Greece History Gallery

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Marble portrait of the Hellenistic monarch and military commander Pyrrhus of Epirus (318-272 BCE). 
The Greek Colonization of the Ancient Mediterranean,By the 10th - 9th century BC Greece began to eme
A fragment of Demosthenes’ most famous oration, “On the Crown.” The speech was given in 330 BCE; the
Clytemnestra attempts to awaken the sleeping Furies so that they can resume their pursuit of Orestes
Portrait head of the Roman emperor Lucius Verus (r. 161-169 CE, jointly with Marcus Aurelius), sculp
If you read one thing today, read this article on the Getty Iris about the results of an incredible
historyarchaeologyartefacts:The “Ladies in Blue” fresco from Neopalatial Knossos illustrates a group
Herm with a portrait of Plato, from the Academy at Athens.  Roman copy of a lost Greek original (ca.
holodecked:Women In Science - The AncientsAglaonike, 1st-2nd century Greece, AstronomerPeople believ
Silenus speaks to a woman.  Fragment of an Apulian krater in the Gnathian style, artist unknown; ca.
Theseus wrestles Cercyon, King of Eleusis, who would challenge passersby to a wrestling match and th
Statuette of the goddess Artemis/Diana. Unknown Anatolian artist; 1st cent. BCE. Now in the Getty Vi
Achilles lies in wait for Polyxena at a fountain.  Attic white-ground lekythos, attributed to the At
Coin of the Macedonian king Perdiccas II (r. ca. 451-413 BCE).  On the obverse, a galloping horse; o
Sardonyx cameo depicting a Ptolemaic prince as Hermes.  Artist unknown; 3rd cent. BCE.  Now in the C
heleneddis:“…a series of stairs led into the room, and as the people ahead of me stepped down,
Seleucus I Nicator, Hellenistic ruler and founder of the Seleucid dynasty.  Roman bronze copy after
Drachma from Bruttium (Locri or Croton).  On the obverse, Hera Lacinia; on the reverse, Zeus with hi
Stephanophoric silver tetradrachm of the Euboean polis of Eretria.  On the obverse, a bust of Artemi
georgy-konstantinovich-zhukov:Two Grecian ekdromoi attack a Thracian peltastLacking the city-states
Repuosse silver mounted flintlock kariofili musket, Greece, early 19th century.from Helios Auctions
Two bulls face one another in combat.  Protocorinthian or Early Corinthian aryballos, attributed to
Attic black-figure skyphos (two-handled wine-cup), decorated with chariots, Amazons, and Sphinxes. 
The goddess Thetis, riding a hippocampus (seahorse), delivers newly forged arms to her son Achilles.
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