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Treasury of the Athenians

The Athenian Treasury was a votive building in the form of a reduced scale temple, designed to hold…

The trireme was a long, maneuverable war vessel with three banks of oars (a total of 170 oarsmen).…

Triton and the Tritons. Triton was the only son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, but he possessed little influence,…

Tyche personified that peculiar combination of circumstances which we call luck or fortune, and was considered to be…

The ancient Greeks had several different theories with regard to the origin of the world, but the generally…

The Vatican Museums exhibit a plethora of Greek and Roman sculptures. The antiquities collection of the Vatican had…

The Volos Archaeological Museum has an excellent collection of Neolithic artifacts from the important nearby Stone and Bronze…

Aeolus Table of Contents According to the oldest accounts, Æolus was a king of the Æolian Islands, to…

The Minoan palace of Zakros (Ζάρκος, also known as Zakro, or Kato Zakros) is located on the east…

Ruler of Heaven and Earth Zeus, (Jupiter, Ζεύς, Δίας) the great presiding deity of the universe, the ruler…