Peloponnese Collection (#7)

Sanitas, from Prosopographia, ca. 1585-90. ca. 1585-90. Creator: Philip Galle
Sanitas, from Prosopographia, ca. 1585-90

Aristomenes Fighting His Way Out of Eira, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Aristomenes Fighting His Way Out of Eira, 1890. Aristomenes, king of Messenia, celebrated for his struggle with the Spartans c685BC and resistance to them on Mount Eira for eleven years

Theatre of ancient Sparta (Lakedaimon) with Mt Taygetus beyond, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Theatre of ancient Sparta (Lakedaimon) with Mt Taygetus beyond, c20th century. Snow in April. Sparta was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece known as Lacedaemon

Asklepios, Greek God of Medicine of Healing, c6th century BC. Sculpture from the Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidavros, Greece

Stela of Menalaus and Helen (of Troy), Archaic Greek, c8th century BC-c5th century BC. In Greek mythology, Menelaus was a legendary king of Mycenaean Sparta, the husband of Helen

Mycenaean Art. Greece. Mycenae. Royal Tombs. Circle A. Greec
Mycenaean Art. Greece. Mycenae. Royal Tombs. Circle A. Double circle within which there are six Shaft Graves. 14th century B.C. Province of the Argolid. Peloponnese region

Greece. Mystras. Metropolitan Church of Saint Demetrius (Agios Dimitrios). Founded late 13th century. Painting murals. Scene life of st. Demetrius

Mycenean Art. Greece. Palace of Nestor, near Pylos. 1300-1200 B.C. Bronze Age. Ruins. Northeast stoa. Region of Peloponnese

Greece. Sparta. Inscription on the stone. Greek writing. Old Theater. Peloponnese

Greece. Modern city of Sparta. Tomb of Leonidas, also known as Leonidaion

Greece. Mystras. Church of the Panayia Hodegetria, also know
Greece. Mystras. Holy Monastery of Vrontochion. Church of the Panayia Hodegetria, also known as Aphentiko. Founded in 1310. View

Greece. Mystras. The Palace of Despots. Dominates the Upper Town of Mystra. It is a great complex of buildings belonging to different times of construction. Peloponnese

Greece. Mystras. Gate of Monemvasia. 13th Century. Fortified
Greece. Mystras. Gate of Monemvasia, also know as Sideroporta (Iron Gate). 13th Century. Fortified gate. Peloponnese

Greece. Mystras. The Monastery of Our Lady of Pandanassa (The
Greece. Mystras. The Monastery of Our Lady Panagia Pantanassa (Queen of all). A womens convent founded in the 15th century (1428 AD) by John Phrangopoulos

Greece. Mystras. Fortified town. Byzantine. Remains. Pelopon
Greece. Mystras. Fortified town, situated on Mt. Taygetos. Byzantine. Laconia. Peloponnese. Remains

Bilingual poster on the wall of the Church of Evangelistria, built in the late 14th century. Mistras. Lakonia Province. Peloponnese Region

Roman Mosaic floor. Argos. Greece
Roman mosaic floor from a house (5th century) depicting winter season. Archaeological Museum of Argos. Greece

Greece. Tiryns. Cyclopean wall
Greece. Tiryns. Mycenaean city (3rd millennium B.C.). Cyclopean wall (1400-1200 B.C.). Peloponnese

Bronze helmet of Corinthian style. 6th century B. C. Olympia
Bronze helmet of Corinthian style. 6th century b.c. Olympia Archaeological Museum. Ilia Province. Peloponnese region. Greece

Bronze helmet of Corinthian type. 5th century B. C. Olympia A
Bronze helmet of Corinthian type. 5th century b.C. Votive offering in the Sanctuary of Zeus by Hieron, tyrant of Syracuse

Asclepius
Greek Art. Statue of Asclepius God of Medicine. Museum of Epidaurus. Region of the Peloponnese. Greece

Tomb of Clitmenestra
Mycenaen Art. Greece. Tomb of Clitmenestra. XIII century. Mycenae. Argo?lide province. Peloponnese region

Funerary stele. Late Helladic I period. Mycenae
Mycenaen Art. Late Helladic I period. Greece. Funerary stele decorated in geometric style on the top and fight scene with animals on the bottom. Dated between 1600-1500 b.C

Battle of Navarino
GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (1821-1830) The naval Battle of Navarino (October 20, 1827) in Navarino Bay (now Pylos), in the Peloponnese

Temple to Elias, Gargalianoi, Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece
Temple of Prophet Elias at Gargalianoi - town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Date: 1906

Lion Gate. S. Xiv Bc. Greece. Peloponnese. Arcadia
Lion Gate. s.XIV BC. GREECE. PELOPONNESE. ARCADIA. Mycenae. Gate of the second stage (1350-1330 BC) located in the north of the wall with lions over the lintel. Mycenaean art. Architecture

Figure of Woman in the Kitchen. ca. 1500 BC - 1100 BC. Mycenaean art. Terra-cotta. FRANCE. ALSACE. BAS-RHIN. Strasbourg. Archaeological Museum. Proc: GREECE. PELOPONNESE. ARCADIA. Mycenae

GREECE. PELOPONNESE. LACONIA. Sparta. Ruins of a theater

GREECE. Mistra. Monastery of Pantanassa. Pantanassa church. 1365. Interior. Byzantine art. Fresco

Warrior head. Mycenaean art
Ivory Head of a Warrior. 13th c. BC. Mycenaean art. Sculpture on ivory. GREECE. ATTICA. Athens. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: GREECE. PELOPONNESE. ARCADIA. Mycenae

Antique Map of Greece
Antique map of Greece from 1867

GREECE. Corinth. Ancient Rome ruins. Fountain. Roman art. Early Empire

Greece, Peloponnese, Laconia, Mani, nr Kitta. The ancient Greek Orthodox church of Sergios and Bacchos stands in a remote olive grove

Greece, Peloponnese, Messinia, Pylos. Pyloss marina lies to one side of this coastal town which faces Navarino Bay, or Ormos Navarinou

A few hundred metres offshore, the picturesque Bourtzi Castle is one of Nafplios most recognisable landmarks. Originally the port of Ancient Mycenae and Argos

Olympia, Greece, late 19th or early 20th century. Olympia, a sanctuary of Ancient Greece, is probably best known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times. Lantern slide

A Greek sailors wedding, Pylos, Greece, 1938

Otto I, King of Greece, landing in Nauplia, 6 February 1833 (1900). The son of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Otto I (1815-1867)

The French Mission to the Morea (Peloponnese), 1828. Artist: Finert (Finart), Noel Dieudonne (1797-1852)
The French Mission to the Morea (Peloponnese), 1828. Found in the collection of the Benaki Museum, Athens

Excavation of Acropolis of ancient Sparta (Lakedaimon), c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Excavation of Acropolis of ancient Sparta (Lakedaimon), c20th century. Sparta was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece known as Lacedaemon

Detail of Simon on Mosaic Pavement, 5th century. Villa at Argos, Greece

Greek small bronze Apollo from Kosmas near Sparta, late 6th century BC. Epiphenomenos means Appearing, Laconian work held at National Museum, Athens

Morning market in Argos, 6th century BC
Morning market in Argos with the Acropolis beyond. The Kastro on top is built on 6th century BC foundations

A Greek Cyclopean bridge on the road between Nauplion and Epidarus

Detail of Mycenaean bronze dagger found in a tholos tomb, 16th century
Detail of Mycenaean bronze dagger, inlaid with gold, silver and niello, showing natuli. It was found in a tholos tomb in Pylos, and is now in the National Museum in Athens, 16th century

Mycenaean amphora with plant forms, 15th century
Mycenaean amphora with plant forms, in Palace Style, from Pylos. In the National Museum in Athens, 15th century

Detail from a Greek geometric period vase, 9th century BC
Detail from geometric period vase, showing a man and horse. Found at Argos, Greece, and now in the Argos Museum, 9th century BC

Detail from the frieze in the cella of the temple of Apollo at Bassae, 5th century BC
Detail from the frieze in the cella of the temple of Apollo at Bassae, showing Heracles fighting Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

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