Euthymides, Three Revelers (Athenian red-figure amphora), c. 510 B.C.E., 24 inches high (Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich) By Katarzyna Minollari /...
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By Dr. Gregory NagyFrancis Jones Professor of Classical Greek LiteratureProfessor of Comparative LiteratureDirector, Center for Hellenic StudiesHarvard University In...
Dying Warrior sculpture from the East Pediment of the late archaic Temple of Aphaia in Aegina,c.500-480 BCE,...
Statue of the ancient greek historian Herodotus at the parliament of Vienna / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Gregory...
Detail of a relief depicting the “Apotheosis of Homer,” attributed to Archelaos of Priene, ca. 225 BCE–205...
Achilles rides in Victory dragging the body of Hektor / Wikimedia Commons By John D. Beatty Military...
Odysseus and his crew escape the cyclops, as painted by Arnold Böcklin in 1896. Wikimedia By Dr. Chris...
Odysseus departs from the Land of the Phaeacians, painting by Claude Lorrain (1646) / Louvre Museum, Paris By Dr. Gregory Nagy...
Illustration from Schwab, Gustav: “Die schönsten Sagen des klassischen Altertums” (1882) By Dr. Gregory Nagy Francis Jones Professor...
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,...
Achilles sacrificing to Zeus for Patroclus’ safe return, from the Ambrosian Iliad, a 5th-century illuminated manuscript. / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Gregory...
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....
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), attributed to the Amasis Painter, c.540 BCE / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New...
Computer reconstruction depicting Roman Athens in 165 AD. / (c) Sebastian Kiersz By Dr. Cédric Brélaz /...
By Dr. Christopher W. Blackwell / 01.24.2003Louis G. Forgione University Professor of ClassicsFurman University Introduction The Greek...
Reconstruction of an ancient Greek Trireme battleship / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Donald Kagan / 10.25.2007 Sterling...
Statue of Spartan King Leonidas I who fell at Thermopylae in the famous “Last Stand” Lecture by...
Illustrations of Roman Athens / AthensIn3D.com Lecture by Dr. Diana E.E. Kleiner / 04.09.2009 Dunham Professor, History...
Depiction on the Arch of Titus of the triumphal march following the war. In the Jewish War...
By Dr. Kostas KapparisAssociate Professor of ClassicsUniversity of Florida Summary Suggested Reading: Apollodoros, “Against Neaira” (transmitted among...
Speaker’s Platform, Athens Assembly, Pynx, Athens By Dr. Edward M. Harris Professor of Ancient History Durham University...