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Apollo
Apollo was a Greek god associated with the bow, music, and divination. The epitome of youth and beauty, source of life and healing, patron of the arts, and as bright and powerful as the sun itself, Apollo was perhaps the most loved of all...
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Greek Double Aulos
The ancient Greek double aulos (diaulos) consisted of two pipes (auloi) attached at the mouthpiece and sometimes held in place with a leather strap (forveia) to the player's face. The pipes could be of equal length or unequal, the latter...
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Greek Philosophers
Artist's impression of ancient Greek philosophers discussing ideas. Created by Amplitude Studios for the video game Humankind.
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Greek Religious Festival
Artist's impression of how a Greek religious festival may have looked like.
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Indo-Greek Campaigns
Indo-Greek territory and campaigns with known encounters.
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Greek Vase Painting of an Artist at Work
Red-figure vase depicting an artist painting a statue of Hercules, identified by his club and lion-skin cape. Greek and Roman statues were frequently painted in Antiquity, to impart a more impressive and life-like appearance. Images of artists...
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Ancient Greek Forminx
A reconstruction of the forminx, a stringed instrument which was played to a singing accompaniment. (Museum of Ancient Greek Musical Instruments, Katakolon, Greece).
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Ancient Greek Clapper
A reconstruction of the clapper (Krotala), an ancient percussion instrument made from cane, shell, wood or metal. Usually held in each hand with thumbs and middle finger through the leather loops for stability, they were played much like...
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Greek Fighting an Amazon (Detail)
Greek warrior fighting an Amazon, detail from a painted alabaster sarcophagus, photograph by Sailko, Italy, 01 January, 2014. Section of the painted alabaster sarcophagus known as the "Amazon Sarcophagus" found in Tarquinia, Italy. The...
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Iphigenia in Aulis
Iphigenia in Aulis (or at Aulis) was written by Euripides, the youngest and most popular of the trilogy of great Greek tragedians. The play was based on the well-known myth surrounding the sacrifice of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra's daughter...