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Semele

Semele, a beautiful princess, the daughter of Cadmus, king of Phoenicia, was greatly beloved by Zeus. Like the unfortunate Callisto, she was hated by Hera with jealous malignity, and the haughty queen of heaven determined to effect her…
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Ship Procession Fresco

The fresco was found its the Upper floor, south wall frieze, of West House in ancient Akrotiri (Thera, Santorini (which was buried under volcanic ash in 1627 BCE). Given the amount of location detail present in the fresco,…
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Ships in Ancient Greece

Greece is surrounded by water and sprinkled with islands within a few hours sail one from the other. Naturally, its people flourished for three thousand years by mastering the waves and establishing commercial networks and cities. The Greek’s…
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Siphnian Treasury

The Siphnian treasury was dedicated at Delphi around 525 BCE by the inhabitants of Siphnos island which is located in the western Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. In ancient Greece it housed the votive offerings of the Siphnians…
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Sirens

The Sirens Σειρήνες (The Sirens) would appear to have been personifications of those numerous rocks and unseen dangers, which abound on the S.W. coast of Italy. They were sea-nymphs, with the upper part of the body that of…
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Sitia Archaeological Museum

The Archaeological Museum of Sitia (Σητεία, Siteia) houses a large number of Paleolithic, Minoan, Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman artifacts from excavations in Lasithi, Eastern Crete. Generally, the most important ancient finds from Crete are exhibited at the Heraklion…
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Sounion

Sounion (Σούνιον; modern Greek: Σούνιο) is the southernmost point of Attica to the east, about 40 miles from Athens. Because Sounion promontory commanded the seafaring lanes to and from Athens it was was fortified to guard the maritime interests…
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Sounion: Temple of Athena

The sanctuary of Athena Sounias (nominative singular case: Αθηνά Σουνιάς; genitive singular case: Ναός της Αθηνάς Σουνιάδος; Often transliterated as: Sounia, Sounias, Souniados) is built on a low hill in Sounion, a short distance from the better preserved…
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Sphinx

Egyptian Deity The Sphinx was an ancient Egyptian divinity, who personified wisdom, and the fertility of nature. She is represented as a lion-couchant, with the head and bust of a woman, and wears a peculiar sort of hood,…
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Temple of Apollo at Delphi

Central among the number of imposing ruins that are interspersed on the southern slopes of Parnassos mountain is the temple of Apollo in Delphi. It is an imposing temple of the Doric order whose existence was woven through…
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