Ancient Greece Collection (page 13)

La Nuit et l Aurore (Night and Dawn). Artist: Champaigne, Jean-Baptiste de (1631-1681)
La Nuit et l Aurore (Night and Dawn). Found in the collection of Louvre, Paris

Greece, c1930s. Artist: Harold Spender
Greece. Few relics are left of ancient Sparta, the famous city of Laconia that once ruled the Peloponnese; the southern portion of its old precincts is occupied by the present Sparta

Mount Kronos and Temple of Hera, Olympia, Greece, late 19th or early 20th century. The wife of Zeus, Hera was one of the major goddesses of Ancient Greece. The Romans worshipped her as Juno

Alexander the Great of Macedonia, (1902). From Imhoof Blumers Portrait Heads on Coins of Hellenic Nations. In only 13 years

Map of Ancient Greece, 1902. Illustration from The Worlds History, The Mediterranean Nations, by Dr H F Helmolt, Volume IV, published by William Heinemann, (London, 1902)

Sappho throwing herself into the sea (Illustration for The Heroides by Ovid), 1485-1499. Found in the collection of the The Huntington, California

Sappho, Phaon and Cupid, 1809. Artist: Jacques-Louis David
Sappho, Phaon and Cupid, 1809. According to Greek legend, the poet Sappho fell in love with Phaon, a ferryman from the island of Lesbos, and when he rejected her

Alexander and Diogenes, late 17th-early 18th century. Artist: Sebastiano Ricci
Alexander and Diogenes, late 17th-early 18th century. Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon (356-323 BC)) visiting Diogenes of Sinope (c410-c320 BC), Greek Cynic philosopher

Leda and the Swan, 1550-1560. Artist: Jacopo Tintoretto
Leda and the Swan, 1550-1560. In Greek Mythology, Leda, the wife of Tyndareus, King of Sparta, was seduced by Zeus, who disguised himself as a swan. From the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

Theatre of ancient Sparta (Lakedaimon) with Mt Taygetus beyond, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Theatre of ancient Sparta (Lakedaimon) with Mt Taygetus beyond, c20th century. Snow in April. Sparta was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece known as Lacedaemon

Detail from the Francois Vase, Peleus and Atalanta with Calydonian Boar Hunt, c6th century BC Artists: Ergotimos
Detail from the Francois Vase, Peleus and Atalanta with Calydonian Boar Hunt, c6th century BC. Etruscan Tomb finding. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter) c560 BC

Detail from the Francois Vase, Etruscan Tomb Find, c6th century BC. Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Detail from the Francois Vase, Etruscan Tomb Find, c6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter) c560 BC

Hercules and the Centaur Setos, Detail of Greek Pot, Corinthian, c7th century BC. Artist: Nessos Painter
Hercules and the Centaur Setos, Detail of Greek Pot, Corinthian, c7th century BC.The Nessos Painter was a pioneer of Attic black-figure vase painting

Greek Vase, Blinding of Polyphemus, late Archaic period, c530BC-c510BC

Pluto, (Hades) with Cerberus and Eagle, c3rd century BC

Herakles fights the Lernaean Hydra, Attic Vase, 450 BC

Greek Vase-Painting, Odysseus crew Turning to Pigs on Circes Isle, c6th century BC. National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Kylix showing the Labours of Theseus, Athens, c440BC-c430BC. Artist: Codrus Painter
Kylix showing the Labours of Theseus, Athens, c440BC-c430BC. Attributed to the Kodros Painter. Found at Vulci, Italy. Centre shows Theseus and Minotaur. Edges show Theseus fighting

Greek Vase Painting, Persephone and Hades Banqueting in the Underwold, c430 BC. Artist: Codrus Painter
Greek Vase Painting, Persephone and Hades Banqueting in the Underwold, c430 BC. Attic red-figured Kylix by the Codrus Painter. Held at British Museum

Greek Soldiers and Chariot in Battle, vase painting, c6th century BC. At British Museum

Mycenaean Zeus Crater, 14th Century BC. Found in Cyprus. Shows a Mycenean chariot. At Archaeological Museum, Nicosia, Cyprus

Hercules fights the Lernaean Hydra, Relic from Lerna, 3rd Century BC

Acropolis and Theatre of Herodes Atticus, Athens from Philopappos Hill at dusk, c20th century. An ancient citadel located on an extremely rocky outcrop above the city of Athens

Pallas Athena and Muses, 1630s. Artist: Jan van Balen
Pallas Athena and Muses, 1630s. Athena was the Ancient Greek goddess of wisdom. The nine muses were goddesses of the arts. Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum Peterhof, St Petersburg

Diogenes, after 1527. Artist: Ugo da Carpi
Diogenes, after 1527. Diogenes (c400-323 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher who was one of the founders of the philosophy of Cynicism

Greek vase painting of Heracles and Cerberus

Gold larnax (funerary casket), 350-325 BC. Discovered in the Macedonian royal tombs at Vergina, Macedonia, Greece, site of the ancient city of Aigai. From the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki

Hipparchus, Ancient Greek astronomer, 2nd century BC (c1880). Artists reconstruction of Hipparchus (c190-c127 BC) at work

Statue of Odysseus, hero of Homers epic poem The Odyssey

Ulysses Lands on the Isle of Calypso, 1737. Artist: Pierre Charles Tremolieres
Ulysses Lands on the Isle of Calypso, 1737. From the Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France

Greek Vase-Painting Hercules fights the Lion, c6th century BC
Greek Vase-painting, Hercules fights the Lion, c6th century BC. National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Theseus kills the Minotaur (with Ariadne present), Greek Vase painting, 5th Century BC. Artist: Hermonax
Theseus kills the Minotaur (with Ariadne present), Greek Vase painting, 5th Century BC. Hermonax was a Greek vase painter working in the red-figure style. He painted between ca

Hades and Persephone Banqueting: Altic Red-figure Kylix, c430 BC. Artist: Codrus Painter
Hades and Persephone Banqueting, Altic Red-figure Kylix, c430 BC. by the Codros painter

Prometheus creating the First Man, detail of Sarcophagus from Arles, France, c3rd-4th century
Prometheus creating the First Man, detail of Sarcophagus from Ares, France, c3rd-4th century. Roman relief of Prometheus creating man, guided by Athena.Marble relief from Arles. Held at Louvre Museum

Stela of Menalaus and Helen (of Troy), Archaic Greek, c8th century BC-c5th century BC. In Greek mythology, Menelaus was a legendary king of Mycenaean Sparta, the husband of Helen

Four Dogs Palette, Ancient Egyptian, late 4th millennium BC. Louvre, Palette with animals

Statue of Athena from the ancient Temple of Athena on the Acropolis, c525 BC. Acropolis Museum, Athens

Statue of Dionysus. Roman, after a Greek original of 3rd century BC. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Statue of Clio, Muse of History. Roman, after a Greek model of 3rd-2nd century BC. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Pan and satyr, Pan removing a splinter from a satyrs foot. Roman, after a Greek statuary group of the 3rd century BC. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Tyche, Goddess of Fortune
Statue of Tyche, Goddess of Fortune. Roman, after a Greek original of late 4th or early 3rd century BC. In Ancient Greece

Statue of Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty and Love. Roman, after a Greek original known as the Capitoline Venus type of 3rd-2nd century BC. The Roman equivalent of Aphrodite was Venus

Head of Aphrodite. Detail from a Roman statue of bathing Aphrodite and Eros, after a Greek original of the second half of the 3rd century BC

Statue of bathing Aphrodite and Eros. Roman, after a Greek original of the second half of the 3rd century BC. In Greek mythology, Aphrodite was the Goddess of Love and Beauty and Eros was her son

Statue of Asklepios, Greek God of Healing, 2nd century. Roman, after a Greek original of the 4th century BC. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Head of Ares, God of War, early 2nd century. After the Greek original of the 420s BC, by Alkamenes. The equivalent of Ares in the Roman pantheon was Mars

Seat found in the Dionysiac Theatre, Athens, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Seat found in the Dionysiac Theatre, Athens, 1862. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. A. Bingham Wright, of one of two seats, '...which appear by the inscriptions on them to have belonged

Seat found in the Dionysiac Theatre, Athens, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Seat found in the Dionysiac Theatre, Athens, 1862. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. A. Bingham Wright, of one of two seats, '...which appear by the inscriptions on them to have belonged

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