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  • Brauron

    Brauron

    Brauron (Βραυρών, Βραυρώνα, also transliterated Vravron, Vravrona) is an ancient sanctuary in eastern Attica near Athens. It was dedicated…

  • British Museum: Greek Art

    British Museum: Greek Art

    The British Museum is host to a plethora of Greek art and artifacts. Highlights include the sculptures of…

  • Callisto

    Callisto

    Callisto’s Fate Callisto’s story is one of many wherein a youth wrongfully feels the wrath of the divine…

  • Catalan Museum of Archaeology | Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο της Καταλονίας

    Catalan Museum of Archaeology | Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο της Καταλονίας

    The Museu d Arqueologia de Catalunya (Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο της Καταλονίας) collection illustrates the organic meeting between indigenous Iberian…

  • Charioteer of Delphi

    Charioteer of Delphi

    The “Charioteer of Delphi” (Greek: Ἡνίοχος, meaning the rein-holder; often transliterated as Heniokhos or Iniohos“) is one of…

  • Charites (Graces)

    Charites (Graces)

    All those gentler attributes which beautify and refine human existence were personified by the Greeks under the form…

  • The Colors of the Parthenon

    The Colors of the Parthenon

    Rediscovering the Temple’s Colors The colors of the Parthenon have washed away over the past 2400 years, but…

  • Corfu Archaeological Museum

    Corfu Archaeological Museum

    The Archaeological Museum of Corfu (Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Κέρκυρας) exhibits artifacts found in excavations in Corfu island and the…

  • Crete: Minoan Archaeological Sites

    Crete: Minoan Archaeological Sites

    Crete (Κρήτη), home of the ancient Minoan civilization, is the largest Greek island in the center of the…

  • Daedalus and Icarus

    Daedalus and Icarus

    Daedalus Dædalus [Δαίδαλος], a descendant of Erechtheus, was an Athenian architect, sculptor, and mechanician. He was the first…

  • Danae

    Danae was the mother of the renown hero Perseus. Her father was Acrisius, king of Argos. Perseus, one…

  • Delos Archaeological Site

    Delos Archaeological Site

    Delos (Δήλος) island, through its claim as the birthplace of Apollo was one of the most sacred places of…