#Greek museums

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I went to the Sanctuary of Aphrodite in Haidari today and there was a Bonsai exhibition focused on small, bonsai olive trees called Mories Elies (Sacred Olive Trees).

The exhibition refers to the ancient custom of guarding certain olive trees in Athens considered sacred because they were believed to originate from the first olive tree the goddess Athena planted.

[romegreeceart]

Artemis

* Delphi

* 6th century BCE

* Ivory and gold

Delphi, October 2008

[mythologyofthepoetandthemuse]

A marble relief of Isis-Demeter from the facade of the main temple of the sanctuary of Isis. 2nd century BC.

Dion Archaeological Museum.

[theantonian]

Greek Gold diadem with Hercules knot (250–150 BCE),

Gold, garnet, carnelian, sardonyx

3×9 1/8 in. (7.6 × 23.1 cm).

On loan to the Metropolitan Museum.

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Coin, Tetradrachm: A. Head of Athena, three olive leaves on the helmet; B. AΘE

Country/Issuer: Ancient Greece, Attica Athenes

Date: 5th century B.C.

Medium: Silver

[gemsofgreece]

Newly exhibited photos from the project Ένδυμα Ψυχής - Raiment of the Soul,  collaboration of photographer Vangelis Kyris and Bulgarian embroidery artist Anatoli Georgiev who present Greek traditional costumes, which are exhibits of the National Historical Museum of Greece. The exhibition is currently hosted in the Acropolis Museum, until March.

Attire of King Otto of Greece, 19th century.

Dress from Nisyros island, 19th century.

Dress from Zakynthos (Zante) island, 18th century.

Attire of Dimitris Mavromichalis, aide-de-camp of King Otto.

Attire of Stavros Tournikiotis, 19th century.

Urban dress of Old Athens, 18th century.

Dress from Zagori, 19th century.

Urban attire, 19th century.

See more photos of the project  x, x, x and x. 

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Venus de Milo by Alexandros of Antioch (130 BC) | Eva Green as Isabelle in The Dreamers (2003)

[thearchaicsmile]

Late Roman stone mosaic from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, Caria (modern Bodrum, Turkey), dated 4th century AD, now in the British Museum. A coloured laurel wreath encloses a Greek inscription with the following words:

ΥΓΙΑ "Health" ΖΟΗ "Life" ΧΑΡΑ "Joy" ΕΙΡΗΝΗ "Peace" ΕΥΘΥΜΙΑ "Happiness" ΕΛΠΙϹ "Hope"

🏛️: © The Trustees of the British Museum

[wandering-jana]

The Riace Bronzes were found in the sea off the coast of Italy in 1972. They are life sized, bearded warriors cast in the 5th century BCE. Ancient Greek bronzes rarely survive as many were later melted down. We only really know how Ancient Greek bronze sculptures looked like because the Romans were copycats.

Reggio di Calabria, Italy

[beluosus]

Ἄρτεμις / Diana

[hauntedbystorytelling]

Elli Sougiultzoglou Seraïdari (aka Nelly’s / Νελλυς) :: French dancer Daljell, photo-shoot on Athens Acropolis by the Greek photographer Elli Souyioultzoglou-Seraidaris in 1930 | src Benaki museum

[romegreeceart]

Greek birds

* Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm

Stockholm, November 2023

[mythologyofthepoetandthemuse]

Acropolis Museum, Athens

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[theancientwayoflife]

~ Athena promachos.

Date: Probably a Roman copy of a Greek statue of the 5th century B.C. or of a Hellenistic original of the 2nd century B.C.

Medium: Marble

Provinience: Naples, National Archaeological Museum (Napoli, Museo archeologico nazionale); Herculaneum, Villa of the Papyri.

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Medea, Charles-Antoine Coypel, ca. 1715