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Map of southern Greece.

Tags: Attica, Boeotia, Central Greece, Cephalonia, Euboea, Greece, Ionian islands, Maps, Peloponnese

Reconstruction of panel from Athens, with scene from the myth of the meeting of Athena and Hephaestus, right before the birth of Erichthonius (Erechtheus).

Tags: Ancient gods / deities, Art and antiquities, Athena, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Erichthonius / Erechtheus, Greece, Greek mythology, Hephaestus

Ancient coin of Delphi.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Central Greece, Coins, Delphi, Phocis

Ancient coin from Livadeia, Thessaly.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Boeotia, Central Greece, Coins, Livadeia

Map of Attica, Euboea and the Cyclades.

Tags: Attica, Central Greece, Cyclades, Euboea, Greece, Maps

Ancient coin of Delphi.

Tags: Ancient gods / deities, Apollo, Art and antiquities, Central Greece, Coins, Delphi, Greece, Oracles, Phocis

Silver stater (ca. 346 - 338 B.C.E.) from Delphi. Obv. Head of Demeter left, wearing grain-ear wreath and veil. Rev. Apollo seated left on omphalos, tripod to left, AMΦIKTIONΩN around.

Tags: Ancient gods / deities, Anthele, Apollo, Art and antiquities, Central Greece, Coins, Delphi, Demeter, Greece, Oracles, Phocis, Thermopylae

View of the ports of Piraeus, Munichia (today Mikrolimano) and Faliro.

Tags: Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Maps, Mikrolimano (Tourkolimano) / anc. Port of Munichia, Piraeus, Port of Piraeus, Ports, Views

View of the Temple of Poseidon, Sounio.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Social sphere and everyday life, Sounion

Map of the port of Thoricus.

Tags: Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Maps, Ports, Thorikos, Views

Map of the port of Piraeus.

Tags: Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Maps, Piraeus, Port of Piraeus, Ports, Views

Map of the bay and port of Larnaca and of part of the bay of Famagusta.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Central Greece, Cyprus, Famagusta / Ammochostos / anc. Salamis, Gulfs and bays, Larnaca, Maps, Ports, Towers, Views

Terracotta antefix, in the possession of Mr. Gropius, at Athens, and marble fragments from Delphi.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Central Greece, Delphi, Greece

Comparison of peristyles from several Doric temples, showing the corner triglyph of each structure, in reference to the architectural question known as Doric corner conflict. A: From the remains of temple close to Delphi, possibly the Tempe of Athena Pronaia. B: From temple at Heraclea, Asia Minor. C, D: From the temples at Priene. E: From Halicarnassus. F: From the Doric Stoa of the ancient Agora of Athens, as drawn by Stuart G: From Selinunte, Sicily. H: From Paestum I: From Knidus.

Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens: The sculpture in the frieze of the pronaos. Combat of Theseus and the Pallantides.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens: The sculpture in the frieze of the pronaos. Combat of Theseus and the Pallantides.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens: The sculpture in the frieze of the pronaos. Combat of Theseus and the Pallantides.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens: The sculpture in the frieze of the pronaos. Combat of Theseus and the Pallantides.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens: The sculpture in the frieze of the pronaos. Combat of Theseus and the Pallantides.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens: Four of the metopes in the eastern front, succeeding in proper order those in Plate 10, that numbered 18 being in the northern angle. Fig. 15 Ruined basso relievo. Fig. 16: Hercules with the girdle of Hippolita. Fig. 17, Fig. 18 Hercules taking the golden apples from the garden of the Hesperides.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Labours of Theseus, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens: Four of the metopes on the north side; Fig. 11, 12, 13. Theseus overcoming Skiron, Cercyon and Procrustes (b). Fig. 14. Theseus killing the Crommian sow.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Labours of Theseus, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens: Four of the metopes on the South side; Fig. 7 being that in the Eastern angle, the rest follow in their proper order. Fig. 7 Theseus destroying the Minotaur Fig. 8 Theseus with the bull of Marathon Fig. 9 and Fig.10 These, as well as those which follon, of which no descriptions are given, is too much ruined to discover what the subjects are. [Theseus kills Periphetes and Sinis Pityocamptes].

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Labours of Theseus, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens: Six of the metopes in the Eastern front. Fig. 1. Hercules and the Nemean lion. Fig.2. Hercules and Iolaus destroying the hydra. 3. Hercules and the Ceryneian Hind. Fig. 4. Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar. Fig. 5. Hercules with the horse of Diomedes. Fig. 6. Hercules with Cerberus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Heracles, Labours of Heracles, Plans and drawings, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens: Half the flank, and half the longitudinal section of the temple.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Plans and drawings, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens: A. Profile of the capital on a large scale. B. Profile of the annulets full size. C. The flutings of the column full size. D and E. The ornaments painted in the soffit of the lacunaria. F. The manner of describing the ornament marked E.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Plans and drawings, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens: Fig. 1. The section of the entablature and lacunaria, with the mouldings, and part of the basso relievo on the front of the pronaos. Fig. 2. The plan of the soffit and lacunaria.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Plans and drawings, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens: The capital and base of one of the antae; section of the entablature over the columns and antae of the pronaos and porticum, and the section of the cornice of the pediment. A. Capital of the antae on a larger scale. B. Section of the cornice of the pediment.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Plans and drawings, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens: Fig. 1. The capital and entablature of the columns of the portico, with the metope of the north east angle. Fig.2 The sossit of the corona, and of the mutules, with the distribution of their guttae.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Plans and drawings, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens: Longitudinal section of the eastern portico and pronaos.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Plans and drawings, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

The Elevation of the Eastern Front: Transverse section of the eastern portico. Here the front columns are removed to shew the antae and columns of the pronaos with its frize, the distribution of the beams of the ceilings of the Lacunaria.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Plans and drawings, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens: The elevation of the eastern Front.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Plans and drawings, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Plan of the Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), Athens.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Plans and drawings, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Cameo depicting Theseus.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Theseus

Ornamental feature from the temple of Hephaestus painted in dark ochre. In the middle, Theseus riding the Marathon bull (reconstruction based on destroyed relief).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion)

Map of the greater region of Piraeus.

Tags: Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Maps, Piraeus

Attica from an actual survey by Mr.Stuart.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Maps

Plan of the Antiquities of Athens as surveyed by J. Stuart.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Plans and drawings

Relief from the Church of Panagia Krystaliotissa, Athens.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Church of Panagia Krystaliotissa (Athens), Greece

Landscape on the northern coast of the Corinthian gulf.

Tags: Central Greece, Corinthian gulf, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Natural environment, Views

Mounts Korombili and Helicon, from the port of Creusis.

Tags: Boats and ships, Central Greece, Greece, Korobili, Mount Helicon, Mountains, Natural environment, Phocis, Views

Scenery, Mount Parnassus.

Tags: Central Greece, Greece, Mount Parnassus, Mountains, Natural environment, Phocis, Views

Landscape on Mount Parnassus.

Tags: Central Greece, Greece, Mount Parnassus, Mountains, Natural environment, Phocis, Views

Panoramic view of Athens, looking towards Piraeus and Salamis, from Pnyx hill.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Natural environment, Pnyx, Views

View of the bay of Larnaca.

Tags: Central Greece, Cyprus, Gulfs and bays, Larnaca, Maps, Views

Frontispiece. Allegory of author's voyage.

Tags: Agricultural tools, Alexander Drummond, Architects, Architectural instruments, Art and antiquities, Athens, Author portraits, Boats and ships, Books, Cannons, Central Greece, Frontispieces, Greece, Musical instruments, Pausanias, Weapons, Women

View of Mount Parnassus.

Tags: Central Greece, Delphi, Greece, Mount Parnassus, Mountains, Natural environment, Phocis

View of the valley of Pleistos, Delphi.

Tags: Central Greece, Delphi, Greece, Natural environment, Phocis, Pleistos, Rivers

Fig. 1: Plan of the Castalian fountain. Fig. 2: Elevation. The upright grooves in the wall do not admit an easy explanation. Fig. 3: Section. This shews the singular form of the niche. Fig. 4: Architrave of a door in a church at Delphi. Fig. 5: Profile of the seats of the Stadium at Delphi.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Castalian spring, Central Greece, Delphi, Greece, Phocis, Plans and drawings

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