Ancient Greek Collection (page 38)

Aesop, Greek fabulist, c1900
Aesop, Greek fabulist, 1493. Aesop may in fact only be a figure of legend, but according to Herodotus, he lived c620-560 BC

Aesop, Greek fabulist, 1493. Aesop may in fact only be a figure of legend, but according to Herodotus, he lived c620-560 BC. From Liber chronicarum mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel

Aesop, Greek fabulist, c1480. Aesop may in fact only be a figure of legend, but according to Herodotus, he lived c620-560 BC. Frontispiece of William Caxtons edition of Fables of Aesop. (London c1480)

God creating Eve from Adams rib, 1508. Scene from the Bible (Genesis). It illustrates Thales concept of the universe based on the four Greek elements with a flat earth floating on water with air

Archimedean Screws for raising water from one level to another, 1805
Archimedean Screws for raising water from one level to another. The thread could be either external (as in Fig. 3), or the more conventional internal spiral in Fig. 2

Twin Archimedean screws used to raise water, engraving, 1719. Artist: Gaspard Grollier de Serviere
Twin Archimedean screws powered by an undershot water wheel, used to raise water. From Gaspard Grollier de Serviere Receuil d Ouvrages Cureieux. Lyons, 1719. Engraving

Reconstruction of Roman reaping cart, as described by Pliny, Engraving, 1860
Reconstruction of Roman reaping cart, as described by Pliny. Engraving, 1860. Aristotle believed that motion was a continuous pushing action

Greek Terracotta, Eos, goddess of Dawn, carries Kephalos, c450 BC. Made in Melos, found at Kameiros, Isle of Rhodes

Greek Terracotta, Woman playing Kithera with plectrum, 3rd century BC-2nd century BC. Probably made in South Italy

Greek Terracotta Boy wearing Cloak, Athens, 300 BC

Demeter seated on a Panther, Greek Terracotta, c350 BC. Thebes

Louvre Wrestlers in Bronze, c2nd century BC

Greek vase in the form of a Hare, Corinthian period, circa early 6th century

Greek Warrior Painted Siana Cup, c6th century BC
Greek Warrior Painted Dish, c6th century BC. Attributed to C Painter, 575BC-550BC. British Museum

Persephone Taking Leave of Pluto with Hermes and Demeter standing nearby, c550BC-c525 BC. Attic Black-figured Kylix, From Vucli. British Museum

Hades carries off Persephone, detail of Red-figure Volute Krater, c380 BC Artist: Iliupersis Painter
Hades carries off Persephone, detail of Red-figure Volute Krater, c380 BC. By the Iliupersis Painter Ornate Apulian style, held at British Museum

Comedy scene, Apollo cures Cheiron Krater, 380 BC
Comedy scene, Apollo cures Cheiron, Krater, 380 BC. Bell Krater, Attributed to The McDaniel Painter, Ancient Greece, 380 BC. Held at The British Museum

Greek Games from a marble relic, c490 BC. Artist: Themistocles
Greek Games from a marble relic, c490 BC. Re-used in the wall built by Themistocles in 479 BC. To defend Athens. National Museum. Athens

Greek Grave-Slab of Shipwrecked Sailor, from Rheneia, Mykonos, c5th century BC. Held at Archaeological Museum. Mykonos, Greece

Greek relief, Agamemnon seated left with Talthybis and Epeios, c5th century BC. Fragment of a relief, maybe the armrest from the throne of a cult statue

Hermes. Greek relief from Thasos, Greece, c470 BC. Relief of the Passage of Theori, from the agora of Thasos. Thasian marble with traces of polychromy

Cleobis and Biton pull their mothers chariot, c6th century BC

Greek Vase-Painting, A Banquet, possibly Funerary, c5th century BC. In ancient Greece, the symposium was a part of a banquet that took place after the meal

Greek Vase-Painting, A woman brings offering to an altar, c5th century BC At National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Ostrakon of Cimon, an Athenian statesman, Fragment of Greek Pottery, c5th century BC. Ostrakon showing name (as Kimon [son] of Miltiades)

Bronze Helmet and Cuirass, late Geometric period, 8th century BC. Earliest suit of Hoplite armour at Argos Museum, Greece

Bronze Helmet of Hoplite, 7th century BC. At Argos Museum Greece

Avenue of Lions, Delos, c600BC. The Terrace of the Lions, also dedicated to Apollo by the people of Naxos shortly before 600 BCE

Greek Amphora, detail of Achilles and Ajax playing a game, c6th century BC. Artist: Exekias
Greek Amphora, detail of Achilles and Ajax playing a game, c6th century BC. by Exekias painter and potter, c540BC-c530 BC. Vatican Museums

A Smith, detail of a Greek Cup, (Kylix), c6th century BC
A Smith, detail of a Greek Cup (Kylix), c6th century BC

Greek Vase Painting, Hoplite Fighta Scythian, c6th century BC. At National Museum, Athens

Athlete with Jumping-Weight, detail of Greek Kylix, (drinking-cup), c6th century BC

Detail from the Francois Vase, Ajax carrying the body of Achilles, c6th century BC. Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Detail from the Francois Vase, Ajax carrying the body of Achilles, c6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter), c560 BC

Detail from the Francois Vase, Thetis, c6th century BC. Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Detail from the Francois Vase, c6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter), c560 BC. Large Attic volute krater decorated in the black-figure style

Detail from the Francois Vase, c6th century BC. Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Detail from the Francois Vase, c6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter), c560 BC. Large Attic volute krater decorated in the black-figure style

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

Greek Relief of Young man holding Strygil with Boy holding Oil Vessel, c400 BC. Oil for massage after Athletic activity is cleaned off with strygil, Athens

Palette with bull goring man, circa late 4th millennium BC. The Bull Palette is an ancient Egyptian palette in the corpus of iconographic cosmetic palettes that focus on topics from the Late

Demeter and Persephone in a carriage, c620 BC. Terracotta goroup from Thebes, made in Corinth, at British Museum

Thetis riding a sea monster bringing the Helmet of Achilles, late 4th century BC. Corinthian Terracotta

Aphrodite, (Venus) from Soli Cyprus, Greek, 1st century BC

The Charioteer Bronze, Delphi, Greece, c475BC-470 BC. The Charioteer of Delphi, also known as Heniokhos, is one of the best-known statues surviving from Ancient Greece

Model of ancient Temple of Athena, 6th century BC. From an unknown building on the Acropolis, at Acropolis Museum, Athens

Harpy Carrying Away The Deceased, Harpy Tomb at Xanthos, 5th century BC. Greek. British Museum

Greek Funerary Relie, Young girl with Bird and Dog, 4th century BC. From Athens

Detail of Greek Ship with Large Steering Oar, Relief Carving 2nd century BC. Relief on rocks of Acropolis at Lindos, Rhodes, Greece

Greek relief, Greek soldiers form a Phalanx, 5th century BC. Phalanx is an ancient Greek expression for an organized, heavily armed infantry defense line

Detail of Francois Vase, Hephaestus, on a mule, followed by Silenus, c6th century BC. Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Detail of Francois Vase, Hephaestus, on a mule, followed by Silenus, c6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter), c560 BC

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