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Athenian coin, silver, 550-546 BCE. Minted in the ancient Greek city-state of Athens, this silver coin depicts a Gorgon's head, a symbolic ward against evil also known as a "gorgoneion." On the reverse, not pictured here, is stamped a square...

The marble grave stele of an Athenian horseman. Attica, 370s BCE. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)

The Propylaea, the monumental gate to the acropolis of Athens. Interior (west) view. Architect: Mnesicles, c. 437–431 BCE.

Silver tetradrachm from Athens, 479-454 BCE. O: Head of Athena. R: Owl and olive branch.

Archaic period sphinx (6th century BCE), Acropolis Museum, Athens.

Cimon (c. 510 – 450 BCE) was an Athenian statesman and, as strategos, frequent commander of the Athenian fleet when the city was at the height of its power. He won military glory by defeating Spartan rival Pausanias and then the Persians...

The Agora, or Roman Forum, was the heart of the ancient city of Corinth. It is located south of the Temple of Apollo. In the background, the Acrocorinth, a monolithic rock overseeing the city (Greece).

A promotional poster for the 2009 film Agora about the life of Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 370-415 CE).

The nymphaeum and reservoir located to the north of the Agora of Amathous. It dates to the Hellenistic period but had major repairs done in 118 CE during the early reign of Hadrian.

The Mazeus-Mithridates Gate, consisting of three arched entrances, led from the library of Celsus to the Roman Agora of Ephesos. It was built by and named after two emancipated slaves of emperor Augustus in 4 or 3 BCE, who dedicated the gate...