Author: Metic
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Media: Timeline Photos
Read more: Media: Timeline PhotosThis is a collection that includes significant objects from each historical period of Ancient Greece, starting in the Mesolithic era, and…
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MET New York: Greek & Roman Art
Read more: MET New York: Greek & Roman ArtThe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA is one of the largest museums in the world. It exhibits art…
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Metis
Read more: MetisMETIS, Zeus’ first wife, was one of the Oceanides or sea-nymphs. She was the personification of prudence and wisdom, a convincing…
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Minoan Art
Read more: Minoan ArtWhat has survived to our day from Minoan art provides insight into the culture that flourished in Crete during the Aegean…
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Minoan Culture
Read more: Minoan CultureLanguage The Phaistos Disk is the earliest, and only script of its kind we have from the Minoans. It is dated to…
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Mnemosyne
Read more: MnemosyneMNEMOSYNE, one of Zeus’ wives, was the daughter of Uranus and Gæa, was the goddess of Memory and the mother of…
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Momus
Read more: MomusMomus, the son of Nyx, was the god of raillery and ridicule, who delighted to criticise, with bitter sarcasm, the actions…
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Morpheus
Read more: MorpheusMorpheus, the son of Hypnus, was the god of Dreams. He is always represented winged, and appears sometimes as a youth,…
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Moschoforos (The Calf Bearer)
Read more: Moschoforos (The Calf Bearer)Moschoforos, or The Calf Bearer. Marble, 1.64 m tall, c. 560 BCE. Atributed to the sculptor Phaidimos. The statue was dedicated…
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Muses
Read more: MusesDaughters of Zeus Table of Contents Of all the Olympic deities, none occupy a more distinguished position than the Muses, the…
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Mycenae Archaeological Museum
Read more: Mycenae Archaeological MuseumMycenae Museum is built next to Mycenae archaeological site to house artifacts from the Bronze Age citadel excavations. While the most…
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Mycenae Archaeological Site
Read more: Mycenae Archaeological SiteMycenae (Greek: Μυκήνες) is one of the most important archaeological sites of Greece. The fortified citadel is perched over the fertile plain…