Archaic greece

Emotions penetrate every aspect of our lives. Interwoven with memory, attention, cognition, and decision-making, they determine our interpersonal relations, our private life, the public sphere, and religious worship. Emotions are the background of every form of art and literature.

“The Euthydikos Kore was amongst the votive offerings on the Athenian Acropolis that were destroyed during the Persian invasion of 480 BCE. A kore type of sculpture is the female counterpart of the male kouros. The sculpture can be seen at the Acropolis Museum.”

Obverse, the abduction of Antiope by TheseusReverse, Amazons riding upIn its mythological beginnings, Athens was attacked by the Amazons, warrior women whose homeland lay to the north and east of the Black Sea

Ancient Athenian Men's Hairstyles, circa 5th century BC. (Peter Connolly/Greece/user: Aethon)

Types of Greek Vases. Marjorie & C. H. B.Quennell, Everyday Things in Archaic Greece (London: B. T. Batsford, 1931).

I’m in Greece, and had an unscheduled day in Athens due to the national strike on Wednesday. It was a beautiful breezy sunny day. Here’s a hillside poppy and the Parthenon. I took the o…

High-handled drinking cup (kantharos) Greek, East Greek Archaic Period 550–525 B.C. MFA

The poet Ovid plays a central role in Roman literary history and culture. Best known for his Metamorphoses, a 15-book mythological epic, and his collections of love poetry, particularly Amores and Ars Amatoria, Ovid's poetry has greatly influenced Western art, and his works remain some of the most important sources of classical mythology.

Archaic Greek early hoplite, circa 600 BC ./tcc/

Πλέον, μιλάμε για το νέο μουσείο της Ακρόπολης το οποίο εγκαινιάσθηκε το 2009, βρίσκεται επί της Διονυσίου Αρεοπαγίτου απέναντι από τον...