EditorialSarcophagus of the Oresteia. Mid-2nd century AD. Reliefs depicting the revenge of Orestes: the death of Clytemnestra and the traitor Aegisthus, the arrival of the hero at Delphi and his appearance before the Athenian court at the Areopagus, where he wi...
EditorialSocrates (470-399 BC). Athenian philosopher. Detail of the Double Herm of Socrates and Seneca. Ancient Roman statue from the first half of the 3rd century AD. Marble. Portraits are coupled in double herm by later roman copyst. Neues Museum (New Museum)...
EditorialSocrates (470-399 BC). Athenian philosopher. Bust. Marble. Roman copy of 2nd century after a greek original of 4th century. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany.
EditorialGreece. Delphi. Sanctuary of Apollo. The Athenian Treasury, constructed by the Athenias with spoils of Battle of Maraton. Detail metope. Horses. 510-480 BCE. Delphi Archaeological Museum.
EditorialGrave Stele of Dexileos, 394-393 BC. Athenian cavalryman Dexileos fighting a naked Peloponnesian hoplite in the Corinthian War. Kerameikos, Athens. Greece. Copy of the original located at the Kerameikos archaeological museum in Athens.
EditorialMetope II from the Parthenon marbles depicting part of the battle between the Centaurs and Athenian hero. 5th century BC. Athens. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.
EditorialGREEK ART. Greece. V B.C. century. Panaitios funerary stele. Penteli marble. Decorated with a LOUTROPHOROS between two LEKYTOS. The left one represents a nude young playing with an aro. In the loutrophoros scene appears an athenian knight holding a lan...
EditorialSolon (ca. 640 BC - ca. 558 BC). Athenian lawmaker, statesman and poet, one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece. Portrait. Engraving by Geoffroy. "Historia Universal", by C?sar Cant?. Volume I. 1854.
EditorialGreek Art. The Philippeion. Ionic circular memorial of ivory and gold, which contained statues of Philip's family, Alexander the Great, Olympias, Amyntas III and Eurydice I. It was made by the Athenian sculptor Leochares in celebration of Philip's vict...
EditorialAristides (530-468 BC). Athenian statesman. The Ostracism of Aristides, ca.1800, by Franciszek Smuglewicz (1745-1807). Oil on canvas. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland.
EditorialPair of Anderson Candelabra, 1765-70 Manufacture attributed to Diederich Nicholas Anderson, Design attributed to James 'Athenian' Stuart, A pair of George III ormolu three-branch candelabra, Applied Arts, 18th Century, Metalwork, Candle, Metal, Ormolu,...
EditorialAnderson Candelabra, 1765-70 Ormolu Candelabra, one of a pair Manufacture attributed to Diederich Nicholas Anderson, Design attributed to James 'Athenian' Stuart, One of a pair of George III ormolu three-branch candelabra, see also 2005.4465.1, Applied...
EditorialAnderson Candelabra, 1765-70 Ormolu Candelabra, one of a pair Manufacture attributed to Diederich Nicholas Anderson, Design attributed to James 'Athenian' Stuart, One of a pair of George III ormolu three-branch candelabra, see also 2005.4465.2, Applied...
EditorialTerracotta vase with janiform heads, Late Classical, 4th century B.C., Etruscan, Terracotta, H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm), Vases, Vases with janiform (back-to-back) heads were produced by Athenian potters near the end of the sixth century B.C. The heads usuall...
EditorialDemosthenes (384-322 BC). Political and Athenian orator. Bust. Roman copy of a Greek original by Polyeuktos, erected in the Agora of Athens in 280 BC. British Museum. London. England.