Ancient greek thesaurus
Info and images for greek mythology as depicted in the most important greek museums. A brief dictionary - thesaurus for greek gods and heroes. Material about ancient greek history, archaeological places, temples, ancient olympic games, sculptures and greek art.

The Neolithic civilization (6800-3300 BC) in Greece
Neolithic civilization over Greece

Organization of neolithic settlements:house construction
Organization of Neolithic Settlements - neolithic revolution. One such a centre was Sesklo in Magnesia. An important advance can be seen in the Middle Neolithic construction

Greek Early and middle bronze age - neolithic art
Greek Early and middle bronze age neolithic art. The Northeastern Aegean, the Cyclades and Mainland Greece are home to specific cultural groups during this period.

The Prehistoric Collection of the National Archaeological Museum
The Prehistoric - neolithic Collection of the National Archaeological Museum

NEOLITHIC FIGURINES
Neolithic figurines

Neolithic Pottery
Neolithic pottery. The Middle Neolithic period (5800-5300 BC) or Sesklo Culture is |characterised by painted pottery.

Neolithic pottery pictures and photo coolection from greek museums
Neolithic pottery pictures and photo coolection from greek museums

Neolithic figurine pictures and photo collection from greek museums
Neolithic figurine pictures and photo collection from greek museums

Neolithic jewelry pictures and photo collection from greek museums
Neolithic jewelry pictures and photo collection from greek museums

Ancient greek thesaurus
The site contains material from all ancient greek periods. This material contains history references ,pottery photos ,pictures of figurines, paintings , important archaeological places  , excavations,  unpublished pics from greek museums , theaters and many more.

Photo Gallery from Athens archaeological Museum
Photo Gallery from Athens archaeological Museum

Classical period marble art and sculpture pictures collection from greek museums
Classical period marble art and sculpture pictures collection from greek museums and photo gallery.

Classical period red figure pottery pictures collection from greek museums
Classical period red figure pottery images collection from greek museums and photo gallery.

Classical period black figure pottery pictures and photo collection from greek museums
Classic period black figure pottery image collection and photo gallery from greek museums.

Classical period bronze art and statues images collection from greek museums
Classical period bronze art and statues images collection from greek museums and photo gallery.

National Archaeological Museum of Athens photo gallery
National Archaeological Museum of Athens photo gallery

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The site contains material from all ancient greek periods. This material contains history references ,pottery photos ,pictures of figurines, paintings , important archaeological places  , excavations,  unpublished pics from greek museums , theaters and many more.

Ancient greek thesaurus - Links
The site contains material from all ancient greek periods. This material contains history references ,pottery photos ,pictures of figurines, paintings , important archaeological places  , excavations,  unpublished pics from greek museums , theaters and many more.

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The site contains material from all ancient greek periods. This material contains history references ,pottery photos ,pictures of figurines, paintings , important archaeological places  , excavations,  unpublished pics from greek museums , theaters and many more.

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The site contains material from all ancient greek periods. This material contains history references ,pottery photos ,pictures of figurines, paintings , important archaeological places  , excavations,  unpublished pics from greek museums , theaters and many more.

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The site contains material from all ancient greek periods. This material contains history references ,pottery photos ,pictures of figurines, paintings , important archaeological places  , excavations,  unpublished pics from greek museums , theaters and many more.

The Cycladic civilization
The Cycladic civilization. Cycladic is the term used for the civilization that developed in the region of the Cycladic Islands during the Bronze Age (3200-1100 B.C).

Cycladic art in early cycladic period 3200-2000 BC
Cycladic art in early cycladic period. In addition to burnished pottery with incised and impressed decoration , painted pottery now appears and vases in new shapes

CYCLADIC ART IN MIDDLE CYCLADIC PERIOD 2600-1600 bc
CYCLADIC ART IN MIDDLE CYCLADIC PERIOD (2000-1600 B.C.). Their art became known through the pottery: the early cycladic tradition continued , but was also presented a new black painted technique (mat).

ART IN LATE CYCLADIC PERIOD (1600-1100 B.C.)
ART IN LATE CYCLADIC PERIOD (1600-1100 B.C.). The unique wall paintings of Akrotiri in Thera and the fragmentary paintings from Phylacopi with their monumental rendition of nature

EARLY CYCLADIC FIGURINES
EARLY CYCLADIC FIGURINES. Early Cyladic figurines are the most important works of Cycladic art . They usually represent standing female naked figures

Frying-pan Vessels
Frying-pan Vessels. Frying-pan vessels are characteristic finds from Early Cycladic II graves, mainly from Syros, in the flourishing period of the Keros-Syros Culture

The wall-paintings from Akrotiri, Thera
The wall-paintings from Akrotiri, Thera. The painter of the 'Spring' fresco and of the 'Crocus gatherers' is distinguished by the freedom and spontaneity of his compositions

The excavation at Akrotiri on Thera
The excavation at Akrotiri on Thera. Its grand, well-appointed houses were beautifully decorated with fine wall-paintings with primarily religious themes

Cycladic pottery pictures and photo collection from greek museums
Cycladic pottery pictures photo collection from greek archaeological museums

Cycladic idols pictures and photo collection from greek museums
Cycladic idols pictures and photo collection from greek museums

Cycladic jewelry pictures and photo collection from greek museums
Cycladic pictures and jewelry photo gallery.

Cycladic frescoes and painting pictures and photos from greek museums
Cycladic frescoes and painting photo gallery.

The Minoan civilization (2600-1200 BC)
The Minoan civilization

Knossos palace
Knossos palace

Minoan pottery pictures and photos collection from greek museums
Minoan pottery pictures collection from greek museums and photo gallery.

Minoan figurine pictures and photo collection from greek museums
Minoan figurine pictures and photo collection from greek museums and photo gallery.

Minoan jewellery pictures and photo collection from greek museums
Minoan jewellery pictures collection and photo gallery.

Minoan paintings pictures and photo collection from greek museums
Minoan paintings pictures from greek museums collection and photo gallery.

The Mycenaean civilization
The Mycenaean civilization.Two sets of graves found in the soil of Mycenae have given us a fascinating glimpse of the wealth and artistic accomplishments of this city.

The Acropolis at Mycenae
The Acropolis at Mycenae. According to Greek myth, the walls, like those of Tiryns, were built by the Cyclops, hence their name Cyclopean.

The Tholos tombs of Mycenae
The Tholos tombs of Mycenae. The imposing and well-preserved Atreus tholos tomb is a stone-built, corbel-vaulted and pointed dome

Mycenae's Grave Circle A
Mycenae's Grave Circle A. The amazing wealth of the grave gifts reveals both the high social rank and the martial spirit of the deceased: gold jewelry and vases, a large number of decorated swords and other bronze objects

Mycenae's Grave Circle B
Mycenae's Grave Circle B. The grave gifts from Grave Circle B are similar to those from Grave Circle A, although less opulent.

Funerary Assemblages from Grave Circle B
Funerary Assemblages from Grave Circle B. Among the many grave gifts of Gamma were a death-mask made of electrum (gold and silver alloy)

The Mycenaean palace at Pylos, Messenia
The Pylos Palace. The Mycenaean palace at Pylos, Messenia, is conventionally named the Palace of Nestor

The Tiryns Acropolis
The Tiryns Acropolis. The Mycenaean citadel at Tiryns is conspicuous for its mighty Cyclopean walls that led Homer to call it 'well-walled' in the Iliad.

Mycenaean Linear B Tablets
Mycenaean Linear B Tablets. Linear B is a syllabic script with approximately ninety syllabic signs, ideograms and numerals.

The Mycenaean world between East and the West
The Mycenaean world between East and the West. The biblical land Canaan, the ports of Phoenicia (modern-day Lebanon), Syria and Cyprus all had trading relations with the Mycenaean world.

The Development of Mycenaean Pottery
The Development of Mycenaean Pottery. The Pictorial Style continued to evolve, while the Octopus Style, with representations of octopuses, fish, birds and complementary motifs was popular

Mycenaean Attica
Mycenaean Attica. In the 13th cent. BC, a large Cyclopean wall was erected around the Athenian Acropolis to defend the palace

Mycenaean pottery pictures and photo collection from greek museums
Mycenaean pottery pictures from greek museums and photo gallery.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Bronze dagger with inlaid decoration depicting a lion hunt. The hunters carry spears and bows, and protect themselves with tower-shaped and figure-of-eight shields. One lion has been hurt and a man lies on the ground, while two more lions escape. On the reverse, a lion hunts deer.

The ancient Greeks in America
The ancient Greeks in America. Below are some pictures that prove the existance of the Greek civilization at B.C. ages ,all over the America's region.

The ancient Greeks in America
The ancient Greeks in America. Below are some pictures that prove the existance of the Greek civilization at B.C. ages ,all over the America's region.

The ancient Greeks in America page 3
The ancient Greeks in America. Below are some pictures that prove the existance of the Greek civilization at B.C. ages ,all over the America's region.

Map of ancient greek theaters
Download a free map of ancient greek theaters

The Acropolis of Athens
The Acropolis of Athens. The Acropolis was the most important religious centre of Athens.

Ancient roads
Ancient roads. Three ancient roads meet outside the southeast corner of the Sanctuary of Dionysos.

The theatre of Dionysos
The theatre of Dionysos. The auditorium of the Theatre of Dionysos is the most important building on the Southern Slope of the Acropolis.

Acropolis - The Stoa of Eumenes
Acropolis - The Stoa of Eumenes. The stoa of Eumenes is placed between the the theatre of Dionysos and the Odeion of Herodes Atticus

The sanctuary of Asclepios - The Temple of Asclepios
The sanctuary of Asclepios - The Temple of Asclepios. The Asclepieion, the sanctuary of the god Asclepios and his daughter Hygieia

Acropolis - The Propylaia
Acropolis - The Propylaia. The monumental building complex at the entrance to the Acropolis. 437-432 B.C.

The Parthenon. The great temple of Athena Parthenos.
The Parthenon. The great temple of Athena Parthenos. 447-432 B.C. Highest achievement of ancient greek classical art

Parthenons' construction
Parthenons' construction. Only Phidias, author of Athena Polias and Athena Lemnia, was capable to create Athena of Parthenon.

Acropolis - The Erechtheion.
The Erechtheion. Ionic temple dedicated to Athena, Poseidon, Erechtheus and other chthonic deities of Attica. 421- 406 B.C.

The Temple of Athena Nike
The Temple of Athena Nike. The temple of Athena Nike has been restored twice in the past:

Acropolis - The Areopagus
The Areopagus. The Areopagus, a rocky outcrop approximately 115 m. high, is situated between three other hills, the Acropolis, the Pnyx, and the Kolonos Agoraios.

The West Frieze of the Parthenon - Olympian gods
The West Frieze of the Parthenon. Presentation of Olympian gods.

Sculptures from the east pediment of the Parthenon - The Greek gods
Sculptures from the east pediment of the Parthenon. Presentation of the Greek gods.

Excavations at the Acropolis station
Excavations at the Acropolis station. During the construction of the subterranean tunnel of the METRO and to ensure the safe passage of the large drill used

The Sanctuary of Olympia
The sanctuary of Olympia.

The Prytaneion temple
The Prytaneion

The Philippeion temple
The Philippeion

TEMPLE OF HERA
The Temple of Hera. The temple of Hera is the oldest temple of the Sanctuary, among the best specimens of archaic doric temple architecture

TREASURIES
TREASURIES (6th- 5th cent. B.C.). Bordering the Altis, to the north, are a series of Treasury Buildings.

The Olympia Stadium
The Stadium. The present (final) position of the Stadium is that of Classical times.

ECHO PORTICO or HEPTAECHOS at Olympia
ECHO PORTICO or HEPTAECHOS. Famous building for its acoustics, where the sound was repeated seven times

NERO'S HOUSE - OCTAGON at Olympia
The Nero's house octagone. Elaborately built villa with a peristyle court, many rooms, gardens and a luxurious bath, the so-called Octagon

TEMPLE OF ZEUS at Olympia
The Zeus Temple. South of the Temple of Hera stands the overpowering Temple of Zeus.

The Pelopion Tumulus at Olympia
The Pelopion tumulus. The Pelopion in the heart of the Altis was the very important cult site of the hero Pelops in the Classical period

PALAESTRA at Olympia
The Palaestra. To the west, close to the banks of the Kladeos River, is the Palaestra where athletes were privileged to exercise and take final training for the Games.

Pheidia's Workshop outside Altis
Pheidia's Workshop. Pheidias' workshop stood outside the Altis. It was a large building the same size as the cella of the temple of Zeus.

GYMNASION at Altis Olympia
Gymnasion. To the west, close to the banks of the Kladeos River, is the Gymnasion where athletes were privileged to exercise

Archaeological Museum of Olympia photo image collection of East - West Pediment
Archaeological Museum of Olympia photo gallery and image collection of East and West Pediment of the temple of Zeus.

Ancient Olympic Games images collection - photo gallery
Ancient Olympic Games images collection and photo gallery from the museum of the history of the olympic games at Olympia

Olympic Games - The Greek Gods Creation - Herakles
Olympic Games - The Greek Gods Creation - Herakles. The Greeks themselves ascribed Olympic origin to more exalted beings — the Greek gods -.

Organization of the Olympic games
Organization of the games and olympian sports. None of the other three Games (Pythian, Nemean, Isthmian) ranked in importance with the Olympic Games held every four years.

Athletes preparation for Olympia Sports
Athletes preparation for Olympia Sports. By Olympic rules, athletes had to be at Elis for a month or six weeks before the Games started.

Introduction of the Olympia sports into the Olympic games
Introduction of the Olympia sports into the Olympic games

Olympia Sports - Foot Races
Olympia Sports - Foot Races. At Elis, preceding the Olympic Games, the runners trained at the starting line and also practiced running in loose sand.

Olympic Sports - Wrestling - Pankration - Boxing
Olympic Sports - - Wrestling - Pankration - Boxing. Wrestling is one of the oldest sports known. Art and literature abound in dramatic examples of gods and men grappling

Olympia Sports - Discus - Javelin
Olympia Sports - Discus - Javelin. It was traditional for a discus thrower at the Olympics to present his discus to sanctuary officials

Ancient Olympic Games - The Broad jump
Ancient Olympic Games - The Broad jump. In the ancient olympic games Greek athletes had an aid the modern broad jumper does not have.

Ancient Greek Olympic Games - The Champions
Ancient Greek Olympic Games - The Champions. For the victor at Olympia the conferring of various honors actually began as the sound of cheering in the stadium died away

The History of the Olympic Games
The History of the Olympic Games. In the most ancient of olden times, King Oenomaus was the tyrant who ruled the Olympian valley and surrounding territory.

The Sanctuary of Eleusis images collection
Archaeological area of Eleusis images collection and photo gallery.

The archaeological area of Delphi
The archaeological area of Delphi. An ancient tradition tells that when Zeus wanted to see where was the centre of the earth, left two eagles to fly, the one to the east and the other to the west.

The temple of Apollo at Delphi
The temple of Apollo at Delphi. The temple that we see in front us is of 4th B.C. cent. and fifth in order at the same place, according to a mythical tradition of Delphi.

Delphi treasuries
Delphi treasuries. The Athenian Treasury, dated by its sculpture about 500 B.C. and rebuilt in 1903-6

The oracle of Delphi
The oracle of Delphi. At the bottom of the cella existed the adyton that was constituted by an above-section with a golden statue of Apollo and another underground in which Pythia - Apollos priestess- went down in order to give the oracle.

The Pythia Games
The Pythia Games. Outside the sanctuary and at the highest point of the slope around the Phaedriades builted the stadium for sporting events at Pythia games.

The Delphi theatre
The Delphi theatre. The theatre, in which the theatrical and musical events of Pythia games took place, was built at the 4th cent. b.c.

Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia - Delphi Tholos
Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia - Delphi Tholos. The famous Delphi tholos. It is circular building of diameter 13,50m. which is dated in the beginning of 4th cent.

The Kastalia spring
The Kastalia spring. Kastalia is the famous Delphi spring where the water flows even today in the deep ravine between Phaedriades.

The Sacred Way
The Sacred way. The sacred way reaches up to the temple of Apollo and then the path leads up to the theatre and the stadium.

The Sibyl rock
The Sibyl rock. A prominent rock is perhaps that from which the pious believed that at some unhistorical time the Sibyl foretold the future.

The Athenians stoa
Athenians stoa. Next and against the terrace wall of the temple columns of the Athenian Stoa have been re-erected

The Chians altar
The Chians altar. the altar was built at 5th cent B.C with the money of Chians who got in return the right to be allowed to ask first for the oracle without waiting in line.

The Pillar of Prusias
The Pillar of Prusias. The king of Bithynia Prusias that was founded at 2nd cent. B.C.

The polygonal wall at Delphi
The polygonal wall at Delphi. The wall was built from stones with curved joints that had excellent adaptation between them and give the lifeless wall a face of life and variety.

Archaeological Museum of Delphi images collection of frieze of Siphnian treasury
Archaeological Museum of Delphi photo gallery and image collection of Pediments and frieze of Siphnian treasury.

THE GREEK WORLD IN THE 8th CENTURY B.C.
The Geometric period - GREEK WORLD IN THE 8th CENTURY B.C. The decline fall and dissolution of the Mycenean kingdoms after the middle of the 12th century B.C. was followed by a period of approximately four centuries,

THE ART OF THE GEOMETRIC PERIOD
THE ART OF THE GEOMETRIC PERIOD

Geometric period jewelry pictures and photo collection from greek museums
Geometric period jewellery pictures collection from greek museums and photo gallery.

Geometric period figurines pictures and photo collection from greek museums
Geometric period figurines pictures collection and photo gallery

Geometric period pottery pictures and photo collection from greek museums
Geometric period pottery pictures collection and photo gallery from greek museums.

GEOMETRIC PERIODS
GEOMETRIC PERIODS

The Homeric Age
The Homeric Age

The Evolution of the City-States
The Evolution of the City-States

The Armed Camp of Sparta
The Armed Camp of Sparta

The Classical period THE GREEK WORLD IN THE 6th CENTURY B.C.
The Classical period THE GREEK WORLD IN THE 6th CENTURY B.C.They colonized vigorously from about 750 to 600 and by the end of this period had spread over an enormous area

The Athenian triumph and tragedy
The Athenian triumph and tragedy. The Athenian democracy attained its full perfection in the Age of Pericles (461-429 B.C.).

The Meaning of Greek Art
The Meaning of Greek Art. What did Greek art express? Above all, it symbolized humanism—the glorification of man as the most important creature in the universe.

Athenian life in the Golden Age
Life in Athens stands out in rather sharp contrast to that in most other civilizations. One of its leading features was the amazing degree of social and economic equality which prevailed among all the inhabitants.

The Greek Achievement and its Significance for us
The Greek Achievement and its Significance for us. It is necessary to be on our guard, however, against certain uncritical judgments which are sometimes expressed in reference to the achievement of the Greeks.

The Persian Wars
The Persian Wars. Soon after the democracy had been established in Athens the Greek people as a whole had to undergo their most severe test.

The Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War. The policy of Pericles succeeded in arousing the fear of both Sparta and Corinth, who might expect in the event of a war to be aided by dissident cities of the League who wished to escape from the domination of Athens.

The Fourth Century-Rise of Philip of Makedon
The Fourth Century-Rise of Philip of Makedon. Thebes never did come to realize the dangerous nature of Philip, nor the threat that he presented to Greece. The Athenians were divided in their opinions, one party thinking it best to collaborate

Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great.The extraordinary campaigns of Alexander need not detain us long here. It is sufficient to say that his first victory in Asia Minor over the Persian satrap, aided by Greek mercenaries in Persian employ,

Classic period jewellery pictures and photo gallery from greek museums
Classic period Jewellery pictures and photo gallery from greek museums

The Hellenistic period
The Hellenistic period.While the Hellenistic Age is sometimes regarded as simply a final chapter in the history of Greece, this is by no means correct.

Political History and Institutions In Hellenistic period
Political History and Institutions In Hellenistic period. When Alexander died in 323 B.C., he left no legitimate heir to succeed him.

Significant Economic and Social Developments in Hellenistic period
Significant Economic and Social Developments in Hellenistic period. The history of the Hellenistic civilization was marked by economic developments second only in magnitude to the Commercial and Industrial Revolutions of the modern era.

Hellenistic Culture: Philosophy, Literature and Art
Hellenistic Culture: Philosophy, Literature and Art. Hellenistic philosophy went through a peculiar evolution—or retrogression, it might almost be better to say.

The First Great Age of Science in Hellenistic period
The First Great Age of Science in Hellenistic period. The most brilliant age in the history of science prior to the seventeenth century

Religion in the Hellenistic Age
Religion in the Hellenistic Age. The civic religion of the Greeks as it was in the age of the city-states had now almost entirely disappeared.

Religion in the Hellenistic Age
Religion in the Hellenistic Age. The civic religion of the Greeks as it was in the age of the city-states had now almost entirely disappeared.

Hellenistic age bronze statues images collections from greek museums.
Hellenistic age bronze statues images collections and photo gallery from greek museums

The Roman period
The Roman period. Roman history falls naturally into two parts. The city of Rome became an independent republic in 509

The Roman Recessional
The Roman Recessional

Roman period Marble Sculpture image collection from greek museums
Roman period marble sculpture and statues images collection and photo gallery from greek museums.

Roman period bronze statues image collection from greek museums
Roman period bronze statues image collection and photo gallery from greek museums.

Roman Empire on holiday
Roman Empire on holiday

Decline of city life at Roman period
Decline of city life at Roman period

The Eleusinian Mysteries
The Eleusinian Mysteries. A mythological reference about Eleusinian mysteries has to do with Heracles.

Archaeological Museum of Eleusis photo image collection
Archaeological Museum of Eleusis photo gallery and image collection.

The Byzantine period
The Byzantine period. When Justinian came to the Byzantine throne in 525 he determined to settle the Persian question once and for all by negotiations

Byzantine period - Church and State in Constantinople
Church and State in Constantinople.The emperors thus constantly came into conflict with the pope, who claimed jurisdiction over the patriarch.

Byzantine art - jewelry images and photo collection from greek museums
Byzantine jewelry images and photo collection from greek museums

Byzantine mosaics images collection from the Ilissos Basilica Byzantine museum
Byzantine mosaics images and photo collection from the Ilissos Basilica - Byzantine museum of Athens

Byzantine icons images and photo collection from the Byzantine museum
Byzantine art - icons images and photo collection from the Byzantine museum

Byzantine empire - The Persian Wars of Heraclius
Byzantine empire - The Persian Wars of Heraclius.The wars with Persia were resumed in 572, and though Byzantine arms were at first successful

Byzantine Period - Political and Cultural Achievements
Byzantine Period - Political and Cultural Achievements. The Byzantine Empire showed in its long history a remarkable power of survival.

Eastern Europe�The Byzantine Empire
Eastern Europe�The Byzantine Empire. The Byzantine Empire was for centuries the only civilized European power.

Byzantine Art
Byzantine Art. The supreme artistic achievement of the Byzantine civilization was the church of Santa Sophia (Holy Wisdom)

The Christian Foundation-Popularity of Ascetism
The Christian Foundation-Popularity of Ascetism. The desire of many pious Christians to protest against the increasing worldliness of the church.

Photo Gallery from Greek Museums
Photo Gallery and images collection from Greek Museums.

Photo Gallery from Athens Byzantine Museum
Photo Gallery from Athens Byzantine Museum

photo gallery of ancient greek temples
pictures and photo gallery of ancient greek temples

Greek Mythology Thesaurus A
Greek Mythology Thesaurus A

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Crete's communications
Crete's communications

Minoan's Art - Linear A - B
Minoan's Art - Linear A - B

Mycenaean figurine pictures and photo collection from greek museums
Mycenaean figurine pictures collection from greek museums and photo gallery.

Mycenaean jewelry pictures and photo collection from greek museums
Mycenaean jewelry pictures collection from greek museums and photo gallery.

Mycenaean painting pictures and photo collection from greek museums
Mycenaean painting pictures collection from greek museums and photo gallery.

Greek Mythology Thesaurus B
Greek Mythology Thesaurus B

Greek Mythology Thesaurus C
Greek Mythology Thesaurus C

Greek Mythology Thesaurus D
Greek Mythology Thesaurus D

Greek Mythology Thesaurus E
Greek Mythology Thesaurus E. Echeclus, son of Agenor, killed by Achilles

Greek Mythology Thesaurus F
Greek Mythology Thesaurus F. Fates, the three goddesses who control the destinies of men:

Greek gods Thesaurus G
Greek Gods Thesaurus G. Gaea, the goddess of the earth; she came into being after Chaos and brought forth of herself the sky, the mountains, and the sea

Greek gods Thesaurus H
Greek Gods Thesaurus H. Heracles, the most illustrious hero of Greek mythology, the son of Zeus by Alcmene

Greek gods Thesaurus I
Greek Gods Thesaurus I. Icarus, son of Daedalus; on his flight from Crete with his father, he flew too near the sun and fell into the sea and was drowned

Greek gods Thesaurus J
Greek Gods Thesaurus J. Jason, son of Aeson, husband of Medea; leader of the Argonauts

Greek gods Thesaurus K
Greek Gods Thesaurus K

Greek Mythology index L
Greek Mythology index L. Ladon, the hundred-headed dragon who guarded the golden apples of the Hesperides; sprung from Phorcys and Ceto

Greek Mythology index M
Greek Mythology index M. Menelaus, son of Atreus, younger brother of Agamemnon, husband of Helen; one of the Argive leaders

Greek Mythology index N
Greek Mythology index N. Naiads, the nymphs of rivers and springs

Greek Mythology index O
Greek Mythology index O. Odysseus, son of Laertes and Anticlea, husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus, king of Ithaca;

Greek Mythology index P
Greek Mythology index P. Paris, son of Priam and Hecuba, also known as Alexander; abductor of Helen

Greek Gods index P
Greek Gods index P

Greek Gods index R
Greek Gods index R. Rhadamanthys, son of Zeus and Europa, brother of Minos, one of the judges of the dead in the underworld

Greek Gods index S
Greek Gods index S. Sirens, the virgin daughters of Phorcys and one of the Muses; they lived on an island in the midst of the sea and lured men to death by the sweetness of their song

Greek mythology thesaurus T
Greek mythology thesaurus T. Theseus, son of Aegeus and Aethra, descended from Erechtheus and Pelops; king of Athens, husband of Phaedra, father of Hippolytus

Greek mythology thesaurus U
Greek mythology thesaurus U. Uranus, son and husband of Gaea, father of the Titan

Greek mythology thesaurus V
Greek mythology thesaurus V

Greek mythology thesaurus W
Greek mythology thesaurus W

Greek mythology thesaurus X
Greek mythology thesaurus X. Xuthus, son of Aeolus, husband of Creusa

Greek mythology dictionary Y
Greek mythology dictionary W

Greek Gods dictionary Z
Greek Gods dictionary Z. Zeus, the greatest god in Greek mythology, son of Cronus and Rhea, king of all the gods

New discoveries at the Ash Altar of Zeus -- Mount Lykaion
New discoveries at the Ash Altar of Zeus -- Mount Lykaion

Ancient greek thesaurus
The site contains material from all ancient greek periods. This material has to do with history references about civilizations that took place in the greek region info about ancient greek temples, visits in museums,pottery photos ,pictures of figurines, paintings pics , jewellery images, sculptures and art generally, important archaeological places , excavations, unpublished pics from greek museums , theaters and many more.

Constantine the Great - Exhibition in Trier
Constantine the Great is one of the best known of the Roman Emperors.

Ancient greek thesaurus
The site contains material from all ancient greek periods. This material has to do with history references about civilizations that took place in the greek region info about ancient greek temples, visits in museums,pottery photos ,pictures of figurines, paintings pics , jewellery images, sculptures and art generally, important archaeological places , excavations, unpublished pics from greek museums , theaters and many more.

Exhibition at the Byzantine and Christian museum long history of enamel making
An exhibition at the Byzantine and Christian museum follows the long history of enamel making

Ancient greek thesaurus
The site contains material from all ancient greek periods. This material has to do with history references about civilizations that took place in the greek region info about ancient greek temples, visits in museums,pottery photos ,pictures of figurines, paintings pics , jewellery images, sculptures and art generally, important archaeological places , excavations, unpublished pics from greek museums , theaters and many more.

Ancient greek thesaurus
The site contains material from all ancient greek periods. This material has to do with history references about civilizations that took place in the greek region info about ancient greek temples, visits in museums,pottery photos ,pictures of figurines, paintings pics , jewellery images, sculptures and art generally, important archaeological places , excavations, unpublished pics from greek museums , theaters and many more.

Ancient greek thesaurus
The site contains material from all ancient greek periods. This material has to do with history references about civilizations that took place in the greek region info about ancient greek temples, visits in museums,pottery photos ,pictures of figurines, paintings pics , jewellery images, sculptures and art generally, important archaeological places , excavations, unpublished pics from greek museums , theaters and many more.

The Olympic flame in Beijing
The Olympic flame in Beijing. Tomorrow we will begin the journey of the flame in the five continents, travelling a distance of 137,000 kilometers.

From the land of the Labyrinth to New York City
From the land of the Labyrinth to New York City. A full depiction of the glory of Minoan Crete is set to travel outside Greece for the first time.

Pictures and photo gallery of ancient greek theaters
Pictures and photo gallery of ancient greek theaters

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Bronze type A sword with engraved butterfly on the shoulder and ivory pommel. From Grave I Mycenae.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Long bronze sword with ornate gold hilt revetment, decorated with spirals and ending in lion-heads. Griffins (imaginary creatures with the head and wings of an eangle and a lion's body) adorn the blade.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Bronze dagger with inlaid decoration, which depicts lions in flying gallop.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Fragment of a bronze sword. The hilt and shoulder are decorated in the cloisonne technique, in which the scale pattern compartments on the latter are inlaid with lapis lazuli. This alaborate design ends in two griffin or eagle heads.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Bronze swords with richly decorated gold revetment on the hilt, gold nails and ivory or agate pommels. Mycenae tholos tomb.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Gold hilt and pommel revetment decorated with repousse spirals and concentric circles. Finds from a large rectangular stone-built tomb at cape Staphylos , in south east Skopelos island , which Nikolaos Platon excavated in 1936. The site is named Staphylos from a mythical founder of the island's first settlement, who originally came from Crete. The opulent grave gifts show that this tomb belonged to a Mycenaean warrior of the 15th. cent. Bc.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Bronze swords and knives from the warrior's tomb at Skopelos island.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Knife with duck's head hilt; grave gifts from a warrior's inhumation tomb 12 Skopelos island.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Boar's tusk helmet. Partial reconstruction using boar's tusks stitched onto a leather cap.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Faience imitiation of a sword hilt with gold inlays, and fragment of the gold revetment of a sword hilt.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Gold revetment of a sword shoulder and hilt with engraved spiral decoration. From tomb 88 (Mycenae's chamber tombs excavated by Christos Tsountas 1887-1898).

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Ornate agate sword hilt with inlayed gold disks. From tomb 81 (Mycenae's chamber tombs excavated by Christos Tsountas 1887-1898).

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Bronze daggers with gold plated nails. Tomb 82.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Elephant or hippopotamus tooth warrior's heads wearing boar's tusk helmets. Tomb 27.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Boar's tusk helmet with cheek-guards and a double hook on top. Tomb 515. excavated by A.J.B. Wace.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Wall paintings depicting figure-of-eight shields with a suspension strap at the middle. The motif on each shield's surface shows that they represent originals made of cow's hide. The figure-of-eight shield , a defensive weapon, becomes here the symbol of a war goddess. Although it is a common motif (models of this type of shield exist in gold , ivory and semi-precious stones), this is a rare representation in Mycenaean monumental painting.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Wall paintings depicting figure-of-eight shields.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Bronze daggers with inlaid decoration. These bear representations of a Nilotic landscape (felines chasing aquatic birds among papyrus flowers), spirals and lilies respectively. The thin gold and silver decorative sheets are held in place on the bronze blade using a gold, silver, bronze alloy.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Short bronze sword decorated with relief griffins. These imaginary eagle-headed lions, symbols of power and dominition, are pictured here in flying gallop.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Bronze dagger with inlaid spiral decoration.

Mycenaean weapons | Photos
Bronze dagger which has gold revetment with repousse lilies on the hilt and shoulders.

Culture festival at Delphi
Delphi’s annual think-fest starts on July 4 with a symposium on culture and the environment.