Greece Greek Collection (#3)

USA History: The American Peak. entrance from the well above the tunnel
5313549 USA History: The American Peak. entrance from the well above the tunnel.; SeM Studio/UIG

Map of Athens and Piraeus, Greece, mid 19th century. From The Imperial Bible Dictionary, published 1889
955359 Map of Athens and Piraeus, Greece, mid 19th century. From The Imperial Bible Dictionary, published 1889.; Private Collection

Athens, Greece, from a 19th century engraving. From The Imperial Bible Dictionary, published 1889
955339 Athens, Greece, from a 19th century engraving. From The Imperial Bible Dictionary, published 1889.; Private Collection

Greek Sculpture, Archaic and Pseudo-archaic Works, Myron (engraving)
8644782 Greek Sculpture, Archaic and Pseudo-archaic Works, Myron (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Greek Sculpture, Archaic and Pseudo-archaic Works)

Greek Architecture, Acropolis, Greek Theatre, Stadium, Maussoleum (engraving)
8644770 Greek Architecture, Acropolis, Greek Theatre, Stadium, Maussoleum (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Greek Architecture, Acropolis, Greek Theatre)

Egyptian Art (engraving)
8644760 Egyptian Art (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Egyptian Art. Illustration for Architecture, Sculpture)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637102 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Figure wearing himation so as to show the two thicknesses of the cloth (diplois)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637172 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dancing females, showing various arrangements of the chiton, diploidion, and himation)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637166 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Greek ladies, early style of dress)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637075 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Priestess with chiton and veil (kredemnon)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637156 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mourning females)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637155 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Large himations)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637154 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Various modes of wearing the himation)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637147 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dress of the third period of Greek art history)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637146 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Upper group shows Aphrodite, Hera, and Demeter)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637144 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Female dress of the time of Phidias)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637143 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: The upper line represents Demeter, Hecate, Triptolemus, and others)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637136 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Here (Juno) wearing transparent chiton and two-ply himation or diplax

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637127 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Statue of Athene; wears as under-garment the chiton, next the peplos)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637120 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Artemis with skirts let down to the ground; she also wears a veil (parapatasma, skepasma)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637118 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Artemis (Diana) wearing chiton double-girded, and kilted above the knee

Greek Architecture, Attic Buildings (engraving)
8644772 Greek Architecture, Attic Buildings (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Greek Architecture, Attic Buildings)

Greek Architecture, Ionic Style, Capitals and bases of columns, pilasters and walls (engraving)
8644769 Greek Architecture, Ionic Style, Capitals and bases of columns, pilasters and walls (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Greek Architecture)

Ancient Greek dance (engraving)
8635048 Ancient Greek dance (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Greek dance. Illustration from Hellas)

Sophocles, ancient Greek playwright (engraving)
8635070 Sophocles, ancient Greek playwright (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sophocles (c497-c405 BC), ancient Greek playwright

Facade of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia (engraving)
8635060 Facade of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Facade of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Greece)

Battle between Greeks and Amazons (engraving)
8635056 Battle between Greeks and Amazons (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Battle between Greeks and Amazons)

Plan of the Acropolis, Athens (engraving)
8635053 Plan of the Acropolis, Athens (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan of the Acropolis, Athens. Illustration from Hellas)

Divers recovering some of the Elgin Marbles from the sea nearly three years after their loss. (litho)
8641535 Divers recovering some of the Elgin Marbles from the sea nearly three years after their loss. (litho) by English School

Ancient sandal maker as pictured on the wall of the ruined temples at Thebes, Egypt (litho)
8641596 Ancient sandal maker as pictured on the wall of the ruined temples at Thebes, Egypt (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The tombs of the Egyptian kings at Thebes (engraving)
8650678 The tombs of the Egyptian kings at Thebes (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The tombs of the Egyptian kings at Thebes)

Phidias or Pheidias: Marble Head in the Louvre Museum, Paris (b/w photo)
8649872 Phidias or Pheidias: Marble Head in the Louvre Museum, Paris (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Marble Head in the Louvre Museum, Paris)

Sur L'Acropole, Grece (colour litho)
8649503 Sur L'Acropole, Grece (colour litho) by Gerardin, Auguste (1849-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sur L'Acropole, Grece)

Phidias or Pheidias: Two Horae from the Eastern Pediment (engraving)
8649860 Phidias or Pheidias: Two Horae from the Eastern Pediment (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Two Horae from the Eastern Pediment)

Phidias or Pheidias: Olympos from the Eastern Pediment (engraving)
8649859 Phidias or Pheidias: Olympos from the Eastern Pediment (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Olympos from the Eastern Pediment)

Phidias or Pheidias: The Varvakeion Athene, Athens (engraving)
8649857 Phidias or Pheidias: The Varvakeion Athene, Athens (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Varvakeion Athene, Athens)

Phidias or Pheidias: Terra-Cotta Plaque, Louvre Museum, Paris (b/w photo)
8651515 Phidias or Pheidias: Terra-Cotta Plaque, Louvre Museum, Paris (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Terra-Cotta Plaque, Louvre Museum, Paris)

Alexandria, galley of Hiero II, Tyrant of Syracuse (engraving)
8635765 Alexandria, galley of Hiero II, Tyrant of Syracuse (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alexandria, galley of Hiero II, Tyrant of Syracuse)

Colonization of Cyprus by the Phoenicians (litho)
8660878 Colonization of Cyprus by the Phoenicians (litho) by Rowlandson, George Derville (1861-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Colonization of Cyprus by the Phoenicians)

Artful Trick of Peisistratus (litho)
8660818 Artful Trick of Peisistratus (litho) by Dudley, Robert Ambrose (1867-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Artful Trick of Peisistratus)

The Burning of Sardis, BC 498 (litho)
8660817 The Burning of Sardis, BC 498 (litho) by Rowlandson, George Derville (1861-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Burning of Sardis, BC 498)

Xerxes Fleet in the Bay of Casthanea (litho)
8660804 Xerxes Fleet in the Bay of Casthanea (litho) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Xerxes Fleet in the Bay of Casthanea)

The Revolt of Megara, BC 447 (litho)
8660776 The Revolt of Megara, BC 447 (litho) by Prescott-Davies, N. (1862-1915); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Revolt of Megara, BC 447)

Congress of Peloponnesian States at Sparta, BC 432 (litho)
8660773 Congress of Peloponnesian States at Sparta, BC 432 (litho) by Weatherstone, A.C. (fl.1888-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: Congress of Peloponnesian States at Sparta, BC 432)

Thucydides in Exile (litho)
8660758 Thucydides in Exile (litho) by Prescott-Davies, N. (1862-1915); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thucydides in Exile)

Rebuilding the Walls of Athens, BC 393 (litho)
8660745 Rebuilding the Walls of Athens, BC 393 (litho) by Heath, Dudley (1867-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rebuilding the Walls of Athens, BC 393)

The Cretan Rebellion against the Turks, 1896 (litho)
8660704 The Cretan Rebellion against the Turks, 1896 (litho) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cretan Rebellion against the Turks, 1896)

Empire Air Routes: The "Scipio" over Athens (colour litho)
8659270 Empire Air Routes: The "Scipio" over Athens (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The "Scipio" over Athens)

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"Greece: A Journey through Ancient History and Art" Step into the captivating world of Greece, where history intertwines with art to create a mesmerizing tapestry of culture. Surgeon William Maillard, RN, emerges as a hero in the battle for Candia, earning the prestigious Victoria Cross. His bravery echoes through time. The restored Taureador Fresco from the Palace of Minos at Knossos transports us back to ancient times. This remarkable painting, meticulously recreated by Evans Fresco Drawing N/4 in 1900-50, unveils the grandeur and sophistication of Minoan civilization. As we explore further, a map reveals Knossos' architectural wonders surrounding its majestic Palace. Circa 1903, this intricate layout showcases the ingenuity and vision that shaped this extraordinary city. Pythagoras and Euclid grace our journey with their presence on a marble tile dating back to 1437. These renowned mathematicians left an indelible mark on Greek intellectual heritage. In Karl Pavlovich Briullov's masterpiece "Oedipe et Antigone, " we witness filial devotion as a young girl assists her blind father in walking. This poignant painting captures both love and sacrifice within Greek mythology. Athena takes center stage as she guides Telemachus in his quest for Odysseus. The vibrant lithograph brings forth Athena's wisdom and guidance amidst epic adventures. Homer himself comes alive through an enchanting engraving from 1731. As one of Greece's greatest poets and author of both the Iliad and Odyssey, Homer immortalizes tales that continue to captivate readers across generations. "The Iliad: Andromache and Astyanax meet Hektor prepared for war" depicts heart-wrenching moments before battle ensues—a testament to human resilience even during times of conflict. Witnessing Corinth's final day through an evocative gravure, we glimpse the fall of an ancient city.