Greece Collection (#5)

Porch of Caryatids, Erechtheion Temple, Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Europe, Greece, Santorini, Pyrgos. Building passageway. Credit as: Jim Nilsen / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont.com

Paraportiani Orthodox Church, Mykonos Town, Mykonos, Cyclade Islands, Greece

Restaurant in the Old Town of Nafplio, Argolis, The Peloponnese, Greece, Southern Europe

Minoan art. Greece. 16th century B. C. Fresco of boxing kids
Minoan art. Greece. 16th century B.C. Fresco of boxing kids. Fight between two teens provided with gloves and a belt. Painted stucco. Room B1 from Akrotiri (Thera). (1550-1500 BC)

Battenberg family
Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854-1921), 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, later Lord Louis Mountbatten with his wife, Princess Victoria of Hesse (1863-1950) and four children

Women of ancient Greece
Ancient Greek women and a priestess (background). Antique hand-colored print

Prince Andrew of Greece, with his wife, Princess Alice, daug
Prince Andrew of Greece pictured in uniform with his wife, Alice. He was in Command of the Greek Second Army Corps at the Battle of Sakaria

Coin Depicting the Goddess Tyche, 2nd-1st century BCE. Creator: Unknown
Coin Depicting the Goddess Tyche, 2nd-1st century BCE

Evening in Athens with wealthy man and two women on a deck Date: 1897

Royal Family at Elphinstone wedding, 1946
The wedding of Andrew Elphinstone, nephew of Queen Elizabeth to Mrs. Vicary Gibbs in June 1946, at which Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) was chief bridesmaid

Kouloura, Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece

Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) portrait, close-up of eyes, Lake Kerkini, Greece. February

Colourful houses in the small village of Klima on the island of Milos, Cyclades, Greece

Marble head of Plotinus (205-270), Alexandrian philosopher, leader of Neoplatonism

Bull-Leaping (from the Palace Complex of Knossos). Artist: Bronze Age culture
Bull-Leaping (from the Palace Complex of Knossos). Found in the collection of Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete

Clay tablet with linear B script, 15th century BC
Clay tablet from Knossos with linear B script, from the British Museums collection, 15th century BC

Pandora. Pandora (the all-gifted ) was the first mortal woman according to the Greek poet Hesiod. She was sent by Zeus as a gift to Epithemus

The Saffron-Gatherer Fresco from Minoan Royal Palace, Knossos, Crete. c15th century BC. At Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete

Mycenaean Linear A tablet
Minoan Linear A tablet from Aghia Triadha, from the Archaeological Museum of Heracleions collection in Crete. Linear A is an early Mycenean writing system that has not yet been deciphered

Windmills Kato Mili, Mykonos-Town, Mykonos, Cyclades, Greece

Europe, Greece, Cyklades, Mykonos, part of the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea, street in Myconos town

House Covered In Bougainvillea, Paxos, The Ionian Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

The Annunciation, 1597-1600, by El Greco
El Greco (1541-1614). Cretan painter. The Annunciation, 1597-1600. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Parthenon. East Pediment. Acropolis, Athens. 438-432 BC. Bri
Parthenon. East Pediment. Helioss horses and Dionysos, Demeter and Kore, Artemis. Acropolis, Athens. 438-432 BC. Marble. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Epicurus (341-270 BC). Ancient Greek philosopher. Bust. Roman copy. 3rd-2nd century. British Museum. London. England

Mycenaean art. Greece. Silver rhyton as head of a bull with golden horns and forehead adorned with a gold rosette. Royal Tomb IV at Mycenae. 16th century BCE. National Archaeological Museum. Athens

Byzantine art. Greece. Virgin Hodegetria. Icon. Greece
Byzantine art. Greece. Virgin Hodegetria. Icon from the church of Agios Demetrios tou Kolla. Dated to the mid-sixteenth century. Byzantine Museum. Zante. Ionian Islands

Funerary stele of Democleides (4th century BC)
Greek art. Funerary stele of Democleides (4th century BC). Marble relief depicting a warrior sitting sad and meditating on the stern of a ship. Beside him, his helmet and shield

Zeus Meilichios depicted as a snake and a family of supplica
Relief with Zeus Meilichios depicted as a snake. On the left, a family of supplicants. Dedicated by Aristomene. Found in Pangrati (Athens) and dated between 350-300 BC

Art Greek. Hellenistic. The Statue of Lacoon (Laacoonte). 2
Art Greek. Hellenistic. Statue of Lacoon and his sons (Antiphates and Thymbraeus). The sculpture is attributed by three sculptors from the island of Rhodes. Agesander, Athenedores and Polydorus

Prince Philip of Greece & Milford Havens at Maidenhead
Celebrities at the Maidenhead Fishery Club in 1931. From left, the Marchioness of Milford Haven, formerly Countess Nada Torby, daughter of Grand Duke Michael of Russia, her daughter

GREECE. Daphni. Dapni Monastery. Christ Pantocrator inside the dome (early Comnenian period, ca. 1100). Byzantine art. Mosaic

Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885-1969), Princess Andrew of Greece from 1903, pictured in a sumptous evening gown and cloak

German gliders in Battle of Crete by G. H. Davis
Landing air troops: German gliders of the Battle of Crete during the Second World War. By the use of gliders, parachutes and mass-produced aeroplanes for crash landings

Princess Andrew of Greece and daughters
Princess Andrew of Greece (1885-1969), formerly Princess Alice of Battenberg, pictured with her four eldest children. From left, Princess Margarita (1905-1981), later Princess of Hohenlohe-Langeburg

Building at the Archeological Site of Delphi
Greece, Phocis, Delphi, is an archaeological site in central Greece. It is the location of the Oracle of Delphi and a UNESCO World Heritage site

Ancient Temple of Athena Pronea, Delphi, Greece
View of the Athena Pronea Sanctuary in Delphi, Greece

Black rocks protruding through rough seas with stormy clouds, Crete, Greece

Colossus Of Rhodes
The Colossus of Rhodes, a giant statue of the sun god Helios measuring 34 metres, towers over the islands harbour, circa 250 BC

Greek Statue of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros
Greek Marble Statue of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros - circa 100BC, found at Delos Date: circa 100BC

Mount Athos, Greece - Holy Monastery of Iviron
Holy Monastery of Iviron or Iveron, an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. Date: circa 1910s

Hotel Cecil at Kifissia, Athens Suburb, Greece Date: circa 1920s

Death, the grim reaper. Turkish army defeated by Cholera, not by enemy, approaching Luleburgaz in disorder: 100 deaths per day. Illustration from Le Petit Journal, Paris, 1 December 1912

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Ptolemys map of the world, illustrating a concept of the flat earth. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction

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Arrest of Archimedes, leading to his death. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Greek astronomer Hipparchus mapping the stars over Alexandria, ancient Egypt. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Aeropagus debating in ancient Athens
Gathering of the Areopagus, a deliberative court that met in the open air, ancient Athens. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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