Ancient Greek pottery

Ancient Greece

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Sketch of Pytheas of Massalia standing on the deck of a wooden ship. He was a Greek explorer who claimed to have visited the British Isles

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An Etruscan scarab made of Carmelite featuring a winged Daidalos

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Greek soldier Pheidippides arrives in Athens with news of the Greek victory over the Persians at Marathon, only to die on the spot

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Boats clash at sea in this illustration of the 480 BC battle of Salamis, fought between a Persian army led by King Xerxes I and the Greek army led by Themistocles

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An image of Hippocrates from the 14th century, sitting and holding a book open in front of him

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This red-figure pottery depicts a story involving Helen of Troy. Greek tragedies posed their audiences an awkward question: what would you do if you were in a similar situation? Meanwhile, comedy gave satirists a channel through which to cut Athens' political heavies down to size. (DEA/G.NIMATALLAH/De Agostini/Getty Images)

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Adolf Hitler stands with his back to a statue of Discobolos, the Discus Thrower

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The Spartan king Leonidas at the battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. The conflict has become the archetype for the courageous last stand, pitting around 200,000 Persians against 7,000 Spartans.

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A depiction of a Spartan mother saying goodbye to her son, she is seated as he leaves

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A modern illustration shows prisoners of war being sold into slavery

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An ancient Greek vase depicting sexual intercourse

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A stone bust of the Greek god Dionysius

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A trieme is rowed towards a naval battle in a scene depicting the battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC

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Ancient Greek statesman Solon sits on a throne, with a subject petitioning him

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A stone statue of Achilles

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An ancient Greek vase depicts animal sacrifice of a cow by two women

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The Byzantines and a flamethrower

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A depiction of athletes in the torch race, ancient Olympics

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Alexander the Great on his horse, Bucephalus

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The 'Alexander Mosaic' showing Alexander the Great

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Illustration of Despite being outnumbered, the Greeks gained vital supremacy at sea over the Persians at the battle of Salamis in 480 BC

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