Ghost of Hellas

Greek art and culture through the ages. 🏛️ Your gateway to Ancient Rome & archaeology tours 👉

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This ancient greek tombstone, adressing passersby in first person, describes the death of Aphrodisios, who died "the most pathetic death" because of his wife, "a dirty adulteress" and her secret lover, "who threw me from the heights like a discus"

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Poseidon holding a trident. Corinthian plaque, 550–525 BC. From Penteskouphia. Louvre Museum.

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Ancient Greek gold bracelet with terminals of maned lionesses, dated to the 4th century BC.

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Glass pomegranate. Greek, Hellenistic period, 2nd c.BC. Phoenix Ancient Art.

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Erich Lessing, Hagia Sophia.

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Bust of a Perspehone - 5th c.BC.

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Aphrodite - Greece - 3rd Century BC.

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Faience polyhedron inscribed with letters of the Greek alphabet. Possible used for fortune telling. Roman, possibly Greece. 2nd to 3rd century A.D.

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The Saffron Goddess (1600 B.C.) detail - Minoan fresco depicting a saffron harvest, Akrotiri, Santorini island, Greece

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The Sarcophagus of the Amazons from Tarquinia, Etruscan (detail, ca. 4th Century BC)

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How Far Did the Vikings Go? From Lindisfarne to America, 793–1021 🛶

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The Fall of Constantinople (1453). Mapped on the Real City. Work by me.

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The Partitions of Poland, 1772–1918: Divided by Three Empires, Reborn in 1918. Work by me.

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Europe’s witch hunts, 1450–1750.

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Ivan Bilibin (Russian, 1876-1942), Archangel Michael, 1919-20. Ink and watercolour on paper, 32.5 x 27.5 cm.

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The Annunciation by Angelos Panagiotou (b. 1943, Greek). Painted in 1986. Private Collection.

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The Annunciation by Mikhail Nesterov.

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Llegar a la India con el mismo ejercito con el que saliste de Grecia, es quizás la mayor campaña militar de la historia y no sorprende que tantas figuras históricas admiraran y quisieran emular a Alejandro Magno.

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Catch of Polyphemus (Fischzug des Polyphem) (1892)
Max Pietschmann (German, 1865-1952)

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Apollo Pursuing Daphne (1600–1700), Anonymous