Illustration from Schwab, Gustav: “Die schönsten Sagen des klassischen Altertums” (1882) By Dr. Gregory Nagy Francis Jones Professor...
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The Triumph of Achilles by Franz von Matsch. Achilles is seen dragging Hector’s lifeless body in front of the...
The body of Patroclus is lifted by Menelaus and Meriones while Odysseus and others look on (Etruscan relief, 2nd century BC) / Photo by...
Thetis immersing her son, Achilles, in the River Styx by Antoine Borel, 18th century / Galleria Nazionale,...
Illuminated illustration of the Ptolemaic geocentric conception of the Universe by Portuguese cosmographer and cartographer Bartolomeu Velho...
Left: Pedestaled krater, c. 800-770 B.C.E., 55.5 cm high, Greek, Geometric period, Rhodes. Right: Jug with a griffin-head spout,...
Niobid Painter, Niobid Krater, Attic red-figure calyx-krater, c. 460-450 B.C.E., 54 x 56 cm (Musée du Louvre) By Dr....
Earliest archaeological evidence of intestinal parasitic worms infecting the ancient inhabitants of Greece confirms descriptions found in...
Nestor’s Sacrifice (1805). Engraving after John Flaxman (1755-1826). Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance...
The Dance of the Muses at Mount Helicon by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1807). Hesiod cites inspiration from the Muses while on Mount...
By the British Museum (Greece and Rome) / 08.08.2015 Every fourth year between 776 B.C.E. and 395 C.E.,...
Image by zerochan, deviantArt By Dr. Amy Calvert (Egypt) and the British Museum (Greece and Rome)...
The ruins of the temple of Apollon, Acropolis of Rhodes, island of Rhodes, Greece / Photo by Jebulon,...
So-called “Peplos Scene” from the east Parthenon frieze (panels E31-35). The scene may depict the peplos garment...
Lead archaeologist Lyudmil Vagalinski shows the last of the total of four ancient shrines discovered after every...
An aerial view of the Ancient Thracian mound which has turned out to hide the ruins of...
Figure 1. Rhodian rectangular amphora stamp with the name of Agathoklês [Delos, TD 4033]. By Dr. Nathan Badoud /...
Entrance to Prosilio tomb 2; horse bits found with the burial (Yannis Galanakis) The discovery this summer of...
“Ave, Caesar! Io, Saturnalia!” Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1880. / Wikimedia Commons By Cassandra Gill / 06.20.2017 Festivals...
Wikimedia Commons By Dr. David V. Johnson / 03.20.2017 Writer/Editor Stanford Social Innovation Review When it comes...
The Seated Boxer, Museo delle Terme, Rome / Photo by Bradley Weber, Flickr, Creative Commons By Dr....
By Maria Koumantaropoulou and Marios Michalides Architects Department of Cultural Buildings and Restoration of Contemporary Monuments, Greek...
By Dr. Nassia Yakovaki Assistant Professor of History University of Athens “Panepistimiou Avenue, Stadiou Street, Syntagma Square...
Section of F. Aldenhoven’s map of Athens in 1837; marked are the four abandoned building plots on...
By Dr. Leonidas KallivretakisHistorianInstitute for Neohellenic ResearchNational Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) “Athens was a Village” It is...
Elements of the Acropolis are thought to have been provided for through the public service of liturgy....
Medal struck in Morosini’s honour for his military exploits in the Morean War, by P. H. Müller,...
Byzantine Church of Panaghia Kapnikarea, Athens / Creative Commons By Dr. Nikos Moschonas Historian Institute of Byzantine...
By Alkistis Choremi Head of Department in First Ephorate of Classical and Prehestoric Antiquities Greek Ministry of...
The Stoa of Attalos at Athens – a modern reconstruction of the 2nd-century BCE building / Wikimedia...