut the rope quickly enough, you lose the game (and your life)

Doric Temple
Close-up of a column, pillar, entablature and pediment of a Doric temple showing the use of colour

Daphnis and Chloe (1)
Daphnis and Chloe, standing beneath a tree

Racial / Greek Horseman
A Greek Soldier on horseback

Ancient Greek Chariot
An Ancient Greek chariot race

Sappho / Head
SAPPHO Greek lyric poet

Ambroise Firmin Didot
AMBROISE FIRMIN DIDOT French scholar, reputed for his Greek studies. He was a member of a famous French family of printers

RIGNY (1782-1835)
HENRI COMTE DE RIGNY French Admiral and diplomat in Greece. Aided by the British in the Battle of Navarino in 1827, which secured Greece independence from Turkey

Greek Oracle
Consulting an oracle, in Ancient Greece

Mourning Dress 1844
Mourning Dress: black lace dress with two deep flounces beneath small puffings (bouillon); dress with caraco bodice & ruched trim open to reveal a chemisette

Greek Workmen / Industry
Two Greek workmen in a forge

Greek Orthodox Priest
A Greek papa blesses the waters, dressed in his Pontifical Habit : the tree behind him is decked with ritual bells which help him

ALCAEUS (620? - 580? BC)
Alcaeus of Mytilene Greek Poet

Myth / Classical Myth / Mars
Greek god of war

Classical Myth / Hymen
Greek god of marriage, carrying a veil and a torch

Socrates / Thevet / 1584
SOCRATES Greek philosopher

LUCIAN Greek writer and satirist

Pindar (& Three Graces)
PINDAR - Greek lyric poet (author of Odes of Victory and many others) - charming the Three Graces in this scene

Pan (Tooke)
Greek god of woodlands and pastures

Eos / Aurora (Panofka)
The Greek Goddess of the Dawn, known to the Romans as Aurora

Achilles & Delegates
Sulking in his tent, making music not war, Achilles receives a delegation of the Greek leaders who hope to persuade him back onto the battlefield

Greek Philosopher Writes
A Greek philosopher sets pen to paper, in a book rather than a scroll, as you might have expected; inkwell, sand and a knife are ready to hand

Helen Elopes with Paris
Spartan princess Helen, wife of Menelaus, elopes with Paris, prince of Troy, who has Aphrodites support: the Greek princes unite to get her back - hence the Trojan War

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