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Athens Collection (page 4)

Background imageAthens Collection: The Acropolis from the Areopagus, Athens, April 24, 1846. Creator: Thomas Hartley Cromek

The Acropolis from the Areopagus, Athens, April 24, 1846. Creator: Thomas Hartley Cromek
The Acropolis from the Areopagus, Athens, April 24, 1846

Background imageAthens Collection: Zoe, Maid of Athens, 1866. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron

Zoe, Maid of Athens, 1866. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron
Zoe, Maid of Athens, 1866

Background imageAthens Collection: The Maid of Athens (May Prinsep), 1866. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron

The Maid of Athens (May Prinsep), 1866. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron
The Maid of Athens (May Prinsep), 1866. May Prinsep was Camerons sisters adopted daughter and the portrait was inspired by a poem by Lord Byron in 1810

Background imageAthens Collection: The Parthenon, 1871. Creator: Frederic Edwin Church

The Parthenon, 1871. Creator: Frederic Edwin Church
The Parthenon, 1871

Background imageAthens Collection: Ionic Hall in the Acropolis at Athens, Greece, (1928). Creator: Unknown

Ionic Hall in the Acropolis at Athens, Greece, (1928). Creator: Unknown
Ionic Hall in the Acropolis at Athens, Greece, (1928). 437-432 B.C...Reconstruction of the Ionic hall behind the Doric portico of the Propylaea...Built by the architect Mnesicles (437-432 B.C)

Background imageAthens Collection: Corner of the pediment of the old Temple of Athena on the Acropolis at Athens, Greece, (1928)

Corner of the pediment of the old Temple of Athena on the Acropolis at Athens, Greece, (1928). 1st Half of 6th Century B.C....Perspective view of the left corner of the pediment of the old Temple of

Background imageAthens Collection: The Parthenon on the Acropolis - View N. E. over Athenai (Athens) to Mount Lycabettus

The Parthenon on the Acropolis - View N. E. over Athenai (Athens) to Mount Lycabettus
The Parthenon on the Acropolis - View N.E. over Athenai (Athens) to Mount Lycabettus, Greece, c1930s. 5th century BC doric temple to the goddess Athena From " Tour of the World"

Background imageAthens Collection: Thucydides, (c460-400 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Thucydides, (c460-400 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Thucydides, (c460-400 BC), 1830. Thucydides (c460-400 BC) Athenian historian and general with a reputation for impartiality, evidence-gathering and analysis

Background imageAthens Collection: Menander, (c342-290 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Menander, (c342-290 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Menander, (c342-290 BC), 1830. Menander (c342-290 BC) Greek dramatist of Athenian New Comedy. From " Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co. J

Background imageAthens Collection: Phocion, (c402-c318 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Phocion, (c402-c318 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Phocion, (c402-c318 BC), 1830. Phocion (c402-c318 BC) Athenian statesman and strategos, known to be honest and subject of one of Plutarchs Parallel Lives

Background imageAthens Collection: Pericles, (c 495-429 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Pericles, (c 495-429 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Pericles, (c 495-429 BC), 1830. Pericles (c 495-429 BC) influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens who led his countrymen during the first years of the Peloponnesian War

Background imageAthens Collection: Miltiades, (c550-489 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Miltiades, (c550-489 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Miltiades, (c550-489 BC), 1830. Miltiades (c550-489 BC) Athenian general known for his role in the Battle of Marathon, he was son of Cimon Coalemos, Olympic chariot-racer, and father of Cimon

Background imageAthens Collection: Euripides, (c480-406 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Euripides, (c480-406 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Euripides, (c480-406 BC), 1830. Euripides (c480-406 BC) tragedian of classical Athens. From " Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co. J

Background imageAthens Collection: Isocrates, (436-338 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Isocrates, (436-338 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Isocrates, (436-338 BC), 1830. Isocrates (436-338 BC) Ancient Greek rhetorician and one of the ten Attic orators. From " Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R

Background imageAthens Collection: Athens, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: Unknown

Athens, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: Unknown
Athens, late 19th-early 20th century. Decorative coat of arms for the city of Athens, capital of Greece. Above a panel bearing the Greek key pattern design is the owl which traditionally represents

Background imageAthens Collection: Demosthenes, (384-322 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Demosthenes, (384-322 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Demosthenes, (384-322 BC), 1830. Demosthenes (384-322 BC) Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens who learned rhetoric by studying the speeches of previous great orators

Background imageAthens Collection: Aristophanes, (c460-380 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Aristophanes, (c460-380 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Aristophanes, (c460-380 BC), 1830. Aristophanes (c460-380 BC) comic playwright of ancient Athens. From " Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co. J

Background imageAthens Collection: Aristides, (530-468 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Aristides, (530-468 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Aristides, (530-468 BC), 1830. Aristides (530-468 BC) ancient Athenian statesman remembered as a general in the Greco-Persian Wars. From " Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard

Background imageAthens Collection: The Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 1902. Creator: Works and Sun Sculpture Studios

The Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 1902. Creator: Works and Sun Sculpture Studios
The Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 1902. From " Underwood and Underwood Publishers, New York-London-Toroto Canada-Ottawa Kansas."

Background imageAthens Collection: View of Athens, 1890. Creator: Unknown

View of Athens, 1890. Creator: Unknown
View of Athens, 1890. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History Vol. II - Rome", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Background imageAthens Collection: Siege of the Piraeus, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Siege of the Piraeus, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Siege of the Piraeus, 1890. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History Vol. II - Rome", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Background imageAthens Collection: Athens, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Athens, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Athens, 1890. Athens, capital and largest city of Greece, from 900 BC onwards one of the leading centres of trade and prosperity in the region

Background imageAthens Collection: The Theseum at Athens, 1890. Creator: Unknown

The Theseum at Athens, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Theseum at Athens, 1890. Temple of Hephaestus or Theseion, doric temple in the Agora of Athens built 449-415BC. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

Background imageAthens Collection: Theseus and Aegeus, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Theseus and Aegeus, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Theseus and Aegeus, 1890. in Greek mythology, Aegeus was king of Athens and the father of Theseus, who may have existed as a real person c8th century BC

Background imageAthens Collection: The Piraeus with the Long Walls, Restored, 1890. Creator: Unknown

The Piraeus with the Long Walls, Restored, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Piraeus with the Long Walls, Restored, 1890. The Long Walls connected Athens to the ports of Piraeus and Phalerum. Initially constructed in mid 5th century BC

Background imageAthens Collection: Death of Pausanias, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Death of Pausanias, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Death of Pausanias, 1890. Pausanias, Spartan regent and general suspected of conspiring with Xerxes I during the Greco-Persian Wars, on arrest he escaped to the temple of Athena

Background imageAthens Collection: An Oration of Demosthenes, 1890. Creator: Unknown

An Oration of Demosthenes, 1890. Creator: Unknown
An Oration of Demosthenes, 1890. Demosthenes (384-322 BC), Greek statesman and orator, worked as a professional speech-writer and lawyer

Background imageAthens Collection: Demosthenes, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Demosthenes, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Demosthenes, 1890. Demosthenes (384-322 BC), Greek statesman and orator, worked as a professional speech-writer and lawyer

Background imageAthens Collection: The Attack on the Piraeus, 1890. Creator: Unknown

The Attack on the Piraeus, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Attack on the Piraeus, 1890. Attack on Piraeus, the harbour of Athens c389 BC by Teleutias, brother of Spartan king Agesilaus II. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

Background imageAthens Collection: Socrates Drinking the Hemlock, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Socrates Drinking the Hemlock, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Socrates Drinking the Hemlock, 1890. Socrates (c470-399 BC), the first moral philosopher, sentenced to death by drinking a cup of poison hemlock at his own hand

Background imageAthens Collection: The Naval Battle in the Harbour of Syracuse, 1890. Creator: Unknown

The Naval Battle in the Harbour of Syracuse, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Naval Battle in the Harbour of Syracuse, 1890. Athenian warships during the Sicilian Expedition (415- 414 BC) of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) resulting in defeat of Athenian forces

Background imageAthens Collection: Street of the Tombs at Athens, Restored, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Street of the Tombs at Athens, Restored, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Street of the Tombs at Athens, Restored, 1890. The Street of the Tombs with sepulchral monuments of families of rich Athenians, dating to late 4th century BC

Background imageAthens Collection: Theatre of Dionysus at Athens, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Theatre of Dionysus at Athens, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Theatre of Dionysus at Athens, 1890. Built at the foot of the Athenian Acropolis in 4th century BC, dedicated to Dionysus, as a theatre for Greek tragedy

Background imageAthens Collection: Interior of the Parthenon, Restored, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Interior of the Parthenon, Restored, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Interior of the Parthenon, Restored, 1890. The Parthenon, a former temple of the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena and patron of the city, construction began in 447 BC

Background imageAthens Collection: Death of Alcibiades, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Death of Alcibiades, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Death of Alcibiades, 1890. Alcibiades (c450-404 BC), Athenian statesman and general, shifted alliance during the Peloponnesian War

Background imageAthens Collection: Agora of Athens (restored), 1890. Creator: Unknown

Agora of Athens (restored), 1890. Creator: Unknown
Agora of Athens (restored), 1890. The ancient Agora built from 6th century BC was initially a place for commerce or public assembly. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

Background imageAthens Collection: Retreat of the Athenians from Syracuse, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Retreat of the Athenians from Syracuse, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Retreat of the Athenians from Syracuse, 1890. Athenian infantry trapped in a quarry during their final retreat in the Sicilian Expedition 415- 414 BC) of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC)

Background imageAthens Collection: Pericles Delivering the Funeral Oration Over the Athenians, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Pericles Delivering the Funeral Oration Over the Athenians, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Pericles Delivering the Funeral Oration Over the Athenians, 1890. Pericles, an Athenian politician, gives a Funeral Oration as part of an annual public funeral for war dead at the end of the first

Background imageAthens Collection: Sophocles Leading the Chorus of Youths, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Sophocles Leading the Chorus of Youths, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Sophocles Leading the Chorus of Youths, 1890. Sophocles (c497-405 BC), celebrated playwright in the city-state of Athens. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

Background imageAthens Collection: Our Lady of Tenderness (The Virgin Eleusa), 1609. Creator: Lambardos, Emmanuel (1587-1631)

Our Lady of Tenderness (The Virgin Eleusa), 1609. Creator: Lambardos, Emmanuel (1587-1631)
Our Lady of Tenderness (The Virgin Eleusa), 1609. Found in the Collection of Benaki Museum, Athens

Background imageAthens Collection: The Empress Irene (A. D. 797-802), 1924. Creator: Herbert Norris

The Empress Irene (A. D. 797-802), 1924. Creator: Herbert Norris
The Empress Irene (A.D. 797-802), 1924. From " Costume & Fashion - The Evolution of European Dress Through the Earlier Ages", by Herbert Norris. [J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, E. P

Background imageAthens Collection: An Athenian Woman of Fashion (B. C. 600-468), 1924. Creator: Herbert Norris

An Athenian Woman of Fashion (B. C. 600-468), 1924. Creator: Herbert Norris
An Athenian Woman of Fashion (B.C. 600-468), 1924. From " Costume & Fashion - The Evolution of European Dress Through the Earlier Ages", by Herbert Norris. [J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, E. P

Background imageAthens Collection: Gold coin with Philip II (382-336 a. C. ), king of Macedonia

Gold coin with Philip II (382-336 a. C. ), king of Macedonia
Gold coin with Philip II (382-336 a.C.), king of Macedonia

Background imageAthens Collection: Athens, partial view of the agora

Athens, partial view of the agora

Background imageAthens Collection: Temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis, 5th century b. C

Temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis, 5th century b. C
Temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis, 5th century b.C

Background imageAthens Collection: Temple Eferteion or Egerteion

Temple Eferteion or Egerteion

Background imageAthens Collection: Athens, view of the Lisicrates Lantern

Athens, view of the Lisicrates Lantern

Background imageAthens Collection: First Olympic Games of the modern era in Athens in 1896, the French Masson was the

First Olympic Games of the modern era in Athens in 1896, the French Masson was the winner of the cycling race. Illustration from Le Petit Journal



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