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Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum
Read more: Thessaloniki Archaeological MuseumThe Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki exhibits artifacts unearthed in northern Greece. The bulk of the collection is comprised of precious metal objects from the Hellenic Kingdom of Macedonia. Derveni Crater Five views of the Derveni crater, tomb B.Late…
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Tiryns Archaeological Site
Read more: Tiryns Archaeological SiteTiryns is an important Mycenaean citadel in Argolis, Peloponnese. In the Bronze Age, it was a major Mycenaean stronghold, and was already flourishing by the Middle Helladic period. Its location near the sea has lead many to consider…
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Treasury of Atreus
Read more: Treasury of AtreusThe tholos tomb at Mycenae known as “Treasury of Atreus”, built between 1350 and 1250 BCE, is the largest, best preserved, and one of the latest built in the Bronze Age. It is also known as “Tomb of…
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Treasury of the Athenians
Read more: Treasury of the AtheniansThe Athenian Treasury was a votive building in the form of a reduced scale temple, designed to hold the multitude of Athenian offerings to the Delphi oracle. The building was constructed entirely of Parian marble and had a…
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Triton
Read more: TritonTriton and the Tritons. Triton was the only son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, but he possessed little influence, being altogether a minor divinity. He is usually represented as preceding his father and acting as his trumpeter, using a…
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Tyche & Ananke
Read more: Tyche & AnankeTyche personified that peculiar combination of circumstances which we call luck or fortune, and was considered to be the source of all unexpected events in human life, whether good or evil. If a person succeeded in all he…
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Uranus and Gea
Read more: Uranus and GeaThe ancient Greeks had several different theories with regard to the origin of the world, but the generally accepted notion was that before this world came into existence, there was in its place a confused mass of shapeless…
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Vatican Museums: Greek & Roman Art
Read more: Vatican Museums: Greek & Roman ArtThe Vatican Museums exhibit a plethora of Greek and Roman sculptures. The antiquities collection of the Vatican had a great influence and provided inspiration to Italian Renaissance artists, among them Michelangelo who was a keen student of the…
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Volos Archaeological Museum – Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Βόλου
Read more: Volos Archaeological Museum – Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο ΒόλουThe Volos Archaeological Museum has an excellent collection of Neolithic artifacts from the important nearby Stone and Bronze Age settlements of Sesklo, and Dimini, and well preserved painted stele from nearby Demetrias of the Hellenistic Era. Highlights –…
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Winds
Read more: WindsAeolus Table of Contents According to the oldest accounts, Æolus was a king of the Æolian Islands, to whom Zeus gave the command of the winds, which he kept shut up in a deep cave, and which he…