Greece
There are 1361 items in Greece:
![]() Amphipolis, Statue of Orestes and Electra |
![]() Amphipolis, Tomb 41, Protocorinthian phial |
Amsterdam, Allard Piersonmuseum
The Allard Piersonmuseum, the home of the archaeological collection of the University of Amsterdam, is one of the nicest museums I know. I may be biased, though, because Amsterdam is my hometown. I cycle along the museum nearly every day…
![]() An Achaemenid king killing a Greek hoplite |
Antandrus (Altınoluk)
Antandrus: port in the southern Troad, modern Altınoluk. The coast at Antandrus It is not clear who founded the Greek city of…
![]() The coast at Antandrus |
![]() Antandrus, seen from Assos |
Antisthenes
Antisthenes (c.445-c.365): influential Athenian philosopher, pupil of Socrates, co-founder of the Cynical school. Antisthenes In the decade after the death of Socrates,…
![]() Antisthenes |
Apella
Apella (Greek: Ἀπέλλα): people's assembly in Sparta, of which the homoioi could vote.According to the Greek biographer/philosopher Plutarch, the monthly assembly of the Spartan men - free-born, more than thirty years old - had been instituted by Lycurgus, the legendary legislator…
![]() Aphrodisias, Xenophon |
![]() Apollo on a coin of Philip II |